Bubble wrap
Follow this link to a page with virtual bubble wrap. Click on a bubble and pop it. It’s not quite as satisfying as real bubble wrap. And why is popping bubble wrap so satisfying, anyway? What ancestral activity does it symbolize? Where’s an evolutionary psychologist when you need one?
The Japanese have sheets of bubble wrap manufactured specifically for popping:
One of these is Pucchin Sukatto, a 10 x 10-cm bubble-wrap sheet developed purely for popping purposes. Pucchin is the description in Japanese of the sound made when you pop bubble wrap, and sukatto means to feel refreshed.
To make users feel the latter, the bubble-wrap sheets are made of special polyethylene that creates a sharper sound than your standard bubble wrap when the bubbles are burst.
Bandai makes a toy that simulates bubble wrap, except that the bubbles can be popped over and over again: