Sub for Santa - Gift Ideas
This Year’s Most Popular Gift Items:
Beyblade, Lalaloopsy, Legos, Pillow Pets, Nerf Toys, Angry Birds toys, Doc McStuffins, WWE, Disney Princess, Monster High, Spiderman, Lego Hero Factory, Avengers, video games, My Little Pony, One Direction, remote control cars and helicopters
Birth to Age 3
Dolls, doll items, trucks, musical toys, talking toys, blocks, activity books, rocking or riding toys, pretend play toys (strollers, vacuums, farms) balls, shape sorters, play mat, teething toys, bath toys
Ages 4-7
Barbie dolls and accessories, action figures, art or craft projects and supplies, Legos, dress-up items, cars, planes, trains, blocks, building toys, board games, puzzles, shoes or gift card for pair, school items
Ages 8-12
Remote control toys, sports balls and equipment, Legos, Nerf toys, board and card games, science experiments, art and craft projects, jewelry kits, room decorations, posters, music, shoes or gift card for pair, school items
Teens
Clothes, jewelry, music, electronic items, board games, sports equipment, make-up, cologne or perfume, art or craft project and supplies, video games, school supplies, shoes or gift card for pair, hair accessories, hair products, curling or flat irons, gloves, scarves, hats, DVDs, room décor, posters, gift certificate to salon for haircut or manicure
Books for Children Under 3
Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
The Everything Book by Denise Fleming
Or other board books
Books for Children Ages 3-4
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Sight by Sherri Duskey Rinker
No David! by David Shannon
Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss
Berenstain Bears series by Jan & Stan Berenstain
Or similar titles
Books for Children Age 5-6
Five Little Monkeys series by Eileen Christelow
I’m Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Curious George series by Margaret Rey
The Wildest Brother by Cornelia Funk
Books for Children Ages 7-8
The Amazing Days of Abby Hays series by Ann Mazer
Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborn
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Williams
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Books for Children Ages 9-10
Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls series by Meg Cabot
Big Nate and Friends series by Lincoln Pierce
Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
Candy Apple Books at Scholastic.com
Books for Children Ages 11-12
Smile by Reina Telgemeir
Knights of the Lunch Table series by Frank Cammuso
The Ruby Key by Holly Lisle
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The 39 Clues series by Peter Lerangis
Books for Teens
Ordinary Ghosts by Eireann Corrigan
When She Was Good by Norma Fox Mazer
Call Me Maria by Judith Ortiz Coster
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
