Emergency Help

[saifai]

Any of y'all with 10 and 11 yr old male kidlets? What kinda things are they into?

See, a friend of mine is a single mom of three boys. The littlest has a birthday coming up, and with her away working in Iraq she can't send things home. So a couple of us are gettin' him a few things.

He's getting a bike for sure, but does anyone have any other ideas?

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[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Hmm, anything with Harry Potter or Spiderman would be good. If there isn't much cash you may want to check at Staples and see what kind of art supplies he'll need. Not very imaginative but it would help.

Pokemon is still pretty popular but I think Yu-Gi-Oh is better with the movie coming out later. He might like something from Teen Titans or JLU if he's watched it on Cartoon Network.

Hope that helps!

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Yup, that'll help lots. Thank you muchly!

[azure-k-mello.livejournal.com]

he's a bit old for YuGiOh. HP is always safe. If he has some video game system you could chip in for a game. I don't know if he's a reader but there is a wonderful series called the Edge Chronicles. They're English. Are you one of my English friends? I can't remember, they're fab anywhich way.

here's a link to the first one on amazon.co.uk:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0552547336/qid=1094010762/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_27_3/026-1864991-9005212

thene you can get the next three books as a set here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0552710695/qid=1094011481/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_11_2/026-1864991-9005212

If he likes those he can reed the other three. They're so mad good and they have the most fabulous illustrations.

in order they're:
The Curse of the Gloamglozer, Beyond the Deepwoods, Stormchaser, Midnight over Sanctaphrax, Last of the sky Pirates, Vox, Freeglader

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Nope, not a UK person. I just play one on TV. Sounds like a great series though. Thanks for the tips! :)

[marsterslady.livejournal.com]

My son Andrew is ten. He wouldn't really want Yu-Gi-Oh, or at least, not for long. To look at for a day, maybe.

His passion is Legos. They have all different varieties, for all different age groups. Star Wars are a good bet, or, as mentioned, Harry Potter. Spider-man 2 would be a big hit.

Clothes. He's starting to get into clothes. Baggy and, if possible, name brand. Nothing with cartoon characters on it, as those are old news by 10.

He suggests a skateboard or a skooter.

A new plain backpack, for school. No characters on it. They enjoy filling all of the pockets with things, and that it is new.

CDs, or a walkman. Andy really wants the Now16 CD, with the top 15-20 songs on the charts right now. He says Usher would be a good CD.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Woo, these are great! Thank you!!!

[marsterslady.livejournal.com]

Except for the fact that I apparently don't know how to spell scooter.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

::giggles:: I didn't even notice. *goes back to look*

[azure-k-mello.livejournal.com]

it's good, even if you are American, it's not overly anglo! Who's baking the all important birthday cake?

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Another friend of mine has temporary custody of them, so she'll be doing it. I did offer though. :)

Phew, got a lot of suggestions though, so we'll have plenty to think about for Christmas too.