So you’ve got your whole family every present they could ever want, nicely wrapped and under the tree. You’re not done yet though: there’s still those all important stockings to fill.
To save you a trip around the bargain bins of the local shopping centre, we’ve come up with the top gizmos that’ll fit in a sock, and all under a tenner.
Read on, and if you’re quick you can still order them in time for delivery before Christmas eve… you might need to spring for next day delivery though….
Motorola W180
We may previously have urged you to buy this budget blower for your grandparents, but at £2.89 it makes a fantastic addition to the stocking of any pay as you go user whose old Ericsson is on the way out. How Moto fit a colour screen and FM radio in there for so little is anyone’s guess, but don’t spend too long wondering: you better stock up on them quick at the Carphone Warehouse before it realises there’s a missing digit on the pricetag.
Puchi Puchi Electronic Bubblewrap
It’s always a sad state of affairs when popping the bubblewrap wrapped around the present you’ve given is more fun than the gift itself. There’s a brilliant solution though, and it’s inevitably Japanese. The Puchi Puchi Bubble Wrap keyring is tiny, practical, and makes that satisfying pop everytime you press down on it. For ever. At £6.90 from find-me-a-gift, much more sensible than shoving a bit of actual bubble wrap in a stocking too.
Track Racing Grannies
Scalextric is for losers – whoever’s stocking you’re planning on filling, you need geriatric go karting instead. Wheel your wheelchair around an oval track in a bid to find the fastest biddy on no legs, and try not to fall off. There’s no rhyme nor reason for the existence of this, but when the whole set is only £9.99 from iwoot, we’ll dole these out.
USB Whack It
Whack a USB powered mole with your mallet in this handheld fairground attraction. The senseless violence is gone sadly as you now tap the moles that light up, but the same frantic principle remains while the time ticks down, and for only £9.95 from Firebox.
USB Plasma Ball
Remember visiting the Science Museum on a school trip as a kid? Chances are you’ll picture the hair raising plasma ball vividly and how the beams from the crackling core followed your fingers across the glass. Let your kids discover the same awe from the desk at home with this USB powered electrical globe of wonder, now under £9 at the Gadget Shop.
Instant snow in can
Unless the weather changes substantially in the next week, it looks like it’s going to be another non-white Christmas. If the person you’re buying will have their winter wonderland dreams crushed by another bland British forecast, you can bring the snow inside instead with iwoot’s Instant Snow In A Can. Coming from the same, slightly worrying school of chemistry as sea monkeys, adding water to a small sachet of this stuff will turn it into an avalanche of artificial snow that won’t melt, and once it dries out, you can add water to let it now all over again. Just £3.99 a pop.
