Christmas Pack 2025 - 2026
Our annual festive goody bag, packed with items to puzzle, entertain and amuse!
The ten items are listed below, and we think they represent very good value. If bought separately, for example, the Pentakis Kaleidoscope is GBP25 on the Grand Illusions web site, and the Intermediate Axis Spinning Top is GBP11.99. Seven of the ten items are unique to this Christmas Pack, and are not on our web site. We estimate the overall saving is around GBP15. Watch the video below to see Tim demonstrating all the items.
1. CATAPULT
Press the parts out from the pre-cut wooden sheet and follow the instructions in order to make your own working model catapult.
2. SPECTRE TESSELATION
A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. This shape of tile, known as a Spectre, was only discovered in 2023.
3. BALLOON SIREN
By squeezing each balloon in turn, you can force air through the siren in one direction and then the other – the siren works in both directions.
4. GIFT CARD MAZE PUZZLE
Rather than a regular card, this year we have included the GIFT CARD MAZE PUZZLE. You can place gift cards or money inside and then seal it before presenting it to the lucky recipient. They have to solve the puzzle in order to get their present!
5. INTERMEDIATE AXIS SPINNING TOP
This deceptively simple little spinning top exhibits some very unusual behaviour.
6. THE LEVITATOR
Magnetic forces create an amazing visual spectacle, as the device appears to float and spin as if by magic.
7. TOWER OF HANOI
A traditional puzzle of skill and dexterity for several players, or just for one person. The object is to move a 5-block pyramid from pole A to pole C in the least number of moves.
8. FIND THE ‘T’
Arrange the wooden pieces in such a way that you ‘Find The T’.
9. PENTAKIS KALEIDOSCOPE
The Pentakis Dodecahedron Kaleidoscope is a three-sided mirror kaleidoscope – a simple but ingeniously formed sheet of metal that opens up an astonishing optical microcosm. This version has been specially made for our Christmas Pack, and as well as functioning as a kaleidoscope can also be suspended from a nylon thread as a decoration.
10. MIRROR IN THE MUG
It is well known that if you hold up printed words to a mirror, they will be reversed in the reflection. Less well known is that the space-time continuum can be reversed in small circular spaces...!
1
See this item in action
More Information
Shipping
We aim to ship orders within 48 hours.
For UK deliveries, we use DHL Parcel (UK) and EVRI.
For deliveries to Europe we offer a choice of DPD or DHL.
For deliveries outside Europe, we ship by DHL.
Our warehouse works Monday to Friday only. If we receive your order by 10am then we aim to ship the same day or the next day, depending on how busy the warehouse is. On the day your order ships, the warehouse will send you your tracking number by e-mail at 7pm UK time. The delivery time to reach you will depend on the shipping option you have chosen.
Returns
We will accept items that you wish to return, within 30 days of placing the order. You are responsible for the cost of shipping the item back to us, and it must be in saleable condition. We will refund you the cost of the item. Please let us know if you wish to return an item before you send it.
If the item is faulty, please let us know, and we will ship a replacement or refund your money, as you wish.
Have a Question?
Please contact us or take a look at our FAQS.
