Bluebird Toys Wallace & Gromit Badge & Magnet Craft Set c.1996

The Wallace & Gromit Badge & Magnet Craft Set by Bluebird Toys (c.1996) is a vintage children’s craft kit that let kids make and paint their own badges and fridge magnets featuring the famous Aardman duo. It’s now a collectible item.

📖 Product Overview
Name: Wallace & Gromit Badge & Magnet Craft Set

Brand: Bluebird Toys (best known for Polly Pocket and other 90s craft/play sets)

Release Date: c.1996, following the success of The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave

Type: Children’s craft kit

Age Range: 5+

🎨 Contents
10 moulds featuring Wallace, Gromit, and other characters

5 assorted paints and 1 paintbrush

3 badge backs and 7 magnets for finished creations

Instruction leaflet with step‑by‑step guidance

Children would pour plaster into the moulds, let it set, paint the figures, and then attach them to badge pins or fridge magnets.