Desk Toys

Meet mini floppy! (AKA wacky waver) You know floppy. You see his larger family members all over the place, promoting sales and events of all kinds. Floppy measures a mini 12" tall, has a battery operated fan in the base, and operates on a single 9-volt...

You know—that’s where you keep track of your mail, documents and various what-nots. This solid-steel wire pachyderm measures approx I8” x 6" x 3-1/2" and it’s from Kikkerland® so you know it’s good. Can be used standing...

These miniature versions of the traditional floor fan say "Retro Mini Fan" on them, and the retro part is that the blades and cages are all metal. The handy part is that they're just 5-3/8" dia and the plug is a USB, ready to cool you off right from your...

And your jewelry stand looks like it’s looking for jewels in the stars. What a beautiful thing. This Stargazer Jewelry Stand from the most-excellent Kikkerland® measures approx 6-1/2” tall x 6” at the widest. A ponytailed girl in...

Some call him a blowhard...we just like to call him Tornado Timmy. His friends tell us he gets a little winded sometimes, but at 5" with a 3' cord and his usb connector, Timmy is all fan. Sleek black plastic design, and his classic base makes Timmy the...

We really ought to stop being surprised at this point, but then stuff like this comes along and loudly announces, “No, you haven’t see it all!” Behold, the beaver rotating birch tree ballet music box, which is chocolate kiss-shaped,...

From our friends at World’s Smallest, here’s another diminutive delight—the World’s Smallest Tool Kit, and it’s fully functional. Red plastic hinged toolbox measures approx 2” x 1-1/2” x 1-1/2” with a...

Another oldie but goodie. Approximately 6" tall evacuated clear glass bulb mounted in a black stand, 3" in diameter at the top. A four bladed vane is balanced on a needle inside the sphere. Because opposite surfaces of the vanes are black and white,...

It could have been a great spinoff show—first the “Neighborhood,” then the “Notecards.” These notecards are full-color, folded and full of quotes from the man himself. They come in (5) unique designs, with illustrations on...

This USB- or battery-powered leaf blower is purported (by the writing on the package) to be the World’s Smallest Blower. Has an on/off switch and a removeable blower nozzle, and measures 3-1/4" tall x 2-1/2" wide x 6-1/4" (when the 3-1/4" nozzle is...

Spin this spindle and watch it turn in perpetuity!!  Well, for a long time anyway.  Inside the 5-1/2" long colored plastic spindle are magnets which are repelled by magnets in the 5" x 3" black plastic base.  The variously colored spindle...

Well, if you had a crystal ball, you'd be able to see that there's a crystal ball in your future, and you'd know not to pass up this very, very nice glass gazing ball. It's 4-1/4" dia (and heavy) and comes with a footed dark-wood stand that spins...

You're buying the drinks and this wacky, yet debonair, bird with a top hat and plastic base (7" tall OA) can't get his fill of water. Get him started, and he dips his beak into your glass repeatedly. How? Fluid inside his glass body condenses from the...

Our each is a dozen gorgeous, glimmering glass gems, in a round cut in (12) different colors, including pink, green, blue, red, golden, white, and various shades of each. Think diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, amethyst, topaz,...

You've seen everybody's favorite desk toy. The one that makes you swear you can pick up the coin that's right inside it. Too bad it's really a hologram you're looking at! Now you can own this petite version of the popular "illusion" toy. This one, 6" dia...

This might be our most convenient stress-relief tool, a 2-3/4" dia x 1-1/2” tall foam half-ball in green with a simple ceramic magnet on the flat side. Stick it to the fridge, where it’ll hold your grocery list, a photo or a few papers, and...

This lovely glass sand timer in the classic, rounded hourglass shape, has red sand and takes about 30 minutes to complete a cycle. Too bad there’s no such thing as a half-hourglass shape. Measures 7-3/4" tall x approx 3-1/4" dia with flat ends to...

Bigger than a baseball across the top, this is one ginormous jewel. You pick a clear or translucent-sky-blue, 24% lead crystal, cut-glass gem. It’s 3-1/8” dia at the top, tapering to point 2-1/8” deep. Could be...

A real desktop mesmerizer. This 7"x 5" moving sand sculpture creates endless sand-dune vistas, and can be so easily flipped to start over that you need never go back to actually working. The sand is so fine it's nearly liquid; the current version is...

Like the days of our lives, the sand in this glass timer is running out. This hourglass is a double teardrop shape with blue sand, and takes approx an hour to empty (nothing was certain in the pre-digital age, my friend), and stands 11-1/4" tall x 4" dia...

Yes, your desktop is made of atoms (you, too) but this is a 7" dia chrome and black model of an atomic structure (Boronish, Paul says) that keeps on turning via the magic of electromagnetics, at least until the (4) AA batteries you put in it wear out...

No, it doesn't; it runs out. See for yourself with this hourglass full of iron filings. The steel base has a magnet, so time flies when the glass is on it, and the filings make pretty stalagmites. Stick a magnet on the neck, however, and you can stop...

You don’t need your therapist to know that you’re projecting again when you fire up this far-out Star Projection Lamp. Buttons control a multitude of lighting options: single color, dual color, tri-color or white with various added-color...

Newtonian demonstrator for science teachers. Mindless play for the rest of us. These are shiny, nicely balanced, high-performance examples of the classic Newton's Cradle - a ball on one end of a row of (5) suspended, barely...