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As it stands there are a few toys which seem to be on all of the UK retailers list which
include the new Stinky the Garbage Truck from Matchbox.
Matchbox gave us Rocky the Robot last year who had every
single one of us trying to get hold of one! Santa he wanted one, and once again it looks like Matchbox have released one of the hottest christmas gifts for boys this year.
Stinky the Garbage collecting Truck is the new interactive toy who has his own unique personality, he can do everything Rocky did plus loads more.
Give stinky a push and watch him spring to life and play with your children, there
are sensors on the garbage truck that let him know when he's hard at
work. Stinky is truly mind boggling! He can talk, tell jokes, eat, exercise and he even sings!
He really is the new toy that will keep
your children entertained for a lot longer than Christmas day.
This interactive play pattern encourages cooperative play and friendship-building skills.
Stinky Garbage Truck TM also functions as a freewheeling garbage truck for
push-around play! Basically everything you will want when buying Christmas gifts
for boys aged 3 and older this year!
 This is also a fun project to do together, especially if you are giving it to a younger child (the
kit is recommended for kids six years and up). If you’re looking for a Christmas gift that’s a break from all
the toys and is educational and fun, this is a great option. Buy the
Scientific Explorer My First Mind Blowing Science Kit here.
Football fanatics will get a kick out of this flyer, as it’s pocket-sized.
The nerf football has an aerodynamic stick connected on the back that allows for
lots of air time, but the entire thing is still super small.
It’s fun for playing pass or starting a pick-up game, and since it’s miniature sized, you can easily pack it in a sweatshirt pocket
or backpack. Buy the Hasbro Nerf Pocket Aero
Flyer here. This cheap Christmas gift is ideal for an aspiring Harry Houdini.
This magic set has 20 easy tricks that range from making candy disappear to a magic cat puzzle.
The kit also comes with an instruction book and instructional DVD, so your kiddo can learn and perfect the tricks as they
go through each of the steps. This truly is a beginner’s magic trick, as
you can start as early as four years old.
This is an unexpected gift that will provide hours of entertainment.
Buy the Ideal My First Magic Set here. 9 Best Christmas Nativity Sets: Which Is Right for You?
This hatch and grow egg set provides tons of fun, as you place the eggs in water and wait for the animals to
hatch and grow. Each of the eggs takes about 24-36 hours to crack, and
close to 48 hours to fully hatch. Then, you can continue to watch
the animals grow by leaving them in the water, or take them out to play.
The animals will shrink once out of the water, but you can place
them back in and they will grow again. The key to good growth is fresh water,
so make sure you change it out every day. The set includes three different sea creatures: a shark, a turtle, and a blue crab.
Buy the Animal Planet Hatch and Grow Sea Creatures here.
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"I think this is like the best time of the year. I’m sure a lot of other kids think the same thing," the 11-year-old said.
Sadie knows what it feels like when cancer takes away joy.
In 2015, at seven years old, Sadie was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia.
She won her own battle against the disease, and now gives back to
other families facing similar challenges. "I just want to give them that childhood back that they do not have," Sadie
explains. At Christmas time, that means toys. In its 4th season now, Sadie’s Sleigh
collects gifts for boys and girls, babies and
teens.
"It’s gotten really, really big," she says of the effort.
Next week the Keller family will load trucks full of
gifts and make drop offs at the hospitals. The gifts will be distributed to patients who are
unable to go home for the holidays. Sadie’s Sleigh also sets up
a toy shop in the hospital where children can go choose their own gifts.
Through toy drives, community donations and word of mouth, people give and give.
Presents are stacked floor to ceiling in the Kellers’ home.
The gifts come in from all over the country, and often include a sweet note,
thanking the family for their efforts. "The love from across the country that did this… that helps Sadie be able to do what she does," says Sarah Keller.
‘Tis the season, after all, and Sadie sets the example.
Busy working to help others, Sadie says she hasn’t
spent a lot of time thinking about her own list this
year. She looks at one of the notes that arrived with a
gift for Sadie’s Sleigh, reading part of it aloud: "May the Lord continue you to bless you and your family for all you do," it says.
This young North Texan already feels grateful, thousands of times over.
] smile than get anything for Christmas," she says. You can pick gifts from an Amazon wish list for Sadie’s Sleigh or go directly to the website to make a monetary donation and Sadie will do the shopping for you. If you’re looking for ideas, Sadie says the majority of the gifts donated are geared toward boys and girls.
They’re just about half of the planet’s population, so there should be something that can be said about them. It is the power to be a boy again at will." And that is our starting point for this list of gifts for boys.
UPDATE: This list was updated on April 3, 2018.
We added a new, gross gift (fake zits, anyone?) and updated all pricing.
"Weird gifts" makes sense. But what is "zany? " Strictly speaking, the dictionary definition of "zany" is
"amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic."
Applied to a boy, you can round the edges on that even more by saying "A boy is often like a puppy. "Kooky" is another word you don’t always hear, but one that somehow seems at home in the context of gifts for boys.
Kooky, according to the dictionary, means "strange or eccentric." This definition, alone, has all the warmth of a lizard. Apply it to a boy and it’s more like, "Look at that kid!
He is one funny, kooky kid! It is with these definitions in mind that we set
out to identify some gifts that would be good for the boy.
That the puppy would like. When you talk about weird gifts, or zany gifts, this one is
right on the money. 7.50 and you’ll be the kid’s hero.
And just what is a "Ninja Fart," you ask?
It’s cotton candy. Gluten free, blue, delish, good-old-fashioned cotton candy.
Perhaps the Ninja Fart is not the kind of fart that the boy you’re buying for will buy into.
Maybe he’ll dig the Snowman Poop. Alas, the Snowman Poop is nothing more than cotton balls,
but it’s got that holiday swerve. Or you can take
a look at a couple of the suggestions in our second entry on the list.
Buy the Ninja Farts Cotton Candy here. Before you think this
gift list is somewhat scatalogical or, at the very least,
flatulent leaning, consider this: The Farting Animals Coloring Book will provide an entry into an engaging
discussion about climate change with the young recipient. — has a significant and surprisingly strong effect
on the earth’s ozone layer.
But let that deep conversation come down the road. First,
just let the kid get some laughs from this funny coloring book.
It’s billed thusly: "Cute and Funny! "
and "Farts Are Funny! " We do not disagree. And,
more importantly, the recipient of this gift will think it’s
a great gift because he thinks farts are funny. Because he’s a boy.
The 44 page coloring book is full of pictures of farting meerkats, dogs,
hippos, giraffes, pandas and more. A great add on gift would be
the Crayola 152 crayon set. Another great add
on — and keeping in the animal kingdom theme — would be a Bag of
Reindeer Farts or a Bag of Unicorn Farts. Like the first gift on our list, these are
fun bags filled with cotton candy.
And now, we move on our list from Number Two (honestly,
we’re done with these kinds of gifts) onto other sophisticated gift giving ideas.
Buy the The Farting Animals Coloring Book here.
When I was a kid living in the thriving (not) metropolis (not) of Winnemucca, Nevada,
we’d take the occasional road trip to visit family in Carson City.
On the way back home, we’d pull in at a roadside stop called "Stuckey’s," near the also thriving (way not) town of Imlay.
And in this "Stuckey’s" there was a repository of items that made my young heart sing…and cry.
It was a big display full of stuff like the items
in this Practical Jokes Kit.
Heart would sing: I loved all these things and wanted one of each.
Heart would cry: I never had a dime and my mom wouldn’t buy me
any. She was mean (not). Okay. Enough of memory lane.
Here in the present: I still want these things! And what boy wouldn’t?
It’s a pack of practical jokes! Now YOU want this pack!
Please, for the love of what’s right: get this gift for a boy.
Get it for a girl. Get it for a woman, get it for a man. Whatever you do,
get it! Make dreams come true, including mine.
P.S. This gift, from Forum Novelties, is for kids 6 years old and up.
Buy the Practical Jokes Kit here. Buy the Zits here.
A gift appropriate for the shy boy or the boisterous
boy. With the simple press of a button, the pens talk through
the little loudspeaker on the end. The pens are blue, red and black and the ink color matches the pen. They each
require batteries, which are included. And you can replace the battery as needed.
Say yes to these No Pens. Of course, if you say no
to these No Pens, you may want to say yes to the "Blah, blah, blah"
Pen which, as you may have guessed, says "Blah, blah, blah" when its button is pressed.
Buy the No Talking Pens here. What better way for a
boy to moisturize his lips than with bacon? The flavor…the smell…the very thought of it is great to a
kid, kooky and/or zany and/or gross to most everyone else.
This is a standard sized lip balm with a twist bottom that
dispenses the aromatic lip balm. It tastes like bacon and smells like
bacon. It’s a bacony world and, if it’s not, it will be once you’ve given these gifts.
Buy the Bacon Lip Balm here. We will be the first to admit
that this is probably the grossest thing
we’ve ever seen. We will also assert that, being uber-gross, it is sure to be a funny gift and a
hit with a boy. The Booger Bin is…a bin…that has a removable lid.
Inside the bin (which is like an old school
shoe polish tin) is a felt pad. According to the Booger
Bin people, the felt pad inside is "to wipe your boogery finger" in. There’s
a second pad that is on the bottom of the bin and this allows you
to Velcro the bin securely to the other piece of included Velcro.
More details from the nose pickers at Booger
Bin: "(It’s a) low profile tin bin so you can carry it in your pocket from the…chair to your office. Water resistant labeling on the top of can just in case it gets boogered." They are clever people,
those Booger Bin people.
Their motto is "Don’t Flick It, Bin It! " One tiny point we’d like to
make: the photo shows two Booger Bins, but just one is included
in each order. That said, if the boy you’re buying for needs
more than one Booger Bin, it seems that there are bigger issues to tackle than how many Booger Bins come
in a package. Buy the Booger Bin here. What boy doesn’t want a go-kart?
Or something like a go-kart, even if it is, like the EzyRoller,
human powered. The EzyRoller Classic certainly fits the bill
when you’re talking about Christmas presents for boys.
This gift for boys has a bit of kooky in it because it’s odd looking.
According to the people at EzyRoller, it’s irresistible:
"It’s an addiction to the motion. Like a fish through water or a snake on land, EzyRoller works off an instinctive reptilian movement in all of us. Buy the EzyRoller Classic Ride On here. At 48 percent off, this is a great discount on this present for boys, which is billed as an "intellectual gesture control robot." That means that the robot can be trained to move based on gestures made toward it. The robot stands around a foot high. It weighs less than two pounds.
It runs off one lithium polymer battery, which is included. Besides the gesture control, the company, Threeking, says the robot features "patrol and
obstacle avoidance, singing and dancing, intellectual programming, auto display" and LED eye lights. Threeking also says the robot "can be programmed to carry out movements as you create." We’re thinking this is the "intellectual programming" they’re talking about. The robot has wheels on the bottom of its feet. The manufacturer says it’s for ages 6 and up. Comes with a remote control unit (battery required and NOT included) and a charging cable. Buy the Threeking Smart Robot here. Staying in the robot vein, this is certainly part kooky gift, part zany gift and part just a good Christmas present for boys.
The 4M Doodling Robot is an odd looking "three legged" robot wherein the legs are actually markers. Buy the 4M Doodling Robot here. This is an interactive card game that’s bound to please the younger ones out there. With this present for boys, the player holds the "Balloon Bomb" while completing his mission card as quickly as possible. If the bomb goes off, that player has to wear the Hat of Shame and is out of the game until the next time the bomb goes off. This one is for four-plus players, kids 8 and up. A great family game.
 Buy the You’re Busted Ticking Time Bomb Party Card Game here. 10 Best Head Shavers: Which Is Right for You? Another "race against the clock" game like the one above. This kooky gift requires the players to maneuver a marble through a zany obstacle course. The marble travels through hoops and tubes, over wires, down holes, etc. It can be played against another opponent or can be played alone, against the clock. It’s for kids 5 and up and will help with hand-eye coordination. Another option is a bigger game, that involves more "construction" on the players’ part, is the Battop Marble Run Construction Set.
Buy the Screwball Scramble Game here. You want to buy
a kid a zany gift or a weird gift?
It doesn’t get much better than the Yodeling Pickle.
As the seller, Accoutrements, says: "Hours of mindless entertainment." What is it?
It’s a 5.25" plastic battery operated pickle that yodels. Just push the button, and the pickle yodels. You could go full yodel on this gift and get the kid his own Lederhosen. Or you could add a yodeling bacon. About the pickle, here’s another bon mot from Accoutrements: "You’ll think you’re in the Swiss
Alps listening to a yodeling pickle." The batteries are included. Accoutrements says the Yodeling Pickle is for ages 13-to-17. Being a proponent of the arts, we believe that, perhaps, younger kids may benefit by being introduced to the art of yodeling, especially when the introduction comes via pickle.
This, by the way, is an Amazon’s Choice product and it’s 25 percent off. A yodeling pickle AND 25 percent off! Buy the Yodeling Pickle here. A weird gift for boys that almost has it all: a race car factor and an icky factor. Okay, the Allytech remote controlled mouse doesn’t go like a race car, but you get the idea. And it’s not really icky. The mouse is kind of nice looking, come to think of it. Buy the Remote Control Mouse here. Funny thing about this type of gift. I have a brother in law who is a financial consultant. Biss is his name and he’s a really nice looking guy.
He’s almost as good looking as my wife. Anyhow, he sometimes shows up at family functions wearing teeth like these. And he does it with a straight face. I’ve witnessed him being introduced to strangers…when he doesn’t take the teeth out. The stranger, you can tell, feels awkward. I write all of the above because, really, what much is there to write about this gift? It’s gnarly teeth. Pop ‘em in and smile like you just won the Nobel Prize. They fit over your own real teeth. There are nine different sets of teeth here. The company — those zany folks at Accoutrements — say the teeth are "not
for chewing." Thanks for that, Accoutrements.
They also say the teeth are a "great way to get laughs if your real teeth don’t
look like these." It’s a super cheap gift and you know the boy you’re buying for is gonna love them. Tell him that Uncle Biss always has. Buy the Gnarly Teeth here. Another one from the Gross Department of gifts for boys. Before you click away, let us reassure you: there is no possum (or opossum) in this can. In fact, there aren’t any sweet potatoes and there is no coon fat gravy. The can is filled with composted organic material that is not edible.
So just to spell it out even more clearly: this kooky gift is all about the label. "Creamed Possum with
Sweet Potatoes Garnished in Coon Fat Gravy." You give that to a boy, and he’ll think of plenty of ways to put that gift to use. Disclosure here: when I was a kid, I thought we ate aardvark on occasion. So back to the can of possum. Maybe you’d like to add on a couple of other similar gifts. The can of "Dillo Meatloaf" or the "Can of Unicorn Meat." Again, neither contains what the labels say. As for the possum, the manufacturer, BluePirate, says it’s for ages 16 and up. I could see that as being reasonable.
Buy the Creamed Possum With Sweet Potatoes Can here. The animal theme continues, but this time it’s a (fake) stuffed animal (a monkey) that flies through the air because the monkey, itself, is a slingshot. Let us explain this present for boys. You take the monkey and insert two fingers from one hand in each of the monkey’s "hand pockets." At this point, your fingers are forming a slingshot. You pull back — the monkey’s got elastic in its arms — and you let it fly. There goes the monkey, up to 50 feet! In addition to this, the seller of the Flingshot Slingshot Flying Screaming Monkey says that the monkey emits a "screaming sound" by you "banging on its chest." In fact, the monkey does require a "button"
battery, which is included.
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