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Stocking Fillers for 15yo son

Penelope_Penguin
Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,216 Forumite
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Good morning :beer: I have a 15yo son and 17yo daughter. DD is easy to buy for, but I find it much harder for DS :o So far, my ideas are:
  • calendar (Mark Rothko - the subject of his GCSE Art project)
  • shower stuff and deodorant
  • chocolate pennies
  • mug of sweets
  • Tony Blair's autobiography (that's what he'd like ;) )
  • socks
He plays football and likes to cook.

He doesn't want much by way of a main present, so I'd like his stocking to be interesting.

Any other ideas, please? TIA :A
:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
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  • PootleFlump_3
    PootleFlump_3 Posts: 1,110 Forumite
    What about a cook book wrapped in an apron
    DVD's?
    Does he have a playstation or XBox or anything? Games for those would be good if he does.
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,216 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    PootleFlump wrote: »
    What about a cook book wrapped in an apron

    Love that idea :T

    Like many 15yo boys, he spends faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar too much time in front of screens, so I try not to encourage that ;)and X-box games are easy suggestions for the grandparents :o
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • bluenose1
    bluenose1 Posts: 2,767 Forumite
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    I have 17 and 14 year old sons.
    I got a Jabulani football or whatever they are called from Sports Direct for approx £4.00. They do all makes quite reasonable.
    I bought new footy socks for approx £3 as my sons are always losing theirs.
    I make them a retro sweet box, really easy and they love them.
    Amazon do Umbro sports watches cheap, handy for footy.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Umbro-Youth-Sports-Chrono-Display/dp/B0046XRXMK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1290419264&sr=8-2-catcorr

    Chocolate selection box.
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  • phunkles
    phunkles Posts: 1,711 Forumite
    Chefs apron?
    A copy of the take away secret (very popular on the os board)
    Some herbs he can grow himself? (boots do these in a set)
    A mini pestle and mortar?
    A brio sports watch?
    A small piggy bank in his favourite team ie they do Liverpool/Man U?Arsenal/Chelsea ones that I can remember
    Shaving foam?
    A new razor?
    Boxers?
    Some retro toys - ie a slinky? pack of cards?
    Love is the answer. At least for most of the questions in my heart,
    Like why are we here? And where do we go?And how come it's so hard?
    It's not always easy,And sometimes life can be deceiving,
    I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together
  • Fluffysheep38
    Fluffysheep38 Posts: 130 Forumite
    Hello! It's Breo rather than brio LOL! I just googled it as I'd never heard of them. Are they this years must have or something. My son is 13 and wants a new watch... are they any good?
  • lappish22
    lappish22 Posts: 205 Forumite
    small aftershave samples (can purchase on Ebay in bundles)
    scratchcards
    cheap bargain DVD's (ive got some good ones from Play/Amazon)
    Lava Lamp??
    Cinema Gift Vouchers
    The Takeaway Secret Book
    Photo Display for his room (you could fill it with photos that he would like)
    Boxer Shorts
    Hand Warmers

    Just a few things that I thought! I know how difficult teenagers are to buy for! (Without costing an arm and a leg!!):rotfl:
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,216 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Thank you to everyone who has replied :A
    bluenose1 wrote: »
    Amazon do Umbro sports watches cheap, handy for footy.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Umbro-Youth-Sports-Chrono-Display/dp/B0046XRXMK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1290419264&sr=8-2-catcorr

    It's now in my basket :T
    phunkles wrote: »
    A new razor?

    That'll be a first razor then - he;s still very baby faced :) but has huge boys (men??) in his year who have started to sport long beards :eek: Great idea, though - I'll set DH on to that :T
    Fluffysheep38 wrote: »
    Hello! It's Breo rather than brio LOL!

    I did wonder - Brio is wooden train track :p
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,216 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    phunkles wrote: »
    A copy of the take away secret (very popular on the os board)
    lappish22 wrote: »
    The Takeaway Secret Book

    Have to admit, I've not looked at that thread - but that would be an excellent choice of a book :T
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • phunkles
    phunkles Posts: 1,711 Forumite
    Oops sorry was looking at wooden train sets earlier
    Yes Breo *blush* I have one and to be honest it was worth the £8 - I paid - its been snorkelling in the Caribbean and gets a daily battering in work. They normally on offer on play - and primark have a £1 version.
    Mine does skip time every now and again though but they light and they have better colours out now than when I ordered
    *I work in a school and they are the watch most pupils are wearing this year.... most of the year 10 and 11 rugby/football lads wear them constantly :)
    Love is the answer. At least for most of the questions in my heart,
    Like why are we here? And where do we go?And how come it's so hard?
    It's not always easy,And sometimes life can be deceiving,
    I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together
  • phunkles
    phunkles Posts: 1,711 Forumite
    Penelope - look over on the grabbit for some cheap as in 15p shaving foam/creme offers in the lookfantastic thread :) for 15p you cant go wrong really....
    Love is the answer. At least for most of the questions in my heart,
    Like why are we here? And where do we go?And how come it's so hard?
    It's not always easy,And sometimes life can be deceiving,
    I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together
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