50+ Gift Ideas For Active Teen and Preteen Boys

These are gift ideas straight from the horse’s mouth… 😉 I had a bunch of teen boys writing this list for me! Brilliant plan! These are the games, tools, and items we use all the time around here!

Sports and Games

• Mini Soccer Goals: Play real soccer on the go! Big enough for serious competition but calisable for easy storage!
• Football Flags: An easy and fun way to play without tackling!
• Pickleball net: We just got one at the farm and everyone is LOVING it
• Wiffleball: same!
• KanJam
• Cornhole
• Spikeball
• Laser Tag: these are a massive hit for partie
• Koosh Paddles
• Roller Blades
• Dude Perfect Water Bead Blaster
• Nerf Rival Gun
• Faux Bow: my son used this until the arrows broke and then we bought more LOL
• Mini Drone with Camera
• RC Car– this has been on my son’s list for over half his life. Haha.
• Kubb yard game: this is the new favorite with the cousins
• Whittling Kit and Book (this is the book that taught my son to whittle)
• Koosh With Paddles

Camping

• Axe
• Hatchet
• CKRT knife: A high-end knife that’s worth the cost when you know your son is able to handle it
• MORAKNIV knife. A good quality fixed blade knife at a low price.
• Paracord
• Hammock: all the boys have these and love them
• Hammock Rain Tarp : essential for all-weather camping
• Quality Sleeping Bag
• Camping Backpack
• BB Gun *with supervision 🙂
• .22 Cal Air Gun same
• Bow and Arrow – great for beginners
• Outdoor Survival Kit
• Tactical Fanny Pack – the cousins got these for Christmas from my mom and use them a lot
• MORA knife

Indoor games

• Rubik’s Speed Cube and this is the book that taught my boys to solve it: Double Dangerous Book for Boys
• Code Names – hours have been played of this game!
• Five Crowns – our family’s favorite!
• Ticket to Ride – actually no! this is 🙂
• Cascadia = super fun, along the lines of Catan but more complicated, in a good way
• Pandemic – the boys also really loved this. It’s like Catan as well.
• Worldle Game – if you have fans of the app, this is fun
• cool deck of cards like this one
• Telestrations – this is really fun for a wide age or a large group
• What Do You Meme, Family Edition 
• The Upside Down Challenge Game
• Exploding Kittens
• Portable Chess Set

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