The Festive Fivers competition is back!

two_hoots_2

Hi Team, can you let us know who the winner of the competition is please, lots of great ideas, but hope that mine was a winner!
Thanks,
Sharon

Tinks32

This suspense is painful:) Come on put us out of our misery!

krlyr

BeeKirby wrote: »

• Name of present: Goldfish
• Bought or homemade? Brought
• Total Cost: About 3 pound
• Details (the more, the better): Teach children how to look after pers..imaging their faces when they see the little pet You can get a bowl on Ebay...there is one on there now for 99p. Fish are about 2 pound each leaving 2 pound for food. You child will never be lonely again :rudolf:

I have to say I'm a little disappointed to see this tip published on your article MSE. To be fair, you reworded the bit about the bowl, but still called in a bowl - in reality there are very few bowls on the market that are suitable at all for goldfish. A 99p bowl I can guarantee will not be suitable.
Cheap pets they are not - requiring a decent sized tank, adequant filters and lighting, and they're not particularly easy pets since they need a great deal of care to set up (e.g. being properly cycled before any fish are introduced - not the kind of gift you just pop to the petshop for on Christmas eve!) and maintain
http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/goldfish-myths-debunked.htm

If you want to amuse a kiddie with an easy pet, stick to a stuffed one - or perhaps an electronic fishtank? (we had one as kids - it was great fun, though it did interfere with the TV so the fish had to "sleep" while the soaps were on!)
http://www.glow.co.uk/fincredible-aquarium.html

sisbod

gdmoney wrote: »

Action Man Deserter
Cost - zero
Get empty shoe box, wrap it and give to child

:rotfl: would love to do this but poor child that got it!!!!

tenuissent

I think this is genuinely amusing and very cheap:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Fishin-fer-Squirrels/step3/Nab-Yer-Squirrel/

All you have to do is get a bag of peanuts in their shells, a stick and some fishing line.

It will work in Greenwich Park where my grand children live - obviously you have to have a known squirrel habitat nearby.

sadpanda

If you know someone that plays guitar/ukulele etc, print out the tab/chords for their favourite tunes (there are loads of websites offering free tabs and chords)... and put them all together in a clear file. I would love it if someone made this gift for me as it's a real drag having to look up the tunes I want to play all the time.