Gift ideas for teenage boys...

[rrm84]

Christmas is coming! My budget is very low this year. I have a group of boys to get gifts for, the youngest about 12, the oldest 23 and single. They are grandkids and nephews. I would like to spend $10 or less on each. I have no idea of what to do. I'm hoping some of you folks here have kids that age, and can give me some good suggestions of something low-priced that they would actually use or enjoy! (I'm not a sewer or knitter or crocheter)
Thanks -

[Neeley]

iTunes gift cards
baseball hat from their favorite sports team
I can usually find A & F or AE t-shirts on clearance right at $10 forDS (he is 13).

[itsahumanzoo]

Here is something that I think is great for teenagers.

Get a big bowl at Walmart, they're around 99 cents. Fill it with bags of microwave popcorn, (sometimes I can get a box for free or cheap with coupons and sales!) boxes of candy from the dollar store or target at $1 a piece, and other things of that nature, snack mix, chips, a bottle of pop even. Then in the card, you can stick a $5 blockbuster gift card (I can get them for free by trading in my mypoints points) and voila! Movie night gift bowl!

[homemaker66]

I get a movie tickets, gift card at their favorite store, pick up mens stuff at the dollar store all the time. Make a coupon book for them to redeem throughout the year, make a date with them and take them out to dinner. Pull some old pictures together and give them a small photo album of memories. I hope this helps.

[prftstrngr]

I am gonna second the movie ideas! My son is 17 and he loves getting those kinds of things!

[BeccaJoy]

for the older ones you could do a gift card to a movie rental place like blockbuster etc. that would cover a few video games or movies.
younger boys might enjoy the same thing. if their moms could go with them to rent an appropriate video game or something.
you could probably buy discounted baseball hats on ebay of their favorite team.

[cab54]

Every single teen and young adult on my list gets a gift card---Usually to anyplace they can get CD's, DVD's, etc. I also like to give driving teens a gas gift card. But that might be too much these days----they might only be able to afford a couple of gallons!

[jollyquilter]

If they are living on there own and have a car you can take a bucket and put a big sponge in it, a bottle of car wash,some noce soft cloths, a bottle of wax and a air freshener for the car. I have done this and also added a gallon of windshield deicer that goes in your car( that you squirt out with the windshield wipers).

I have done the big bowl idea for sports fans ( no movie rental needed)

My oldest son loves cold cereal, and when he had first moved out I hade coupons for those big bags of cereal ( got them for .50 a bag) Well I bought him 12 bags and put in a card for him to freeze them and use as needed. Also a wal-mart gift card for milk. I put it in a huge box and he got a kick out of it!!!

Good Luck!!!

[sunshine]

FOOD -- candy bars, beef jerky, bags of nuts, etc.

GC's to fast food joints

Mine all liked the shake flash lights I got for their stockings a few years ago --

Keep an eye out for discount magazine subscriptions to their favorite magazines (Car and Driver, Field and Stream, Motor Trend, etc.)

[Darlene]

With the movie thing, a ride to the mall & back would be cool.

[Laura2]

I also think the movie bowl is a good idea. If you don't want to get a rental gift card, you could also keep your eye out for used DVDs or ones that are very cheap from places like Amazon. We've both movies from Amazon for $3 before.

[cyclonewriter]

Wow..these are some great ideas. My nephews also enjoy the Itunes gift cards. I make each of them their favorite gift in a jar cookies and always have as they love to make them when they have a friend over or something....A real easy favorite is S'mores in a jar. Just google it, it is so easy and my nephew absolutely goes nuts EVERY year. LOL

[rrm84]

Wow - thanks for all the good ideas! One question - where do you get I-tunes gift cards? Do you buy them online?

[virgo]

I always get my brother a $10 shirt from a certain funky t shirt line

[itsahumanzoo]

Wow - thanks for all the good ideas! One question - where do you get I-tunes gift cards? Do you buy them online?

You can get them at Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc.