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When buying a gift for a colleague it can be difficult if you do not know them that well. Trying to find something, unique or unusual can be quite a challenge. Choose something a little different this year for your colleagues Christmas gifts - these ideas also make great gifts for office secret Santa's as all five are priced under $15 but look like they cost a lot more! Christmas gifts should be fun and if possible last more than a few days - something for the recipients work space or desk could be a nice thought such as a light tube or ant farm.

1. Educational Insights Glow-in-the-Dark Solar System

2. Tedco Discovery Pak

3. Be Amazing Lab-in-a-Bag Newton's Antics

4. Techcard Technology Power Circuits (Light Tube)

5. Fascinations AntWorks Rainbow Ants

For something a little bit different consider a glow in the dark solar system from educational insights. This would look quite cool hung up from the office ceiling and is educational too. Includes sun and eight planets (plus Pluto - now classified as a dwarf planet). Even if not dark the solar system display looks great and is all to scale. A Discovery Pack from Tedco has three fascinating components that can make great office desk toys or distractions. These are: a gyroscope, a prism and fascinating floating magnets.

The light tube is a light fountain that your colleague would actually have to build themselves using simple electronic circuits and as it is actually designed for kids it shouldn't be too challenging for most people. The light tube changes colour and utilises LED technology. Be Amazing's Lab-in-a-Bag Newton's Antics has all the necessary equipment for learning about Sir Isaac's laws of motion, inertia and gravity. The 10 activities are packaged neatly into a clear vinyl bag allowing for easy clean up and handy storage when finished. Contents include: a giant test tube, bottle, plastic ring, stir stick, pipe cleaner, nails, nuts, washers, wood blocks, balloons and most importantly the instructions for the recipient to have fun.

My final suggestion is an ant farm from Fascinations. There are a wide variety of ant farms on the market and some now use the space age gel as food and substrate. Sand was the original substrate choice and Fascinations have improved on the simple sand habitat with their rainbow ant farm. The owner places the sand in themselves allowing them to create their own colourful and unique pattern. The ants will ultimately mix up the layers as they dig their tunnels. Ant farms make great desk top 'pets' as they require minimal care and can be very therapeutic to watch.

Hopefully you now have some ideas on how to buy something a little bit different this Christmas for a colleague or at any time really. For more information, suggestions, images and reviews please visit Unique Christmas Gifts

Give the gift of education and the thrill of discovery with an awesome discovery science toy available from Discovery Science Toys

Ethan playing with his new Solar System toy