16 Unique & Quirky Gifts for 2022

I don't wear my heart on my sleeve, I wear my nap on my sleeve. The Sleepy Sleeves Wearable Arm Pillow is an alternative to neck pillows and giant ostrich heads for travelers and tuckered-out workers eager to grab some shut-eye on whatever surface lies beneath them. An oblong memory foam cushion sewn into a slip-on cotton sleeve, the Sleepy Sleeves brings portable, discreet (call it Sneaky Sleeves at work!) comfort to your sleepy time pursuits.

A wise person once said, "There are two types of phones in this world - boring phones, and Banana Phone!" No wait, scratch that. A bananas person once said, There are two types of phones in this world - boring phones, and Banana Phone!"

Technically, the Banana Phone serves a purpose: it's a wireless handset you can connect to your iPhone or Android smartphone, and use to talk to your mama, or perhaps the customer service center at Dole. But given you can already use your actual phone as a handset, or connect Bluetooth earphones to it and talk both wirelessly and hands-free, the Banana Phone's true purpose is a silly gag gift, or maybe top prize at this year's white elephant gift exchange.

This Human Face Baseball Hat is ready to play ball...with anyone who thinks they can look it in the eye without shuddering. Yeeks. Every time I glance at Sabri Tunca's handmade creep fest, I have to shake it off like a nervous dog. Who'd have thought 100% natural merino wool felt could be so disarming?

A classic from Seletti, the Love in Bloom Porcelain Heart Vase goes full-on anatomical in its efforts to help you show how much you care. The vase turns arteries and veins of the heart into individual bud vases, allowing unique bouquet arrangements to take shape inside and even more uniquely-shaped container.

A Crotch Staring Cat with swappable crotch parts? Being a reluctant, yet attentive, cat owner, I can say this toy from Chinese cartoonist QianLi Ma is not based on real life. At least not in my experience. Now a Crotch Licking Cat with swappable crotch parts, that toy would be one I'd believe.

Lucky Stradley first went viral as a virtuoso of whimsical ceramics in 2014, with one of his runny nose yarn bowls, that one named "Snotty Oliver." Today he continues to hand make OOAK and custom pieces to liven up - and weird out - your home decor, and bring a smile to your - and if you're lucky, a look of horror to your stuck-up Aunt Jan's - face.

Bee aware, bee kind, and BEEVIVE with your very own Bee Revival Keyring. "Inspired by a spontaneous encounter with a tired bee," these tubular keychain or backpack attachments contain emergency nectar (i.e., ambrosia syrup) that will help perk up any peaked pollinator you pass.

BEEVIVE's Bee Revival Keyrings consist of an aluminum or bamboo outer shell that houses a glass vial filled, and refillable, with bee food. Vials hold about 5 bee-size servings, and when you run out of the included ambrosia syrup, a simple simple syrup, or sugar water, will do as a replacement.

I'd never seen yooperlite before today, but after just a few seconds of gazing at the UV-fluorescent stones, and the designs Palcamsol Distributing has turned them into, has me going all Fred Flintstone and saying, "Yooper-dooper-doo!"

Under normal conditions, yooperlite is a nice enough looking rock, mottled with black and shades of brown and gray. Palcamsol Distributing has shaped the stones into a variety of objects, including beaded bracelets, wicked skull and dragon sculptures, and even a 6-pound solid yooperlite sphere, ready both to tell the future and take out an intruder. But the real yoopermagic begins when the sun goes down, the LEDs go off, and the black light flickers to life.

Blamo Adult Animal Onesies are sewn in tribute to a brimming handful of mythical, jungle, and suburban beasts. The white unicorn suit shown above is a Spencer Hansen design made of 100% cotton knit, accented with side pockets, a shoulder pocket, thumb holes, and, of course, a few magical unicorn features. Horn. Ears. Mane. Tail. And the motorcycle?

So the unicorn can fly.

Um. Aside from the fact that that cat's sitting politely and perfectly still on a human hand, I can't even tell it's a custom stuffed pet replica, and not just a, like, pet.

A few years ago, we saw Cuddle Clones and their hyper-realistic take on stuffed versions of your dog, cat, or other furry / feathered friend. And they're real good. But I gotta say, I think these custom stuffed pet replicas, available as either just your buddy's head, or as a full body, are even better. Handmade by Qinghua, and sold through her Etsy shop, Brightliftin, these doggos and kitties (and tweety birds!) all look to be dead ringers of their living counterparts.

Forest Origins guarantees you can grow your own mushrooms with their Mushroom Trio Grow Kit or they'll provide a full refund. Well, Forest Origins, first challenge of 2023 accepted. But you do realize in making this guarantee that I can hardly grow hair on my own head anymore, right?

This 3-piece mushroom farm contains the makings of 3 varieties of organic oyster mushrooms: brown; white; and pink. Forest Origins supplies the "fungal bricks," which contain everything you need to grow your shrooms, minus the water you'll mist them with along the way.