Unexpected hit presents

[NaughtipussMaximus]

What random presents have you given or received this yeah that have gone down really well? I got DH a beanie hat with an LED torch on the front for going into the loft as we don’t have a light up there, and he can never find his torch (and when he does it’s out of charge, and he ends up using the torch on his phone). It was super cheap and a bit of a last minute random thing, but he loves it! It’s really bright, and we’ve already both used it loads for going out into the garden to get things from the garage fridge. I especially love it as I used to hate going into the garage when it was dark and groping around for the light switch....

Anyone else got something similar?

I'm going to go looking for a teamaid though. I don't think I've seen them since the 1980s and had forgotten about them.

both my DS got 'clackers' as one of their little santa gifts and have played with them constantly since even DH joined in because he declared 'wow I had these as a kid, I was great at it' lol.

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One of these. For my DS10. Although the teens are all trying to pinch it. Strangely therapeutic and doesn't tangle like a slinky!

this has been a hit with my oldest this year (I bought him one last year that he didnt even look at that went missing so I got one as a freebie this year and added it to his pile) even caught youngest trying to do it this morning before him brother got up but his little arms are too short lol.

@EveningOverRooftops my DH is from Bonar Bridge... The other side of the bridge is Ardgay

My in laws buy me pjs every year (posh pjs-not charity shop ones I buy myself)
They got me some in tartan this year-I don’t really do tartan but said I’d live with them
Omg!best pjs ever!I love them
Red is my colour but I don’t really wear it
I look so classy and put together even tho I’m just slobbing around the house

My fella was over the moon with 3 bumper packs of his favourite sweets-I raided eBay to find them
He’s eaten one bag and is halfway through the second
I’m the best girlfriend ever for ‘just knowing him inside out’
(He told his mate about 7 months ago and I went online to order them-the dog was told not to let on-turns out he’s ace at keeping secrets)

A Lego stationary set that was a freebie

A dino slingshot game that was about a fiver. DS 3 loves it and delayed opening other presents to play with it.
A classic, but also Hungry Hippos! I was not expecting him to enjoy it as much as he has. We played it all evening and at various points throughout today as well!

@Chosennonesneakymincepie where are the iced coffee sachets from please? Dd1 would like those, I think.

I bought ds15 and ds11 cheap furry blankets and a set of those stick on strip LED lights for their bedrooms as little extras and they have both spent a good bit of time today tidying their rooms and putting their lights up. I'll take that as a win.

I got my kids a pack of spy pens from Amazon and they are obsessed!

Guitar hero from eBay! Huge success!!!

Great thread! DP is now getting a beanie light hat for his bday in Feb and I've noted a few stocking fillers for next year.

Hits here have been Wreck This Journals for both DDs after I spotted them on another thread, and a £4 Harry Potter trivia game from M&S which has been played loads.

7yo - Basic Barbie Mermaid. DD is absolutely delighted with it and it's the thing she's been telling everyone about and swears she "really really" wanted one but forgot to put it on her list. I took a punt because it was a £7.50 lightening deal and she needed some bath toys!

14yo - Magnetic fidget rings. Couple of quid from the works and he hasn't put them down.

Biggest surprise hit here was the water-snake squishy thing I grabbed on a whim at the checkout in Claires. Toddler DD clutched it tight all day and kept showing us to tell us she had it. 😊

Fluffy sling back slippers for teen dd. I think they're truly hideous but she loves them...

A cuddly very cute gingerbread person for DS he calls it his baby he adores it. £8 well spent.

The oodie for DD. She hasn't removed it since Christmas morning.

A buff for DH...again...hadn't removed it since Christmas morning. He's bloody slept with it around his neck! I'll have to cut it off him probably.

I got DS a fidget spinner and I’ve actually ended up stealing it for myself, it’s hypnotic! I’m expecting DS to reclaim it as soon as he notices but at the moment he’s occupied by his Lego...

DS(23) was chuffed to bits with a miniature tin of Danish butter cookies that I bought for a joke- I'd stopped buying them because he hoovers them up so fast!

Dsis loved a set of 4 Harry Potter coasters that I got in a charity shop.

Another charity shop find was a Lakeland silicone Le Creuset style collapsible cooking pot which my other sis was thrilled with.

We are drowning in sugar and apparently there's more on the way in a delayed parcel from my mother...

A flying drone ball. It cost £3 and got everybody laughing and kids out to play with it.

Miss 14, glow in the dark stars! Put on her ceiling on the 25th! All of hers were themed around a telescope, stars, book, galaxy umbrella and a stars projector - suggested by her sister who was then proclaimed, “the best sister ever!” They don’t always get along so this was massive.

A pull up bar, cost £20. Kids are obsessed with it.

I was rescued by mumsnet! I had a pitiful amount of presents for DD and was freaking out at about midnight Christmas Eve looking at her rubbish santa sack. Many helpful suggestions but went with making a homemade gift certificate for horse riding vouchers. DD was ecstatic. Has told everyone who will listen.

I bought DS (19) a football quiz and DD (21) a game called Moral Conflict - both £5 from Sainsbos IIRC, both been played with enthusiastically

@Persipan that's the cutest thing ever!

Warm dressing gown for ds15 - he's disproportionately thrilled with it.