Christmas Gift Ideas for Boys
Boys will be boys, and boys just love their toys! Every year you can guarantee there will be one product that every boy wants and no one can get! What's even more frustrating is when you see the afore unavailable merchandise in abundance the following year and on sale at a fraction of the hitherto exorbitant price! Perhaps you've decided to forego this annual madness, or perhaps you are buying for a young relative who's main present demands may have already been met? Either way, here's some Christmas gift suggestions for boys of all ages..
Toddlers
A unique baby gift from Arran Aromatics, a delightful gingham lined, wicker basket with a selection of dermatologically tested baby bath and body care products including:
Hair and Body Wash, Teddy Bear Soap, Barrier Cream, a Cotton Face Cloth together with a CD of soothing bay music. Available from prezzybox.
PrezzyBox enter code xmas08 to receive £5 discount
This 30cm tall cuddly bear is ideal for a baby or toddler Christmas gift. The bear comes complete with a stylish gift box and personalised gift card so is ideal for a young nephew or grandchild. This toy from Unique Baby Gifts is just £12.99
Unique Baby Gifts specialise in cute and wonderful gifts for babies and toddlers.
Boys Under 5
Help them develop their computer skills at a young age with this Disney Pixar Wall-E themed laptop.
This educational laptop features a QWERTY keyboard, interactive hand controllers plus WALL-E’s winking eye that encourages interaction.with fun learning-based games using letters, words, numbers, basic arithmetic and much more… £29.97
The amazing touch reading system from Leapfrog is a great educational gift idea for any pre-school child. The Tag Reading System uses a miniature camera in the tip to recognise text on the pages of specially printed books and read it aloud, engaging the child in the story and encouraging him or her to learn and recognise written text.
Each specially created book is designed to teach and develop reading skills such as comprehension, phonics and word construction.
Please note: the story books are not included and are sold separately.
Walking Talking Lightning McQueen
From the hit Disney Pixar movie Cars, Walking Talking Lightning McQueen is a walking, talking racing car with lots of great features to keep young boys interested such as lights, sound and voice effects.
Lightening McQueen has 48 different programmable features and is certainly no ‘one trick pony’? Tipped to be one of the most popular gifts this Christmas.
Suitable for ages 4 and over.
Spike the Ultimate Dinosaur
A great radio controlled dinosaur who can walk, open and close his mouth, blink and throw things!
Spike’s neck will move up an down as he walks, he has some realistic sound effects too. A great fun activity toy from ELC for boys aged 3 to 8. £125
Boys Over 5
Be the star of your very own football book featuring your favourite team.
A 32 page illustrated paperback book is customised and features you playing for your chosen football club.
Clubs available: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd, Newcastle, Tottenham and West Ham
Ben 10 Quickshot Game
The latest product from the hugely successful Ben 10 franchise this new game features Ben Tennyson and a host of characters from the show.
It’s a fast moving action game where you fire marbles at your opponents from a high powered controller.
The game includes everything you need and is suitable for boys aged over 6.
Available from 20 November £14.99
LEGO City Fire Station
This great 600 piece fire station from Lego has everything you need to build a complete city fire station with control rooms, garages, fire crew, a fire truck and fire chief’s car.
The fire truck is a great play model on it’s own with a raisable platform and outriggers.
The set is made from separate sub-models so the building process doesn’t become too daunting. Suitable for boys over 5
£49.99
Star Wars Clone Wars AT-TE Vehicle
From the animated series, Star Wars Clone Wars, the 6 legged AT-TE (All Terrain Tactical Enforcer) Vehicle has built-in sounds, a laser turret, and a firing canon with blasting sounds and flashing light effects.
The vehicle comes complete with an authentic Star Trooper action figure. This great action toy is suitable for boys aged 4 and upwards.
The popularity of the World Wrestling Entertainment official merchandise seems to know no bounds and this Christmas sees the WWE Raw Arena Playset as a hot tip to be a best selling gift for boys.
This authentic looking ply set includes a big screen, announcer’s booth and entrance run way. Suitable for boys aged 8 and over.
A constant best seller, the PicooZ helicopter is easy to fly either indoors or out. Made from tough polypropylene foam it can withstand knock after knock and keep on flying regardless!
This remote controlled helicopter is operated easily with the infra-red remote included and will fly for a full 10 minutes with a fully rechargeable battery.£14.97
Scalextric Digital McLaren Set
Hamilton v Alonso
This McLaren version of the popular racing game includes 2 replica McLaren Formula 1 cars and is ideal for a young racing fan.
The track includes 8 standard curves, 6 straight lengths, a cross-over track as well as kerbs and barriers. The total space required is 186cm x 130cm
Suitable for boys aged 5 and over.
£99.99
Boys Over 10
Spykee from Meccano is a mechanical robot you can build yourself which can be remotely controlled or from the other side of the world via the internet! Spykee has a built in webcam and microphone, MP3 player and a ‘voice over internet’ phone.
You can even use Spykee to keep an eye on things while you are away as Spykee will spring into action when movement is detected by activating an alarm and even sending pictures to you across the internet.
Spykee is has an on-board, rechargeable 9.6v battery which is supplied. Suitable for kids aged 8 and over. £179.99
PlayStation 3 with Wall-E Game
The latest 80GB PlayStation console from Sony features the ability to play Blu-ray discs and is compatible with HD displays. This version from Curry’s online includes the latest version of the Disney Pixar Wall-E video game to get you started. £309
Curry’s stock all the major video game consoles and accessories. To help you decide which console is best for your needs they have published a handy guide explaining the features and benefits of each system here.
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 NetBook Computer
This feature packed notebook computer from Dell is an ideal 2nd family computer and perfect for boys over 10.
The Dell Mini 9 is a compact and rugged netbook style pc with an 8.9” screen, 1GB of memory and a 16GB hard drive. Using the Intel Atom Processor and wi-fi capable, the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is ideal for use at home or on the move.
