Comments on: 10 Original & Inexpensive Children’s Gift Ideas

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:16:04 +0000

Great ideas! My son could benefit from alot of these. Thank you. :)

By: Mallory

Mallory — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:47:43 +0000

My mom would take us to the thrift store and buy us old prom and wedding dresses to play dress up with. Nice and cheap and if they get ruined, it’s not a big loss.

I had a garden plot when I was younger. It was really nice. =D

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:23:01 +0000

For younger kids, recycle single socks to make sock puppets. My eleven month old daughter loves watching us talk to her with her puppets. They aren’t terribly crafty either, but she loves the funny voices we use.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:09:34 +0000

My niece would totally go for the recipe cards.

By: Jem

Jem — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:10:41 +0000

Alright then genius, what do I get my 19 year old brother? ;)

Reply: If he’s 19, he can earn the money for his own present. ;) Buy him a briefcase and hint about jobs. :D

By: Anna-Erica

Anna-Erica — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:08:05 +0000

I love all of the presents, they’re great ideas! In fact, I’d be more than happy to get most of the presents even now, even tho I’m not that little anymore! :)

By: Kimmie

Kimmie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:10:20 +0000

Legos. Yes, I know, you’re probably thinking they are just like the other pricey gift options and useless, but I have to disagree. You can buy tons of the small, cheap packs over the years and build a huge collection of legos. What are they good for? Legos were my brother’s favorite toy, and Legos taught my brother all of the fundamentals of architecture and engineering. Now, he’s a civil engineer.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:29:25 +0000

OMG! But we are *parents*, we don’t have time to COOK with out kids!

Good list. Well, I don’t have children, but there are some pretty interesting things on there.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:17:19 +0000

I totally agree with you when it comes to buying expensive children’s toys… they grow up so quickly and it’s bound to go to waste! The options you’ve listed are not only cheap but they’re constructive too and gets the child to think and be creative (as opposed to, say, a rocking horse).

If the child is small, you can even set up completely free “contractual” arrangements for them, for example a set of IOUS. You can make your child a set of IOU coupons for going to the library for example, and they could “turn in” a coupon every time they want to go to the library (if they’re too small to go alone) and you’d take them there. Not only would it be educational but it might encourage them to see going to the library as a valuable resource and a way to spend time with the family. I don’t know how well that works, but its worth a try!

Oh and it helps to not let the child sit in front of the TV all day, there’s so many ads on TV about crappy children’s toys that are expensive and stupid (like cooking and cleaning plastic toys) but they are really convincing to small children that it is something they should have and that it’s normal to have them.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:46:08 +0000

I laughed at the “domain and blog” idea, but only because throughout reading, I was imagining these gifts presented towards a five year old child. :P

For children, though, I usually make a little hamper basket full of small toys and sweets. :3

Quantity over quality.