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General Discussion => Other Discussions => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Hot_Dog on September 13, 2011, 11:29:06 pm
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It's hard for me to get Operation Christmas Child presents for 10-14 year old boys, because most of what I can think of is expensive. Can anyone suggest ideas that are cheap, yet items that 10-14 year old boys would enjoy?
And please, be serious.
EDIT: While electronics are nice, I'm wondering about non-electronic gifts
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I would recommend the nD, but it's not out yet :P
how about an arduino? or, maybe, a PS1 with FF7 and chrono trigger! If they're getting charity, I doubt they'll mind it being 2 gens old, and it has some great games.
Old standby: A CD Player :banghead:
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MP3's and CD's are nice. I always liked getting alot of the small things. I should know, I'm 13.
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Wonderful ideas, but I'm trying to leave electronics out unless I have no other choice
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A baseball bat would be a good choice for the non-nerds, maybe.
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A baseball bat would be a good choice for the non-nerds, maybe.
Too big. Operation Christmas Child is about giving gifts that will fit inside of shoeboxes, and these shoeboxes go to outside countries such as Bolivia and Russia.
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Ah. What about a deflated Kickball, with a hand pump? That should fit pretty easily, I've seen hand pumps that are only 5 inches long.
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Some people really love books. How about some decent book?
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It's in the target language, I hope. I wouldn't want to be a russian kid who gets a bolivianese harry potter :P
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Yeah, a book would be nice, if you know in which country it goes. Or else you could buy it in english to help them learn English.
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How about an abucus? its only 1 gen old (fingers, abucus, calculator).
OK, OK i'm being serious...
Airsoft gun?
football?
generator or instructions for how to make one with household materials?
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How about a soldering kit? I'd have loved one of those at 12-15
Edit: Make that 6-25 :P
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Books are a good choice, but how about a baseball and glove?
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Shoebox size only.
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soldering iron is good, also a pamphlet telling them how electronics work(logic gates, etc.) I got one of those electronics labs from radio shack when I was ten, too big, but it was VERY fun(until I lost all the chips and wires that came with it. And I got a calculator.) You might wanna give em a breadboard.
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The typical standbys:
Inflatable soccer ball, Frisbees, Transformer-style toys, small racing cars, a small kite.
Toys that might be suited for more introspective kids:
An origami kit (paper and instructions), a collection of legos, a paint/calligraphy kit, binoculars/small telescope, microscope/magnifying glass, Rubik's cubes, puzzles in general, model kits, sand-box style toys (stuff like legos where you can do/build a whole variety of stuff instead of being constrained to just doing one thing).
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Lego's....excellent! Also: lincoln logs, tinker toys, those magnetic things that have balls and connectors, model cars, airplanes and trucks.
Also: things they can help their family's out with:
LED's, radio's that don't need batterys, WATER BOTTLES, dehydrated food (beef jerky, etc.)
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lol, I forgot about those.
Those metal balls and magnet connector things are awesome.
When I was little, I used to spend hours playing with just a handful of those. I carried them around with me all the time and would play with them in the mall as my parents went shopping.
I think there's a similar toy floating around that's just comprised of magnetic ball bearings? I thought I saw it on ThinkGeek once.
Magnets in general might also be cool.
Non-electronic toys you can find on ThinkGeek might also work -- they have a bunch of pretty neat thingies.
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Like the caffeinated soap? :P