Gift suggestion for 5 year old boy

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  1. 1990txgirl

    1990txgirl 250+ Posts

    We don't have children and don't understand their world. [​IMG] Would appreciate ideas for a 5 year-old boy. Thanks!
     
  2. OrngNugz

    OrngNugz 500+ Posts

    So many things you could get a 5 year old boy. My 4 year olds favorite toys are:

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  3. CottonEyedHorn

    CottonEyedHorn 1,000+ Posts

  4. TheFied

    TheFied 2,500+ Posts

    I'll tell you what I got my 6 year old nephew. 1 $5 soft UT football and 1 $5 soft Cowboys football. We also put $50 into his Vanguard college savings account that my parents manage. I would rather do that than blow $50 on some Christmas gift that he doesn't need or will break.

    I am 33 and I didn't get a remote control car until I was in 8th grade. I won a $50 from a science fair and my parents let me buy what I wanted to with that. Bought a remote control car at Radio Shack for $60 (had another $10 saved up). I was 13 or 14 then. My nephew has like 2 remote control cars before he was 6 and it puzzles me.

    My sister gave me a list of things he wants for Christmas. Soft football wasn't on there but oh well. I get him something sports for his birthdays and Christmas. Whiffle ball set, soft baseball, ... Plus he should be outside playing.

    < rant over>
     
  5. Larry T. Spider

    Larry T. Spider 1,000+ Posts

    anything that rolls....its like crack for boys
     
  6. HornBud

    HornBud 2,500+ Posts

    A puppy.
     
  7. Texanne

    Texanne 5,000+ Posts

    When my nephew Michael was 5, he told my mother that what he wanted for Christmas was a bag of money. This is a kid that, to this day as an adult, has never spent a nickel of his own money. King Midas could take lessons.

    His brother and sister (aged 7 and 8) each had a list of toys they wanted. So mom put a big pickle jar on the kitchen table and whenever she, daddy or I had extra coins, we'd toss them in the jar. The idea was that whatever amount was collected, she'd spend equal amounts on the older kids for the toys they wanted.

    Well, by the week of Christmas, there was about $200 in the jar! She bought toys for the older kids and we wrapped them and put them under our tree. And she bought some thick purple velvet and thick gold cord and made a bag -- not unlike a Crown Royal bag, but much higher quality -- for Mike's money. She'd taken the coins and had some of it convered into folding money. All in all, when the money was put in the bag, it was pretty impressive!

    So on Christmas day, when my brother bought his family over to open presents at our house, the older kids were bragging about how many gifts they had under the tree and hectoring Mike because he had only one. But Mike just sat there smiling

    When he opened his present and saw the bag, his eyes lit up and he looked up and said, "Thanks, Maw -- it's exactly what I wanted."

    Needless to say, when the older kids saw all the money, they were mad. But mom told them, "You all got what you asked for. Nobody here got stiffed."

    So every Christmas after that, everyone asked for money!
     
  8. GHoward

    GHoward 2,500+ Posts

    I always try to give gifts that are somewhat educational, constructive, or as an introduction into a new hobby. FOr a 5 year old, maybe some easy learn to read type books, or a simple board game like candy land, or one of those "memory" type games. Also boys like things that do stuff, so I might get him one of those rubberband powered airplanes or maybe just a big foam glider.
     
  9. grinder

    grinder 500+ Posts

    A Wii!
     
  10. HornBud

    HornBud 2,500+ Posts

    In addition to puppies, little boys love air horns, whistles, and drums.
     
  11. Smurfette

    Smurfette 500+ Posts

    Moon Sand.

    Do they still make stomp rockets?
     
  12. Scooter

    Scooter 250+ Posts

    My five-year old is drooling over this:

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  13. hlaustin

    hlaustin 250+ Posts

    How about a Red Rider BB gun, with a compass in the stock.
     
  14. brntorng

    brntorng 2,500+ Posts

    I agree with those who suggest something that will get them outdoors and active. A baseball mitt and baseball (rubber one probably), NERF football, soccer ball, etc. If they're just not the least bit athletically inclined then something that requires some brain power. Lego sets are popular at that age or anything construction related. Just not a video game.
     
  15. wwt

    wwt 25+ Posts

    Drums and a case of Mountain Dew
     
  16. jimmyjazz

    jimmyjazz 2,500+ Posts

    My son will be 5 in February and he's over the moon for this:

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  17. B

    B 100+ Posts

    My 4 year old is lobbying hard for a remote control Wall E.
     
  18. DCLonghorn

    DCLonghorn 1,000+ Posts

    If I were 5, I would want what the nice toy in Scooters' sig.
     
  19. UTDad

    UTDad 100+ Posts

    Another vote for Scooter's sig.
     
  20. ACuriae

    ACuriae 500+ Posts

    Scooter's sig FTW.
     
  21. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    Drooling is the correct description for Scooters sig.
     
  22. El Sapo

    El Sapo Bevo's BFF

    Just give him the keys to your car. The sooner he starts driving the sooner he can get everyone home from the bar in a pinch.
     

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