This Christmas our boys will be 13 and 12, and it’s getting really hard to shop for them. Here are a few ideas I’ve settled on, but I’d love to hear your suggestions, too!
If your preteen boy likes workout clothes, you might want to check out Lululemon Like New. For stocking stuffers, I highly recommend Archie McPhee’s (the source of the rubber chicken pictured above).
Another fun idea is to give your kid the promise of a memorable and fun experience with you. I’ve found that it’s helpful to gift tickets for a particular thing, on a particular day. If I give someone in my family gift certificates to the local movie theater, for example, the tickets might get pushed to the bottom of a drawer and go unused. But if I buy tickets to a concert and put it on the calendar, we’ll almost certainly attend. This year, I’m giving our girls tickets to a local Taylor Swift dance party and two reserved nights at a campground in Shenandoah. I’ve printed out the tickets and a map of the campground and wrapped each of them in little boxes. I hope they’ll be as excited for these events as I am!
Happy shopping!
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