Posted on 5th January 2022
By Billy Langsworthy

The Giftware Association has detailed the finalists for this year’s Gift of the Year Awards.
Toys and games in the running include Click Europe’s Boppi Bamboo Marble Run, Inside Out Toys’ ReCycleMe Kits and Asmodee’s The Sock Game, all in the Children’s, Educational and Pre-school category.
Elsewhere, the Novelty category features nominations for Out of Order from Gibsons, Snakesss from Big Potato and What the Actual Factual? from WITH Creative.
Check out the full list of nominees over at https://www.giftoftheyear.co.uk/2022-category.
Winners will be announced on May 12th, following a round of live judging at Spring Fair next month.
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