Gift Alarm, Holiday Gift GuideThink about this for a second and answer to yourself honestly. Were you the kid that went rifling through the closets, looked under the beds, maybe even ventured up to the attic to find out what presents you were getting for Chanukah or Christmas? I admit it, I was.

Well my parents, and thousands of parents everywhere have been looking for this device for years.

The new Gift Alarm by Archie McPhee is a repackaged motion detecting siren alarm. It’s not incredibly high tech, in fact we’re expecting someone to make sensor tags and a mobile app by next holiday season but for now this will definitely do.

The Gift Alarm has a motion detector with a four foot radius. If the radius is broken the siren wails and the beacon light goes off until a parent disarms it. It’s not far fetched to think that a parent could put the alarm at the top of a closet and then when the kids come present hunting it goes off. With the Gift Alarm kids can’t even get close enough to peel back the paper and peek inside, or rip the paper off and repack.

The gift alarm comes with batteries so it’s ready to go and of course Archie McPhee includes that it’s not holiday specific so you could use it to protect that piece of cake. Heck your kids could use it to protect their diary.

The best part is the price. You can save that Holiday surprise for just $13.00. Want it get it here at mcphee.com 

Looking for holiday gift guides, check out the first part of our holiday gift guide here.