Gift Ideas for Kids Who Love Dragons, Unicorns & Magic

Gift guide · 4 min read

Some kids don't just like dragons — they roar like them at breakfast. They sleep clutching a stuffed unicorn, insist fairies live in the backyard, and would happily discuss the finer points of phoenix flight for an hour. If that's the little person on your list, finding the right present is easy in theory and impossible in practice. So here are real gifts for kids who love dragons, unicorns, and everything magical — starting with the one that puts them inside the story instead of just watching it unfold.

The magic move: let them become the creature

Most fantasy gifts hand a kid something to hold. The best ones hand them a role. That's the whole idea behind a personalized storybook from Spillers Books: your child isn't reading about a brave dragon rider or a shimmering unicorn — your child is one, on every single page.

Here's how it works. You upload one clear photo, and that likeness carries through the entire book so the hero actually looks like your kid. Then you choose their character type. Want them to stay human and ride a dragon into adventure? Done. Want them to be the dragon — or a unicorn, a phoenix, or a winged fairy? That mythical-creature option is right there. You set the details (name, age, hair), pick an adventure or theme, add a dedication, and a fully illustrated, custom story is generated around them. It's not a template with a name swapped in — the story is truly built for your child.

A few more magic-themed gifts they'll love

If you're building a whole enchanted gift pile, pair the storybook with a couple of these:

1. A dragon or unicorn plush — a cuddly co-star for the adventures they'll be reading about.
2. A "magic" reading nook kit — fairy lights, a soft blanket, and a basket to hold their new book turns bedtime into a portal.
3. A wand, cape, or set of fairy wings — so they can act out the hero they just read themselves being.
4. A star projector — casts a galaxy on the ceiling that pairs perfectly with a phoenix-flight bedtime story.
5. A blank "spellbook" journal — for the kid who's ready to invent magic of their own.

Each of these is fun on its own, but the storybook is the piece that ties the whole theme together — it names your child as the hero at the center of it all.

Why a personalized story lands harder than another toy

Toys get outgrown. A book where your kid slays a dragon, gallops as a unicorn, or flits through the forest as a fairy tends to become the one they ask for at bedtime again and again. There's a particular kind of delight in a child turning a page and realizing the hero has their face, their name, their hair. It says something a store-bought toy can't: this adventure is yours.

It also grows with them. Because you choose the theme and character each time, the six-year-old obsessed with dragons this year and unicorns next year can have a book for each phase — a small library that's genuinely about them.

How to get started (it's free to try)

You don't have to commit to anything to see the magic. You can read the finished digital book free in the app — your first books are free — so you can create one, flip through it, and decide from there. If it's a gift they'll want to hold, you can order a printed hardcover shipped to your door.

For the kid who lives half in a world of dragons and stars, the best gift isn't one more thing to look at — it's a doorway in. Give them a story where the magic finally has their name on it, and watch them read it until the cover wears soft.