Arty stocking fillers for under £20 – in pictures

For the guitar player who needs to add a little stardust to their strumming: a David Bowie plectrum from the V&A shop 75p; vandashop.com Photograph: vandashop.com

The real thing took 7m man-hours to build, but construction of a Lego Empire State Building ought to be manageable by Boxing Day. At about seven inches tall, it’ll fit on the mantelpiece, too £19.99; shop.lego.com/en-GB Photograph: shop.lego.com/en-GB

Mixology meets art in Artists’ Cocktails by Ryan Gander. Intriguing if not always practical: one cocktail recipe asks for a four-inch hunk of ginger to go in whole... £18; dentdeleone.co.nz Photograph: dentdeleone.co.nz

As the Matt Smith era draws to a close, commemorate the bow tie-loving 11th doctor with this Doctor Who apron £13.99; forbiddenplanet.com Photograph: forbiddenplanet.com

Seven Oliviers? Five Tonys? Forget ’em: you know you’ve got a really successful musical when it gets its own lunchbox. The Matilda the Musical lunchbox is printed with one of Tim Minchin’s lyrics, about “revolting children /Living in revolting times” £10; roalddahlstore.com Photograph: roalddahlstore.com

Was a Paul Klee tote bag what the artist had in mind when he made Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms in 1920? Probably not... but a lovely gift regardless £12.50; shop.tate.org.uk Photograph: shop.tate.org.uk

Gosling lovers can gaze on this Ryan Gosling tea towel while drying up. Gosling haters can enjoy covering his face in dish grime £9.95; todryfor.com Photograph: todryfor.com

Save the Story’s illustrated books are classic yarns respun for millenial kids. Dave Eggers plunges into Captain Nemo and Ali Smith has a go at Antigone £10.94 each; foyles.co.uk Photograph: foyles.co.uk

Artfully arrange mince pies on a "My favourite bird" small plate, £15, from Tracey Emin's online shop: emininternational.com Photograph: emininternational.com

The School of Life's literary pencils are branded with weighty and "thought-provoking" lit-crit terms such as “anagnorisis”. Pretty, though. Also in the same series: psychoanalysis and visual art. £12; shop.southbankcentre.co.uk Photograph: to follow

For the typeface type – a box of font postcards, 100 of them, by US design company House Industries. £14.99; foyles.co.uk Photograph: foyles.co.uk

Wipe the dust off specs or screens and on to one of these handsomely illustrated micro-fibre cleaning cloths from London startup Everything Is Illustrated. Comes with matching tin! £4.99; everythingisillustrated.net Photograph: everythingisillustrated.net

You’d recognise those Y-fronts anywhere ... a handmade poster of Walter and Jesse from Breaking Bad. £12.56, williamhenrydesign at etsy.com Photograph: williamhenrydesign at etsy.com

Writing maps to inspire you on your travels £3.90; writingmaps.com Photograph: Katherine Rose