My Brilliant Weekend

Why must all presents be serious and useful? Cast aside the socks! Here, from the home of silly fun are 10 great stocking fillers for less than a tenner.

• Emergency phone charger - £6.95. Never get caught short again. Compact, easy to use and doesn’t require a degree in electronics. An AA battery gives you two hours’ talk time and it also works with iPods.
• Diamond keyring - £7.99. Always wanted to give someone a great big diamond? Now’s your chance - albeit one fashioned out of acrylic. This faux diamond keyring has an alloy metal keychain and four rings.
• Astronaut food - from £2.95. Travel to the final frontier with a well-filled stomach. This preserved food can last for years unrefrigerated and comes in handy pouches. Choose from strawberries, bananas or Neopolitan ice cream - or stock up on all three.
• Sudoku loo roll - £4.95. Stretch the old brains while you’re sitting there with nothing to do. If you make a mistake no-one need know, you can just flush it away.
• Global mug - £6.95. For the cheerful souls among you. A mug that reveals how the world will look after the polar ice caps melt. The map on the mug responds when the mug is filled with hot coffee or another hot beverage.
• Phone excuses - £4.95. How to get off the phone without being rude. Press the button on this little gadget, get a convincing ringing noise, Bob’s your uncle - unless it’s him on the line. Could serve as a well-timed hint to some friends and family.
• Cuddly chimps - from £4.99. Adorable and incredibly easy to hug. Apparently. The only thing to do is to try one for yourself…
• Magic expanding toys - £3.99. Place the psychedelic disc on a flat surface and spin it clockwise, then focus on the white dot. After twenty seconds or so look at either the comic mushroom or the scary white rabbit. The second you look at either of them, they start to rapidly expand before your eyes. Spin the disc the other way and repeat the exercise to see them shrink.
• LED keyring lantern - £7.99. A mini version of the camping classic, small enough to hang on a key ring, and yet bright enough to light up the inside of your tent.
• Flying monkey - £4.95. Shoot him through the air, he yells as he flies up to 25ft. Outrageous fun.