Any ideas for Xmas or Bday gifts for young men ages 12-16 from their Aunt?

Question

I'm looking for inexpensive gifts to give my nephews. I ususally buy from "Ten Thousand Villiages" or other international fair trading sources which do not exploit poor people in 3rd world countries.

I like to give my nephews & nieces unique gifts. They are from wealthy families and don't need things -- I am on a really tight budget and cannot afford to get them the type of gifts their other relatives give. I genuinely love them want to try to bless them with something meaningful or special as a token of love from me & my daughter.

The girls are easy, we buy bath or beauty items on sale then add handmade earings or a craft. But the guys? Any ideas, especially from teen boys, of gifts that touched them?

Answer 1

Hi, how about giving them a religious pendant. Or maybe finding a leather crafter and having a belt designed just for them? Do you see them often? How about just some homemade baked goods and hide a few dollars in it.

Answer 2

I give one of my nephew a coupon for a 2 night stay at my house. He looks forward to them (so i am told by his mom) Then when he turns them in (again with parnets approval) we do whatever he likes. Usual a night at my house he plays games or we watch a movie.
The oldest of the teens I ask him what kinda of gift with a limit amount of money he would like and have him make a list so that way I have a choice and he doesn't know what he is getting. The others kids get craft items i make, but this year they are getting a shoebox to color and inside craft stuff to create to their hearts content. Hope this helps .

Answer 3

The worst was one Christmas I watched as my aunts side of the family all got gifts and I mean cool gifts. I got a card saying that "Santa" forgot to leave me a present and that it was on the way. That was 14 years ago I'm still waiting for my gift.

Answer 4

I know how it is, I am on a tight budget and my nephews have plenty of money and all they want.
One year I got them penlights that made shapes in the dark. They were like $10. each. maybe even less.

Last year I got them each CD holders that had neon lights on them. They loved them.

Another year I got them key chains with a little flashlight on the end of it.

Answer 5

A gift card from the store where the purchase their music. All "tweens" and teenagers love music. You would never be able to pick out what they like. With a gift card, the can pick out their own.

Answer 6

Gift card to Best Buy.

BTW, where would those poor people in the third world countries be without American $ pouring in?

Take a look at the dictators running the countries and then tell me whose fault it is.

Answer 7

Books, Kits, like model planes. If there's a puzzle store, look around in there for ideas.

Answer 8

go to cheap bargain stores and you'll usually find really cool stuff there. i dun have much money so i get my freinds really funky cool stuff from shops like that.
or if you feel thats too cheap then have like a hamper kinda thing where u chuck in something like lollies or chocolate then chuck in like a mini basketball and i little torchlight etc.

Answer 9

I think you schoulsd buy them a special shirt or somthing that can't begotten somthing original and unique or make them a giftbasket with things they like.

Answer 10

Try store specializing in puzzles. They have all kinds, including rings that are locked together that you have to figure out how to separate. Or 3-D puzzles are challenging to put together. My son loved trying to "figure it out" the puzzles.