Presents for 5-7 yo boys?

[Bernadine]

What are you getting them?  We got J's son the dirtbike he already thinks he has, lol, so now we need 2-3 inexpensive gifts.  And we threw away the catalog he circled the toys in.  Oops.

We got him a loom for those bracelets, and I got him a ninja turtles cup and stickers for his stocking. 

[eddy]

-effing robot dog (lol)
-magnatiles
-lego sets
-lego drawer organizer
-lego idea book
-connect four game
-in his stocking I am going to put a couple chapter books we plan to read together. Stuart Little for sure.

Right now Jack loves all things drawing. So my sister is getting him markers, colored pencils, big coloring pictures etc.

[Bernadine]

What are magnatiles? Hmmm. I was thinking a lego set, but man, they're expensive!

My mom is getting him Guess Who. I can't wait to play it.

[verypunny]

My 4 and 7 year olds wanted exclusively Legos. I stalked amazon and tried to strike when they were at their lowest but before they went back up to regular price, it was nerve wracking. But I haven't seen better prices anywhere.

[eddy]

Dec 5, 2013 9:26:57 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

What are magnatiles? Hmmm. I was thinking a lego set, but man, they're expensive!

My mom is getting him Guess Who. I can't wait to play it.

They are expensive.

www.amazon.com/Magna-Tiles-Translucent-Colors-100-pieces/dp/B000CBSNRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386254126&sr=8-1&keywords=magnatiles+100+piece

We ended up getting a knock off
www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Stick-Stack-CLASSIC-magnetic/dp/B00DAIZGTE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1386254126&sr=8-2&keywords=magnatiles+100+piece

[eddy]

Dec 5, 2013 9:32:23 GMT -5 verypunny said:

My 4 and 7 year olds wanted exclusively Legos. I stalked amazon and tried to strike when they were at their lowest but before they went back up to regular price, it was nerve wracking. But I haven't seen better prices anywhere.

This is what we did. Black Friday was a great day to grab some lego deals.

[Captain Serious]

Games: Hedbandz, Quirkle, Spot It, and a few others.

Building sets of all types and sizes. Right now I'm particularly interested in KEVA structures and contraptions.

All things Lego and hot wheels (and other cars).

Arts and crafts stuff.

Science and experiment kits, the grosser the better.

I'm a big fan of mindware.com

[benitabutrell]

Legos - usually I find the best prices at TRU because they do a lot of random sets at 40% off for a few days each week. Sign up for their emails and they'll let you know when they do those sales. Also, TRU will price match Walmart, Target and Amazon.

Other things that I got them (nephews) are Pokemon cards, new snow tubes and board games.

[nahoku]

DS just turned 7 and loves all things sports related. His favorite gifts this year were: his Vikings pillow pet, his Vikings stocking hat, his Vikings jersey. He is too young to care that they suck (although he is well aware that they do!).

He also loved this light up nerf football: www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12940450&camp=ppc:432729281&affcode=2729281&searchdef=2194806&k_clickid=7ea797f7-8c53-3ac8-722b-000021b8478a&002=2194806&006=35948522806&007=Search&008=&009=b&012=_cat:toysrus.com&021=27445565539 It's actually pretty cool!

Do you have a gaming system? He also got one of the Skylander starter packs (Swap Force, the newest one) and really liked it.

He's asking for a rainbow loom for Christmas to make those bracelets and necklaces.

[verypunny]

Dec 5, 2013 9:36:37 GMT -5 eddy said:

Dec 5, 2013 9:32:23 GMT -5 verypunny said:

My 4 and 7 year olds wanted exclusively Legos. I stalked amazon and tried to strike when they were at their lowest but before they went back up to regular price, it was nerve wracking. But I haven't seen better prices anywhere.

This is what we did. Black Friday was a great day to grab some lego deals.

Now I know how stock brokers feel. Lol.  Those flash deals made me want to take a klonopin, they sold out impossibly fast.

[verypunny]

We also did disney infinity. By the by, did anyone else

not know that target price matches amazon? Mind. Blown.

[venice2007]

Leggos
Sky lander
Cars model and match box

[Bernadine]

He loves this racing game on the PS3, I keep forgetting about that.

[circa1978]

My nephew is 7 and I got him a Perplexus and Quirkle. We also often get him legos, specifically the superhero sets. 

[cbwm1]

Legos
Skylanders Giants (Swapforce is all the rage right now)
Angry Birds GO!
Imaginext stuff (Star Wars, Spongebob, Batman, etc)
Cars Micro drifters


That's the stuff we suggested for Will to our families.

[SpartanGirl]

Legos and DS games. He's also getting Magnatiles and some superhero books.

[Booze Raccoon]

My nephews are 5 and 7.  I got them these:  www.amazon.com/Twister-Remote-Control-Flashing-Lights/dp/B001USTIKY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1386268957&sr=8-4&keywords=turbo+twist+remote+control+light-up+stunt+vehicles

[formerlyak]

DS is 7. He is getting (not all from me; some from my parents and some from his dad):

- Minecraft lego set
- Disney Infinity (for my house)
- Skylanders Swap Force (for dad's house)
- a DJ kit thing that works with an iPod app (Santa)
- Baseball encyclopedia
- UCLA Football jersey
- Scrabble with a new dictionary that is more age-appropriate than his kids one
- A camelback for kids for when he hikes with Cub Scouts

[adamantium]

Snap circuits
Playmobil
Qwirkle or blockus
Q-ba-maze
Anything starwars (light sabers are always a hit)
Stomp rocket

You should find out if the kid likes Legos, mine is 6 and could car less about them. We have tons but he prefers playmobil or magnatiles.

[rootbeerfloat]

DS is almost 7. On his Christmas/bday list:

Skylanders Swap Force game and action figures
Lego Chima
Magformers, which are Magnatiles knock-offs (b/c his sister got some and he wants his own)
Anything dinosaur
Anything artsy

He's also getting Battleship and a Nerf bow.