The Hopper unicorn is a bouncy animal: white, with a pink mane and tail, pink hooves and a twisted horn in rainbow colours. The child sits astride it, holds on to the horn and pushes off, and the whole thing bounces along.
Inflated, the unicorn is 60 x 35 x 42 cm. It comes flat-packed in a box with a handle on top, so you inflate it yourself at home; an ordinary foot or hand pump will do. The box states from 3 years, next to the icon for active play.
This is a toy that costs energy, and that is precisely the point: bouncing on an animal like this takes balance and a bit of nerve, and it rarely works first time. Indoors on a rug it goes just as well as outside on the grass.
A present that stands out for a toddler who finds it hard to sit still, and a unicorn is rarely the wrong bet there.
