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Cool Desk Accessories As Coworker Gifts

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Cool desk accessories can help make the holidays at work more enjoyable!

It’s that dreaded time of year, when you have to buy a gift for one of your coworkers to commemorate a holiday office celebration. Whether you’re shopping for a coworker selected out of a secret Santa hat or simply presenting a gift to a coworker in a demonstration of appreciation, you have to walk the fine line between finding a gift that has both taste and style. Why not give your coworker a gift that he or she can use at work. Make yourself the hero at the coffee pot tomorrow morning by giving one of the cool desk accessories as coworker gifts.

Juice Box Portable Electronics Charger

The authentic looking Juice Box Portable Electronics Charger sits at the end of a desk waiting for someone to stop by for a slurp of fresh squeezed juice. Designed with a smiley face on the front, the juice box charges a wide variety of electronics devices that include smartphones and notebooks. The 2500mAh battery provides long lasting power for busy coworkers on the run. Your coworker can take the charger anywhere for the quick bursts of power needed to keep the laptop humming. Plus, it’s one of the better cool desk accessories.

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Spy Pen Camera

James Bond meets functionality in one of the cool desk accessories as coworker gifts. The Spy Pen Camera records both audio and video for 20 consecutive hours. The high definition 720 by 1280-pixel resolution camera creates crystal clear videos that your coworker can upload to most computer platforms. Your coworker can pretend to be taking notes on a legal pad, while impersonating 007’s penchant for using brilliantly designed spy devices. The best part is the pen functions as a highly reliable writing tool.

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Sharp Image Pencil Sharpener

It looks like a mini camera, but acts as a quality pencil sharpener. Your coworker can expect the entire office to stop by and ask about the neat looking camera that sits at the end of the desk. Constructed with durable materials, the Sharp Image Pencil Sharpener sits at the upper end of the rotary pencil sharpener list. It adds panache to any desktop, while ensuring every pencil in your coworker’s desk drawer remains sharp.

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USB Desktop Aquarium

A school of fish moving around on top of your office desk is sure to make the USB Desktop Aquarium one of the cool desk accessories as coworker gifts. The aquarium contains 1.5 quarts of water, which is more than enough to provide a home for live fish. Authentic river rocks line the bottom of the aquarium, as well as artificial plants that move in the same manner as live fauna moves deep beneath the sea. A USB power connector highlights the technology features of this cool desk accessory. The mini aquarium also includes a LCD lit calendar, alarm clock, and five different sounds that mimic the sounds made in the great outdoors.

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You can give your coworker a gift card and walk away satisfied that you have upheld your end of the holiday gift-giving bargain. However, giving a gift card shows you put little or no thought into finding the best gift for your coworker. Show you that care by giving one of the cool desk accessories as coworkers gifts this holiday season.


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Gifts for Annoying Coworkers

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When you think of them, they always make you want to scream.  How can you get them a gift if you can’t even be in the same room with them?  Don’t worry, this list of great gifts for annoying coworkers will help you get through this gift-giving session in peace.

Desk Organizer

Is your associate’s consistently messy desk driving you nuts?  Help tidy up the workspace with “The Butt,” a funny desk accessory holder.  It’s a tape dispenser, pen holder, paper clip magnet and notepad holder, shaped like a person sitting on the toilet.  If that doesn’t clean up their desk, at least you can say that it looks like a bathroom stall without blowing your cover.

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Memo Holder

Does your colleague always forget what they were supposed to do?  Now they won’t, with a Dino Memo Holder.  He stores pens and pencils, and guards your desk from tiny interlopers, too.

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Extendable Fork

Looking for perfect gifts for annoying coworkers?  What about the resident lunch thief?  Give them the Freeloader Fork to let them know you know who the culprit is.  If the snack stealer is your boss, we don’t suggest giving this gift.  Better a lifted lunch than a pink slip.

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Foldable Step Stool

That one person who always asks you to reach things on the top shelf will have no excuse if you give them this Easy Fold Step Stool.  It’s easy to carry, holds up to 300 pounds, and folds conveniently flat for storage.  Plus, you can always borrow it if you’re the short one in the office.

Mouse Pad

For the lazybones, nothing like a mouse pad they’ll never wear out.  The Doing Nothing Mousepad reads “Doing nothing is harder than it looks… it’s impossible to take breaks.”  This paper mouse pad allows you to just tear off the top layer to expose a fresh sheet underneath, that way it always looks unused.  We don’t suggest giving this one to your boss, either.

Pen Cap Utensils

Gifts for annoying coworkers can be a challenge to find.  If you’re tired of loaning out eating utensils to that associate who never brings their own, give them these Pen Cap Eating Utensils.  They fit snugly over the top of pens and are sturdy enough to withstand many meals.  They even come with three pens, so you don’t have to worry about being asked to loan a pen.

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Spitball Dartpad

What about that colleague who can never make a decision?  This Decision Spitball Dartpad can speed things up.  With 50 answers and pieces of advice, they will never need to plague you with questions again.  Now you just have to put up with the constant spitballs.

With so many options to choose from, that frustrating colleague is just wrapping paper away from being a check mark on your list.  Who knows, maybe they’ll even get the hint.

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Online Gifts for Coworkers

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Sometimes you are so busy at work and home that you forget to schedule your gifts for coworkers shopping excursion. And we all know that last minute shopping, especially during Christmas time, can be a real nightmare. Fortunately, there is always the solution of online shopping, but with delivery times being often long, you need to buy your gifts way ahead of time. There is a solution for that as well! Online gifts for coworkers that do not require you to go to the shops or wait for them to be delivered. Following you will find a gift ideas for coworkers that are modern, original, useful and won’t take up space in your colleague’s storage room, in case they hate them.

For the colleague who has it all: Amazon e-gift cards

Amazon has a huge variety of products in so many categories, that your coworker will certainly find something that they like. The e-card can be delivered via e-mail within 15 minutes after you make your order. You can also print it and send it to them or you can even post your gift on their Facebook wall! [Read more…]

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Mini Blenders Make Great Gifts for Coworkers

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Oftentimes, great gifts for coworkers are the items that make work better. Things that make our work day a little easier, a little brighter.

Balanced eating is an often overlooked component of work happiness.  Our busy schedules at the office get in the way of good nutrition. One way to squeeze in nutritional supplements or fruit smoothies into your day is with a personal blender.

Here are a few mini blenders that make great gifts for coworkers.

Hamilton Beach Personal Blender

My personal blender of choice, the compact design and 14oz blending jar is the perfect size for any fruit smoothie or protein shake.

The 175-watt motor does a capable job chopping ice or cutting through frozen fruit.

The blending jar is the perfect size to fit in a car’s cup holder — making it perfect for commuters.

blenderMaxi-Matic Personal Drink Blender

OK, so your coworkers are not going to be grating cheese or chopping nuts at their desks, but gridning coffee?  It’s a possibility.

Even if they are only going to use the Maxi-Matic for fruit drinks, the set comes with four spill proof 16 oz cups. That means you can get through the work week without having to rinse them out. And foam grips  ensure that you hang on to your beverage while moving from conference room to conference room. Now that’s a great gift for coworkers.

OsterMy Blend 250-Watt Blender

Available in several funky colors that will brighten up any dull office, this personal blender inlcudes a 20 oz sport bottle, sure to keep employees hydrated.  The unit is dishwasher-safe and boasts a re-settable fuse so even an everyday-user won’t burn out the motor.

Magic Bullet 17-Piece Express Mixing Set

The “Kleenex” of the personal blender space, the Magic Bullet name has become synonymous with all mini blenders.  Sometimes, great gifts for coworkers have to have name recognition.

With all kinds of blades, cups, and accessories, this product is for the avid “chopper.”  An included cookbook includes 10-second recipes, giving even the busiest worker bee the ability to stock up on quick nutrition.

BlenderBottle® Classic 28-ounce Blue

No power?  No problem!  The BlenderBottle, complete with its patented BlenderBall, merely requires the user to shake it up and down. A great alternative for workers who drink powdered beverages but don’t want to plug in.

The bottle features a stay-open flip cap, GripperBars to make it easy to hold and is made from BPA-free plastic.

They might be a little noisy, but a 5-second disruption shouldn’t get your coworkers in too much of a twist.  Consider one of these personal blenders as a great gift for a coworker. They won’t be disappointed.


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