Buying interesting gifts for non English children

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Hi I am going to my home country in few weeks time and I am looking to buy few naice gifts for some children.
I need to buy for, so far:

1 unborn baby - don't know the gender yet
1 baby boy 7 months
1 four year old girl
2 four year old boys
1 six year old boy
1 eight year old girl

I think this is it so far, but I am sure some more kids from family and friends will pop up in my mind soon.

I can't afford to buy top of the range stuff, the tickets I bought to go there already left me poor.

I am not bothered at specific gender oriented toys, or specific colours.

I just need some ideas of English gifts that will be a bit unusual and also useful/fun for children who are not English (they and their parents are also not familiar with the language so books, CDs or toys with faff instructions not ideal)

Any ideas? Or am I asking for the impossible?

Which country?

Little toy double decker buses or London black cabs, puzzles with English theme (bus etc), colouring books, touristy snowglobes?

South America

I like the double decker bus idea, but the ones my daughter have had were more of a piece of decor, broke very easily. But it is worth having a look if I can find 'toy' ones. Thanks.

Or money boxes of red phone boxes, buses, taxi's etc.

Children cricket set?

We have this set of wooden English vehicles and each one has had a lot of play and held up well. We also have this toy shape sorter (which my kids, 1 & 3, adore! it was a present to my son when he was 9 months old/1st Christmas and it has been a much used and loved toy ever since) but I'm assuming that's it's both too expensive and too big for your luggage!

Are the older kids into Harry Potter at all? Maybe some Harry Potter stuff (if you're in London then Kings Cross has a shop with a fair amount of HP gifts - my Irish relatives always loved taking their older kids there whenever they visited).

Thinking of light things (luggage allowance and all!), then t-shirts/baby onesies/socks are always good (eg check out tfl shop. Or anything royal/historical/knights.

Or sweets - Cadburys, toffee, fudge - more of gifts for a family/household rather than just for the kids.

Have a look in muji. They do little wooden ' London town'

We also have toy taxi/ buses at home but not sure where from. They are just the size of small regular cars.

Maybe picture books for youngest two ( no words)

I've got toy taxis and buses from tesco. And wooden ones from ELC.

You could get woodland animals. Like a badger. Beatrix Potter stuff?

Paddington Bear :)
Maybe EPL-ish jerseys for the older kids, if either are into football? Must be able to pick up cheap copies somewhere...
Small tea set for the four year-old girl?

I really like the wooden English vehicles idea, is it to bulky? All the boys could have one of those...and the paddington bear for the baby

I have these vehicles and check out the London car mat!

Thomas the tank engine or Winnie the Pooh themed toys books are everywhere and fit the age range for the children

www.dotcomgiftshop.com has some stuff that is 'British' themed. Here is a baby outfit set on sale, and then look at some of the kids toys section

www.dotcomgiftshop.com/baby-grow-i-love-london?ptid=%2C5103%2C5578%2C5502&ctid=5440&pos=0

Just found the link to all the London/British stuff

www.dotcomgiftshop.com/i-love-london?ll=menulink

fapl tks! love the link!