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KristinL16
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I need some inexpensive gift ideas for boys (especially the older ones) ages 9, 7, 4 and 1. Any suggestions? These all need to be under $10, preferrably much under. Thanks! |
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Little boxes of lego for the older two. Also hot wheel cars/trucks/motorcycle, action figures, mini skateboards (tech decks), flashlight, balls/mini balls (football/etc), top, brainteaser/puzzles. | |
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 | Posted: 12/3/2012 10:23:54 PM
Here are some things my DS11 is getting:
A yo-yo
origami paper and/or book
favorite candy bar
bottle of soda (I know it sounds weird but my DS gets root beer in his stocking since we do not allow sodas normally and he can drink it for breakfast, LOL)
chapstick
toothbrush
book light (to clip in car)
magazine
smencils (smelly pencils)
other ideas:
LED flashlight (got some from the $1 store before our last storm and they were great)
favorite gum
special "character" soap (like in an angry bird container or something like that)
head lamp
bullets for Nerf gun
DVD from $5 shelf
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 | Posted: 12/3/2012 10:31:57 PM
My boys (14, 11, 7) are all getting Lego mini figures. they are around $3 and you don't know which ones you get until you open the package. They love them and buy them whenever they get the chance.
When my kids were bath takers I always put fizzy bath bombs in their stockings. Walmart had some that had little dinosaurs inside. They are little, so keep an eye on the kids and don't let them eat them.
If you have a World Market they have a lot of small toys that are a little unusual. |
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What about a roll or a few of the decorative duck tape?
My older ones (13 and 9) absolutely love this stuff! There are tutorials on Youtube on how to make different things out of nothing but duck tape. They really have fun with it.
I am giving a big box of different designs and colors of duck tape as a joint gift to them.
My 13yr old step son is also getting some. |
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tinkgumby
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I always get bath sets for mine - they love the shaving soap! And bath crayons for my toddler.
Many of the things I do have already been listed. I usually go to Target, Dollar Tree and Walmart and see what fun stuff I can find (like the Angry Bird slingshots Walmart had). Toothbrushes and candy are also traditional stocking stuffers here on top of the toys.  |
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Aleighl55
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I shopped for my 3 year old last night. He got 2 sets of underoos (Spider-Man & batman), dice, crayons that are rings, and Nesquik from the $ spot. | |
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revirdsuba
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Socks, gloves.... | |
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KristinL16
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| Posted: 12/3/2012 10:46:03 PM
Thanks for the suggestions! I will definitely have to hit up the $$ spot at Target and the Dollar Tree. Which section were the angry birds sling shots in at Walmart? How much $$? |
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KristenFNJ
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| Posted: 12/3/2012 11:50:35 PM
Do you have a Five-Below store near you? Tons of stuff there, including some decent name brands. | |
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 12:00:08 AM
Pokemon trading cards
Star Wars toothbrush
Scissors ( he likes crafts)
Stickers
Lego mini figure
Slinky
Silly putty
Finger laser lights
Angry Bird Star Wars Pez dispenser
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Flashlights or those little lanterns. We bought one for my nephew last year. He uses it for his reading light! Hes 12! |
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Ginger21
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 5:59:36 AM
For my older boys I went to the camping section and got a compass, a pocket knife but it is just a fork, spoon, butter knife and a can opener, astronaut ice cream, mini flashlight, magnifying glass
There are lots of fun things around $5 | |
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maryannscraps
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 6:36:50 AM
We've done lots of the things listed here. Walmart has the coca cola bottles in the round ornament shape. My kids love those (and they take up a lot of space for $0.99) | |
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Carey Ayn
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 6:47:26 AM
Besides the Target $ spot, check out the stuff at Old Navy. I found a couple cheap stocking stuffers there. Also, if you want a couple unique items, go out to The Depot on 23. They have a pretty big toy section with bins full of stocking stuffer items. Most were under $10 and a lot of them were much cheaper. |
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tinkgumby
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 6:59:42 AM
The Angry Bird slingshots were around $7 or so. They had lots of variety. They were in the toy section, near Nerf, but they actually had a section just for Angry Birds stuff!
Oh, and I second the survival/camping stuff. My older boys LOVE that. Walkie-talkies are always fun, too!  |
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 8:03:03 AM
football cards. target has $1 packs. my 8 year old LOVES them.
off to find smencils. OMG that sounds awesome!! | |
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PEAce sign
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 8:06:22 AM
grrrrr. smencils are made in china. why????? | |
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 8:10:32 AM
When mine were 8 and 10, I was sick and tired of them constantly borrowing and never returning my nail clippers, tweezers, etc. So I bought them their own, put their names on, and got a travel soap dish to keep them in, and that went in the stocking one year.
They also liked the small flashlights. And pez dispensers. They collected those for a few years. |
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craftsbycarolyn
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 9:00:29 AM
Every Christmas I got my girls construction paper, writing paper, pencils, crayons, glue, coloring books, stickers, books...it was always a big hit. They have lots of these types of things at the dollar. stores. |
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 4:07:18 PM
Everything listed here is $5 or under
gift card for their favorite yogurt place.
Movie tickets
Pez dispenser
Dice
A small bag of marbles
A comic book
A card game
Lifesaver book
Markers or crayons
Glass bottle of coke
Paperback book
Bubbles
Flashlight
Neat shoelaces (these are big in elementary school)
Trading cards
Mighty beans
Stickers
Stainless steel water bottle
$5 GC to a book store
Little Lego sets (there are several under $5)
Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars
Superhero Squinkies
A movie box of their favorite candy
A GC to Powells (if you have one neat you)
Sharpies (my DS loves them)
Colored pencils
Bloonies
Balloon animal kit (under $5 at ToysRUs in the $ spot)
Mad Libs
Bookmark
Trash pack can
Koosh ball
Yo yo
Pop gun
Superballs
Lego key ring (to hang on their backpacks)
Floam
Gak
Gomu erasers
Temporary tattoos
Lego minifigures
I Spy wand
Toothbrush
New flavor of toothpaste
A brand new golden dollar
$5 Geoffrey Dollar bill (ToysRUs money)
$5 GC to Target on the Lego GC (target has these with all their other GCs, they ate a little clear box with legos and the GC is printed on the back of the little box)
Go-gos
Barnums animal cracker box
Duct tape
A book of McDonalds certificates
Harmonica
Kazoo
$5 DVD from target (they have lots of DVDs for kids for $5)
Playdo
Barrel of Monkeys
Tub Crayons
Origami paper and directions
Wooden train whistle
Silly string
Playmobil figure
Laser Finger beams
Slingshot Screaming Flying Monkey
The Famous Fart Whistle
Pooping reindeer
Marvel Superhero Thumb Wrestlers
Slinky
Toysmiths Lightup Rail twirler
Glow on the dark stars
Story Cubes
Silly putty
Tin Kaleidoscope
Slide whistle
Coin Slide Magic Trick
Rudolph's holiday flashing reindeer nose
Dinosaur Fossil Dig Tyrannosaurs Rex
Sea monkeys
Light up/flashing ball ($3 in ToysRUs dollar spot
Prism Scopes
Puzzles (dollar tree has boxed puzzles for $1)
Sillybanz (or other shaped rubber band bracelets)
Box of character band aids
Schleick animals
Klick-clacks
Whoopie cushion
Bertie Botts Every flavor jelly bellys
Dog tags
Mini etch a sketch
Mini magna doodle
Potato gun
Mini Rubix cube
Rocket balloons
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 4:15:56 PM
Hexbug Nano Starter Set
$5.24 and if you're prime, it ships free. That's a really good deal. | |
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Lots of great suggestions!
My Target dollar spot has headlamps for $3 right now. My son thinks they are so cool and has been asking for one but the type DH has was pretty pricey so I was glad to find this! They also have Angry Birds slap bracelets and dog tags which the middle boys might enjoy.
Great thread - I am totally writing down some of these ideas! | |
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 5:17:35 PM
Great ideas! | |
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I have a 10 year old and the are some of his sticking fillers (as we call them!)
Twistable crayola pencils and oloured pencils
Dr Who DVDs ( really cheap on amazon)
A little solar powered dancing flower ( from ebay, Hong Kong, v cheap)
Some glow in the dark gloves
New diary of a wimpy kid book
A journal with a padlock
Glow sticks
Hair gel ( he sees his big brother using it and was desperate for his own)
I can't think of others yet but will add if I remember.
ETA cheap earphones- he gets through loads
Guinness book of records book
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2boysandwill
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 6:27:06 PM
great ideas...my son is bridging to boy scouts soon and he would definitely love a headlamp and fork/spoon  | |
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| Posted: 12/4/2012 6:41:55 PM
i just left target and scored big in the dollar section for stockingstuffers,,,,tons of stuff for the girls...they're so easy to buy for. for my son i got the headlight flashlight, a slinky, glow sticks, and in the mens department they had little boxed gifts, 3,5,10 dollars, i got a drinking straw kit for 5 dollars and a boxed magic trick set for 5 dollars. | |
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amamapea
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little wind up animals/robots etc...always fun to have races with them down the hall on Christmas morning! | |
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tinkgumby
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 12/5/2012 6:13:11 AM
Thanks for the heads up on the Nanobugs on Amazon - just picked some up for this year's stockings! Great price! |
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| Posted: 12/5/2012 7:15:39 AM
My 5yr old son is getting a magnifying glass and a magnet in his, a set of drawing stencils and some bubble bath. A couple of other bits as well but that's it really. | |
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