Desperatly Looking for Christmas Gift Idea for Teenage Boy/girl

I would think about getting them something trendy or cool for their bedrooms. There are all sorts of "cool" things to decorate or accessories for kids rooms these days. I bought my step brother age 13 a football lamp (it's really cool) this year. Otherwise everything he is asking for is way out of my budget.

This may sound simplistic but I ask my niece and nephew every year. This year I got 1 choice from my niece, LOL! Moonshoes! She knows I'm great at hunting things down while not spending alot of money! But then my (just turned teen) nephew says, "I don't know. Whatever.", which translates from boylinguise "Please give me money or a gift card for Best Buy cuz then I will really get what I want." LOL!

Can ya tell we encourage honesty in our family? LOL!

If you're truly looking for crafts go to makingfriends.com or Orientaltrading.com. They have crafts ideas as well as kits you can purchase. While these web sites have great prices, sometimes I take the ideas and translate for myself and put a kit together.

Is the boy into baseball cards or football ect. My boys are that age and they are into that also MUSIC!! bigtime if they have a ipod or anything you can get them gift cards for itunes etc. so they can download their own music. they would love that. of course all my kids have them too. lol! Movies on DVD. thats pretty much it that i can think of. good luck.
J. in Proctor MN

jeanna i have found that giving gift cards to teens is the best way to go. i know some people might say dont give those cause your fam and its to impersonal but trust me i have many cousins and they all like that.
-J.-

movie tickets to a local theater; blockbuster card w/candy & popcorn, gift certificates to local activities - I got this for my 11 year old's best friend and he loved it. If they like art, a sketch pad with special pencils. Best of luck, have fun!!

My son is 11 he loves music, you can get portable cd plays for a round $10 and maybe a cd of the music he likes.

I have a niece that is 11 and a nephew that is 13.
For a lot of girls that age Monkeys are big. I bought my niece a really cute monkey watch at Von Maur ($18) it has a round brown face and that band is monkey heads. It is really cute and the quality looks like it would be more than $18. Other stores that have monkey stuff is Aropostle, spelling???. They have 50% off sale right now. Last year I gave her a monkey robe and slippers.
For our nephew, music is big hit. Gift card to the mall so he can pick out something. Big hoodie sweatshirts are a hit with him too. His favorite stores for clothes are Aropostle, Abercromie, Holister and Gap. I find doing mall gift cards is easier than individual store cards.

Good luck.

If you go to www.gifts.com they will give you a lot of good ideas and you can pick a price range. you can even choose their personality and it will give you a list of presents based on thier personality.

a gift card to the exclusive company is a good gift all kids like music. they have a lot to choose from i am sure there is something they like that they can find there.

My son is 8 years old. He loves cards. Mainly those Yugio things that I can't even come close to spelling right. LOL But he is also into Star Wars so I bought him a pack of Star Wars cards. He doesn't play any games with them but he really does enjoy laying them all out and then putting them back into his collecter book.

My son also enjoys legos. They have all kinds of really neat kits now. They aren't cheap. Usually $8.00 for a small one and up around $100.00 for the really large ones. But you can find a lot in between prices. They have Star Wars, Pirates of the Carribean, Police cars, and lots of other things to build.

Sorry I can't help you with a girl. The first girl to be born into our group of friends is less then 2 weeks old. LOL So I am unsure about what girls like!

Books. Browse the young adult book section of a bookstore.