Buy one of these biscuit decorating kits to entertain the kids during half term

Stomp Stamps Make Your Own Personalised Cookie Kit | £17.50 at Not on the High Street
An easy way to make your own personalised cookies or biscuits, this stamp kit can be reused every year, and for all occasions, too. You could even make and write on a few cookies instead of sending Christmas cards this year – less waste and super tasty. How to use it? Select the letters you want to use, pop them into the holder and stamp on to your food. It comes with a tin for easy storing, too.

Craft & Crumb Personalised Christmas Jumper Biscuit Baking Kit | £19.99 at Not on the High Street
The kids will love decorating these cookies for family members, and you might even enjoy it, too. For just under £20, this cookie decorating kit comes with everything you need. From gingerbread mix to icing sugar, an icing pen, colouring and sprinkles. Oh, and a jumper-shaped cutter and piping bags. Use this kit to make and decorate 10-12 biscuits. 

Qpout 25pcs Christmas Cookie Stencil Set  | £7.99 at Amazon
This huge set comes with 25 Christmas-themed stencils, all of which will make your life ten times easier when it comes to decorating your cookies. No more freehand! Use these stencils while piping icing, or just to give your cookies a dust with cocoa powder or icing sugar. So easy!

Katie Bakes Christmas Snowflake Cookie Mix Baking Kit | £9.50 at Not on the High Street
This lovely cookie kit includes shortbread baking mix, a star-shaped cookie cutter and a tube of white icing. It comes inside a party bag which can be personalised, too. A great gift to little ones you can't make Christmas cookies with this year so that they've got all of the things to make them at home. 

Olywee Christmas Cookie Cutter Set | £12.99 £11.99 (save £1) at Amazon
Usee these Christmas cookie cutters for cutting out your cookies, or, if you like to use fondant icing, then you could use them to make fancy icing shapes. Easy to use and they come in a pack of 25!

Decorate Your Own Gingerbread Ornaments | £11.99 £7.99 (save £4) at Lakeland
Gingerbread tree ornaments? Yes, please. And this kit requires no baking – all you need to do is decorate (AKA the most fun part). It includes 12 ready-made biscuits, icing, an icing bag, string and sprinkles.

LOTTIE SHAW'S Gingerbread decoration kit | £9.79 at Selfridges
This slightly posh biscuit decorating kit includes four tree-shaped gingerbread biscuits that are ready to decorate, as well as icing pens to do so. It doesn't really get any easier than this...

The Little Treats Bakery Gingerbread House Kit | £12.99 at Amazon
Buy a gingerbread house kit to keep yourself busy until Christmas – the kids will love it! This one is pre-baked and it comes with everything you need to decorate – you'll need to bring along the patience, though!