Big List of Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids

We have an almost 2.5 year old DS.

He LOVES Thomas the Train. I got a screaming deal on some playset pieces through our local buy/sell page and he's getting those divided up for Christmas, bday, etc. It's a ton of stuff and would just overwhelm him all at once anyway!

I'm going to do his stocking with Thomas stuff. Got him a wooden train whistle already. Found some Thomas socks at the $1 area at Target in Sept. Will add a few trains and I don't know what else in there.

Funny enough, he loves to look at kid magazines (discovered this on a recent flight). I'm going to get him a sub to the Thomas the Train magazine.

He will get books, pajamas and clothes too. Kid actually likes to open gifts with clothes inside. Lol!

Last year at age 1.5 Santa brought one of those Tricycles you can push as a parent, a 3-in-one bike. He loves it and we've gotten a lot of use out of it. We do live in a milder climate than some of you, though. We were able to start using it immediately after Christmas last year. It also looked adorable in front of the tree with a big bow on it!

Other things we love that make great gifts:
Wooden table & chairs for him to sit at. I love a kidcraft one we have bc the chairs are sturdy enough for me to sit on with him too.

fisher price Little People sets. DS particularly loves the ones involving cars. There's a garage one and a race track one that are his faves.

His grandparents bought us a family zoo membership as a family gift last year and we will ask for that again. GREAT gift and we used it a lot. If your gift recipients don't have a zoo, other ideas include local children's museum passes, art centers (these often have great kid programs), waterparks, etc.

My kids are 13 and 10. The most used gifts have been:
Xbox 360 and various games
nook hd+ for each
nerf guns and ammo
balls of any and all kinds

this year I am getting older ds some tshirts with smart sayings, batteries,

we may get them a 2nd xbox so they dont fight over it and more wireless controllers...do they make wireless headsets?

Oh, mine are 16 and 21 and I'm betting the older one will want a video game or two and the younger one will want clothes. Neither one will give me enough ideas to share with all the relatives. I miss the Playmobil and stuffed animals days!

My daughter has a birthday in November... she wants a very specific style of sweat shirt for her birthday and a north face jacket for christmas.

She asked her Dad for the sweat shirt and I bought her a north face coat because her friend borrowed and lost her winter coat.


She got a keyboard as an early birthday gift from me...but I have no idea what to get her so she has a few things to open on her birthday or what to get her for christmas. She is almost 12!

Marking my spot lol! My girls will be 13, 11 and 4 at Christmas. I have started shopping but always looking for ideas. If you download the app for brads deals I just got my oldest dd a North Face fleece with a hood for $30. It was originally $140. I also bought a kitchenaid mixer for myself with a $200 savings...it's my first! I'm excited to see what everyone else posts

What about buying some music books that she'd like.  I've bought my daughter Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lindsey Sterling, Frozen soundtrack, etc...for violin, mostly, but a few for her keyboard too.  I know at Music & Arts they have a lot more piano versions than violin.

They do, but we've found the sound quality to be better with the wired sets and if you're using them on the same console (for example, both kids are playing Call of Duty on split-screen) there's a ton of interference and drop-out. 


These are amazing. We've given them as gifts to my heavy-gaming brothers and they rave about them. We have several sets that we use as well. They're also compatible with a PC. They constantly go on sale for under $35 on Amazon and I've found deals at Target and Microsoft for the same price. You can use multiple sets on the same console by "piggybacking" them. 

My daughters haven't made official lists yet, but I already started shopping. I've been listening. I have a feeling they won't make lists for me this year. What they really want I can't give them, and that is to have their dad back.

Here's what I have so far...

all of the Marvel Disney Infinity characters that I've seen (just need two more)
Ever After High doll
Monster High doll
phone cases
PS3 controllers (for multiple player games)

I'm considering getting them all either an iTouch or a nano.

My 12yo has a birthday in December, so I picked up a few things for her already. A metal eiffel tower jewelry holder, a Paris pillow, and an eiffel tower t-shirt.

I've heard that a local archery shop is gifting them each free gear and lessons for Christmas. They will be so excited if this happens!

I saved up points & my 9 year old is getting Death Star lego set. He is also getting Pokémon cards & Diary of a Wimpy Kid book set.

My 14 year old is going to get my old iPhone, the City of Bones book set & a pair of soccer warm up pants.

It is easy this year with each one getting a big gift & books.

Dds (15 and 12) will most likely get iPads to replace their iPods, which are 5 Yeats old now. Just need to decide on which size.....,

Our almost 15 year old grandson wants clothes...some of them pretty expensive.  Based on that, he will be getting:

The jacket and shoes he's asked for
GCs to American Eagle Outfitters and GNC
One game for his X-Box One
Sleep pants and t-shirts
A few stocking stuffers

And that is it from us.  

For those of you with 2-3 yr olds who like the Gears Gears Gears, what set did you get them? There's a basic one. Is that what you bought first? The farm one also looks cute. Are they free building with them like Legos? DS is hit or miss with his Legos so I'm not sure if he'd like these or not. Let me know how your little ones play with these. Thanks!

And thanks for the idea I'd never heard of these until this thread. Another reason to love the peas.