The cool Christmas gift guide for kids

If you have little people in your life then you know: they want anything and simply need everything – but we’ve put together a guide that will make their Christmas feel complete, we’ve added gadgets and new toys that will keep them satisfied forever. We’ve included objects that they will want to tell all their friends about at school. Not only that, these are affordable and you can order each and every single one of them online, so they will be here just before Christmas! Let’s get started shall we?

No idea what this is? You’re right – it does look exactly like a spray can but think again! Today we live in a world where you can pray the time on to the wall with this awesome Spray Paint Projection Clock (£14.99). Designed to look just like the real thing, a press of the nozzle will ‘spray’ the time through a bright white beam of light, projecting it on to walls up to three feet away! You can even alter the display to project the date instead. Pretty clever huh?

In daylight, you can be a clever clogs and use the sun’s position in the sky to work out roughly what time it is. As soon night falls, that idea goes out the window, with your only option being to check your watch. The only problem is that it’s dark and you can barely see the face never mind where the hands are pointing! If you only you had a watch that was as vibrant at night as it was at daytime. Well that time has now arrived with the Blink Time Watches! (£7) Each watch has a bright LED display so checking the time in darkness has never been easier. You don’t even have to look for a fiddly button first – the one touch activation will make the LED’s display across the screen in an animated display to form digits. Pressing again will show the date and once more will show the seconds counter.

Technology seems to be getting smaller and smaller in modern society and these remarkably small, yet fully-functional, 2-way walkie talkie radios are no exception – welcome to the World’s Smallest Walker Talkies (£11.69). The airwaves can penetrates walls, floors, steel and concrete so you can speak to each other up to 30 metres apart. They also featue a morse code function and flexible antennas for pocket portability.

Have you met Mel? She’s the sassy one-eyed alien with three legs. She’s cute and friendly and to the unsuspecting eye she looks like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth. And that’s where the Echo Bot (£10.95) fun begins! Mel, the Echo Bot, is a voice messenger that allows you record your own 10 second voice message via the inbuilt microphone, to be replayed whenever an unsuspecting passer-by is detected by the motion sensor. The Echo Bot’s sensor is discreetly hidden in Mel’s eye, and will catch anyone that comes within one metre of this stealth messenger.

The HEXBUG Aquabot (£12.95) is the first water-born HEXBUG micro robotic creature with smart fish technology! Powered by electro-magnetic propulsion, this swimming fish propels itself to explore its environment. The colourful HEXBUG Aquabot & Aquabot with Fish Bowl offers kids the fun experience of having a pet fish, without all the messy clean-up.

Guard dogs are so old fashioned, we feel much safer knowing that there’s a tamed T-rex on guard duty, meet the T-rex Projector and Room Guard (£30). Should any unwanted guests stumble into your room they’ll set off this dinosaur’s motion sensor, triggering one of five heart-pounding roars that are sure to stop intruders in their tracks. Don’t think they can sneak up from behind and move your dino doorman either, as he’s also equipped with a trembler alert. When not guarding your room, this T-rex also functions as an amazing projector. Flick the switch and it will light up your wall, displaying a huge, metre-wide dinosaur picture with a terrifyingly tremendous level of detail packed into it!

Such a cool way to store your pocket money, we’re massive fans of the The Doggy Bank Money Box (£18.99). This eager and lively fellow who’ll eat up any change you throw in his bowl in a sort of mad feeding frenzy. With wild eyes, flappy ears and a tongue that Gene Simmons would be proud off this little guy will keep your coins safe and let you save up for the proverbial rainy day or for that sweet pick n mix!

Insects aren’t the easiest things in the world to study, mainly because they love to scuttle and scamper where we can’t follow. Navigate this little hurdle with Bugnoculars (£9.50), a comfortable little bug container with a pair of 3X magnifiers built into the lid. Once you’ve carefully placed an insect in the box with the tweezers provided, shut the lid and view it at your leisure.

As much fun as sledges are in the snow, there has been a fundamental design flaw that nobody has picked up on….until now! Finally you can get rid of your ancient wooden or cheap plastic moulded sled, and get kitted out with the latest downhill fun machine. The SnowBoogie Fantom-X is the coolest thing you can whiz down a mountain (or hill) on this winter. Now if you find yourself heading for a tree or snowman you can effortlessly manoeuvre you way round using the handle bars at the front. That’s right, this sledge has steering! The Fantom-X is lightweight ensuring maximum velocity and is mounted on two pivoting ski’s. It’s big enough for one or two people to sit on and you can either ride sitting up or head first.

Want to be the coolest aunty or uncle in the world? Welcome to Shrimp World (£29.95). The super unique Shrimp World is a self contained and self sustaining semi-enclosed ecosystem, where you can have a real pet, without the all the mess and responsibility. The Shrimp World kit includes marine shrimp, algae, micro-organisms and BioSticks. The little shrimps can live two to three years or longer inside their Shrimp World tank .