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FESTIVE FUN

Christmas offers a great excuse to pick up some quirky kitchen gifts

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e prefer ‘ fun and novelty ’ over ‘ cheap and tacky ’. Perfect Christmas presents that won ’ t break the bank and will raise a laugh or two , if not an eyebrow , along the way ! Retro items are particularly popular this year . Relive your childhood with a retro candy floss maker or snow cone maker . Or recreate the movies in your own home with a retro popcorn maker . How about a pack of Fred ‘ Pick Your Nose Party Cups ’ for the office party ? Hilarity will ensue !” Sophie Chatfield , Harts of Stur
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Gourmet Gadgetry Retro Diner Candy Floss Maker
A great gift for the grandchildren . It takes one scoop of sugar and turns it into traditional candy floss with its halogen heater . £ 25.94
Smart Snow Cone Maker
Turns ice cubes into snow
Boska Clog Party Pick Set
Perfect for cheesy parties cones in seconds – all you and showing you still love need to do is add a suitably Europe , you can use the blue looking flavouring and six picks for any buffet style watch a queue of children food and stow them safely form . Beware of brain in their protective cheese freeze though ! clog afterwards .
£ 39.99 £ 12.00
Fred Pick Your Nose Party Cups
A cheap – and thirst
quenching – alternative to surgery . Transform your face with a new nose every time you drink from these . Perfect for social media or test driving a moustache . £ 6.00
Gourmet Gadgetry Retro Diner Popcorn Maker
This retro-styled gadget will pump out popcorn made using hot air . So it ’ s almost a healthy choice , before the sugar and salt goes on . £ 23.95

Stocking fillers

here are far too many possible stocking filler ideas to list here . You could go

“ Tdown the ‘ fun and novelty ’ route with a pair of Fred Bear Hand Oven Gloves or Muffin Top Muffin Cases . Or for something a little bit more classy , how about an Eddingtons Chrome Reindeer Nutcracker or a Full Circle Wherever Lemon Bottle . Our tip is to keep the gifts small , but give plenty of them !” Sandra Fowles , Harts of Stur

Fred Muffin Top Muffin Cases
Overfill these silicon moulds
Fred Bear Hand Oven Gloves
Fun hand protectors that
slightly to see the muffin do their job thanks to heat tops flow over when you get resistant silicone pads in them out of the oven . the shape of bear paws . £ 12.00
£ 15.00
Eddingtons Chrome Reindeer Nutcracker
It ' s the time of the year for
cracking nuts , and this stylish reindeer shaped gadget will make sure no nut is left unshelled . £ 12.95
Kitchen Craft Comic Strip Splash Mug
A great mug for cold
January mornings , when you need your coffee or tea to turn you into a wide awake superhero before you can leave the house . £ 4.50
Full Circle Wherever Water Lemon Glass Water Bottle
Worth a New Year ’ s
resolution just so you can show this off at the gym . This bottle lets you juice your citrus fruit on the go . £ 17.95
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