When it’s time to fill your gift list, shopping for children is perhaps the most fun. Kid’s eyes light up when they see a brightly wrapped gift with their name on it. After all, a big part of the fun is picking up the package, giving it a little shake and trying to guess what lies within. Buying gifts for children doesn’t need to be an expensive proposition. Children are so easy to please – for kids, it really is the thought that counts. Here we’ve got 10 ideas for gifts for children that are proven winners at any time of year.
1. The dollar type stores always have toys geared to the season – be it the winter holidays, Valentine’s Day or Easter, you’ll find aisle after aisle of cool kid gifts, none of which cost more than a dollar. For birthday needs, these stores have dozens of cute gifts for children. Markers, crayons, craft paper and Play-Doh™ are just a few of the gift items that kids can enjoy for weeks of playtime.
2. Costume jewelry and action figures from the 25-cent bubble-gum style machines are treasures for kids – consider how your own kids beg you for “Just one, Mom!” on every trip to the supermarket.
3. Goldfish are durable little critters, beloved by kids. All you need is a gallon bowl, a bag of aquarium pebbles or colorful marbles and a can of goldfish food. Fix it up with a plant or two and that child will be delighted.
4. Age appropriate puzzles make great gifts for children. Both the regular cardboard types and the plastic rubric styles can be assembled over and over.
5. Stickers! Kids use stickers to decorate everything from school notebooks to bedposts and fingernails. Several packs of stickers run just a couple of bucks, but provide children with many hours of fun, followed by many months of admiring their handiwork.
6. Shop the toy section of the ‘superstores’ to find enough great, inexpensive gifts for children sufficient to complete even a large gift list. Coloring books, the little Golden books, kids card games, such as Fish and Old Maid, have been around forever, but haven’t lost their appeal over many generations of kids.
7. If you’ve got a girl on your list who owns a Barbie doll, there’s nothing like another costume to enhance Barbie’s persona – and wardrobe!
8. Packs of baseball or football cards are well loved by boys. Some boys amass huge collections, continuing to build on well into their late teens.
9. Stamp collections are one of the more unusual gifts for children. All you need is a single envelope filled with stamps and a stamp album. This gift can become a new and fascinating hobby for many years to come.
10. Give a gift subscription to one of the many kid’s magazines. Use the child’s interests and age as your guide. This gift also makes kids feel very ‘grown up’, with a monthly magazine coming in the mail with their name as the addressee. You can be sure that magazine will be read as soon as it arrives, each and every month.
So go have some fun shopping for gifts for children. Don’t forget to pick up some wrapping paper at your dollar store stop!
10 Impressive & Inexpensive Gifts For Children