BuckyBalls Magnetic Building Spheres

BuckyBalls Magnetic Building SpheresNow this is quite possibly the coolest thing I’ve ever posted about here on the good old gift idea blog that this is. Who doesn’t love magnets? I love those things! Here, you get 216 tiny spheres of magnetic fun!

These things look like so much fun. I have yet to get mine (you’d better believe I’m getting some for myself), but I can’t wait for the endless fun they’ll provide. You can magically make all kinds of well structured…structures with these little things. If you don’t believe me, or just want to get super excited about getting some of these for you and all of your friends, check out this little demonstration video:

Get your BuckyBalls here.

Amazon Dream Baby Registry Sweepstakes

Amazon is giving away a whole bunch of baby gifts once a month for the remainder of 2009!

You may enter to win a dream baby registry valued at over $3,000 in apparel, feeding, gear and nursery products from top-name baby brands like Britax, Fisher Price, Graco, Quinny, Maxi Cosi and Skip Hop, including a one year supply of Huggies Supreme diapers! Yeah diapers!

One Amazon Dream Registry Sweepstakes winner will be selected each month from May through December for up to eight chances to win.

It’s easy to participate - you simply need to create an Amazon Baby Registry and add 10 items to be automatically entered into the sweepstakes. The sooner you create your baby registries, the more chances to win! Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. I don’t have a baby, or a wife for that matter, but I’m tempted to enter!

Graduation Invitations

Graduation InvitationIt’s that time of year again. Many young and not as young students are finally to that point where they get to try and figure out what to do next in life. Sweet, sweet graduation.

Whether it be high school graduation, college graduation, or graduation from some crazy thing I haven’t even heard of, TinyPrints has what you’re looking for. I’ve searched many a site for professional looking invitations that are affordable and customizable, and I honestly can find none better than TinyPrints.

In this day and age, when many of us have a nice digital camera, there really isn’t much of a need to go to a professional photographer to get that one shot, or maybe two, that you want to send out to let everybody know about the special moment. So take some shots, head over to TinyPrints, and order those invitations!

Let the world know you’re moving on here!
Check out the full lineup here.

Swedish Fire Steel

Swedish Fire SteelHere’s a very practical gift idea. It’s a simple little key chain sized fire starter. When you slide the key looking thing against the little stick, sparks fly out at 3,000°C which is 5432°F. Yeah, that’s pretty hot.

The crazy little thing even works when it’s wet. I’m not sure anything will light when it’s when, but this thing will keep sparking. Get this for your closest friend who wants to go out and be like Bear Grylls!

Come on baby light my fire.

A Slew of Busted T-Shirts

Today The Gift Idea Blog brings you a nice little group of t-shirts from Busted Tees. These are some of my favorites. Now it’s time for blurbs about each of them!

I Heart AccuracyI tend to sometimes be a bit of an annoying nitpicker when it comes to accuracy. I realize, however, that I’m pretty inconsistent myself. Anyway, if you’re like me, you may have wondered why we commonly make that heart shape we’re all so used to when a real heart looks like the leftover chunk of beef that nobody wanted to eat because it’s all full of gristle and nastiness. Problem solved here! This shirt should make a great gift for your friend who always points out your mistakes.

Candy vs. CornThis shirt is just plain old awesome. I love some good Halloween candy corn; who doesn’t? I know dentists are sure glad they exist! But really, look at the faces on the mutant candy corn and the cob man who seems to fear he may be destined to have the same fate. It’s just pure goodness. So you should buy it for somebody right now.
Yummy.
Candy Corn.

BRBGet it? Yeah? See, BRB means “Be Right Back” and it is commonly used in online conversations to indicate one of the parties will be leaving the computer alone for a few moments. Now, that’s a boomerang there, following the proper arm motion, when the boomerang leaves your hand, it will also be away for a few moments, but then return. So, get it now? Oh, you got it at first glance, ok. Yeah, by now, you’ve probably already left the site, so I’m just rambling on. Two left!

RirrutoAlright, here we are with the first of two t-shirts with movie references. This one is probably pretty well known, but I’ll jar the old memory for ya. Remember in Billy Madison when Billy’s cursive writing is tested by Miss Veronica Vaughn? Frank Rizzuto morphs into Frank Rirruto. Classic Adam Sandler goodness.
Quit looking at me swan!
I’m pretty sure I would be rewarded no points for this answer, you are now dumber for reading this.

Urban AchieversAnd finally, a more obscure movie reference. Anybody get it? Here are some clues: Dude, Bowling, Donnie, Rug, Creedence, The Jesus, White Russian, Nihilists, Bunny. Well, if that didn’t do it for ya, you probably noticed the word Lebowski on the shirt. It’s all from the Big one of those, as in The Big Lebowski.

Thanks for reading and such!





Tuttuki Bako Virtual Finger Game

Tuttuki Bako Virtual Finger GameHere’s a weird one for ya! This little box has different digital characters who live inside. You get to stick your gigantic (in proportion to them) finger in a hole on the side of the box and mess with the little creatures! Why not?

Being one of the weirdest things I’ve posted on this blog, I feel it appropriate to include a little video demonstration of said weirdness. Here’s a little clip of this Virtual Finger Game I found on YouTube.

The clip starts out with a tiny stick man being terrorized by the huge finger. Then at the push of a real button on the housing of the box, a menu appears. That menu, apparently, cycles through the characters with the touch of a digital button. The finger goes on to play with a blob and then an adorable panda who is clinging onto a tire swing. Just precious. Bonus: The song is mesmerizing.

Stick your finger in this link here.

Twice as Nice: Baby Twins Announcements

Twin Baby AnnouncementI know plenty of people who are having babies around this time of year. Announcements, I imagine, are one of the more fun parts of a pregnancy. Well, at least if they are cards that look this nice, then it would be fun. TinyPrints.com has all kinds of great baby announcements, and even plenty for twins, if you’re so lucky!

I caught a bit of that show Jon and Kate Plus 8 the other day. I can’t imagine having twinners and then being blessed with a six pack of children, all at once! Crazy stuff. So yeah, if you’re the lucky soon-to-be parent of twins, check out these announcements!

Announce in style here.

Discount at Lillian Vernon

St. Patrick's Day Hurricane SetToday brings us a couple of St. Patrick’s Day gift ideas from Lillian Vernon. First off is this St. Patrick’s Day Hurricane Set. This is pretty much a must have for anybody who loves decorating for holidays. The set is pretty heavy duty, and includes the following:

  • Mouthblown Glass Hurricane (10″ Wide x 10 1/4″ Tall, 2 3/4 lbs.)
  • Set of 12 Shamrock Glass Scatters
  • 3″ x 6″ Light Green Pillar Candle

Lucky Clover Mugs SetNext on today’s short list is the Lucky Clover Mugs Set. Just two mugs in this one, and they’re pretty inexpensive. Each is made of green glass and can hold up to 20 oz. of your favorite St. Patrick’s Day beverage. Naturally, four leaved clovers are etched in the glass all over each of the mugs.

Now, for those discounts. Here are a couple pretty good coupons from Lillian Vernon:
Save some green this St Patrick’s Day with Free Shipping on orders of $50+ Use code 539830100. Exp March 18th
Add to your luck with 10% off orders of $40+ this St Patrick’s Day! Use code 659830100. Exp March 18th

Titanium Spork

Titanium SporkI got this (along with a couple other things) for my Father at Christmas. He is quite the spork enthusiast, and really, it doesn’t get any better than a titanium spork. He loved it. I’m not sure if he still uses it, as that was well over a year ago now, but I tell you what, I’m sure it’s still in pristine condition!

Now, why a titanium spork you ask? I say why not! Most sporks are wonderfully convenient, but terribly flimsy. And most often, they still have little plastic seams left on the edges to cut your lip, ouch! This titanium spork is smoothly crafted into a perfectly gentle, but sturdy, large sized spork. Really, the thing is big, see that image there? It’s even bigger in real life! It measures 6 1/4 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Go measure one of your spoons, probably nowhere near that size.

One last thought about a spork, that I took from my Father: Why not call it a foon?

Get a real spork at ThinkGeek.com.

Princess Leia Poster

Princess Leia PosterThe classic Princess Leia poster. For all Star Wars fans, and anybody who appreciates good old beauty…circa 1970’s George Lucas future style…or something.

You really can’t go wrong getting this poster for any guy who is into Star Wars, or movies, or just plain old interested in attractive women! Carrie Fisher was at her best as Princess Leia, and there really isn’t a whole lot more to say about it. If you don’t know who Princess Leia is, I’m sorry, you’ve obviously been in seclusion for a few decades. Welcome to the world, go watch Star Wars.

The poster measures 36″ x 24″ and will put a smile on the face of a cubicle slave every day. I categorized this as “Tech Stuff” because any techie will appreciate Leia watching him do his thing.

Put Leia on some lucky guy’s wall here.