Adolescent/teenage boys stocking.

Spendless

Wywth- He's not currently interested, for which I am grateful at the min. Can't see the situation changing for the forseeable future, unless he comes across a similar aged female who knows what a creeper is and can recite the periodic table. :rotfl:

candjsmum

Wywth wrote: »

I know what most adolescent/teenage boys would prefer to find in a stocking ... but it's not something you could buy in a shop

My 13 year old DS asked today if he could have the Nuts calendar this year instead of the Simpsons :eek:

Spendless

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

You could make the sachets to change flame colours yourself - many of the chemicals that do it are quite commonly available household stuff

epsom salt (magnesium sulphate) turns flames white
borax turns flames light green
Copper sulphate (found in tree root killer at plumbing supply places or in kids' science kits) turns flames a darker green
Potasium chloride (water softener salts) turns flames purple

you can just toss a bit of one of the above onto the fire to get a flash of colour or you can make up wax discs with the chemical in and then put them in the fire for a longer lasting effect (just put some of the chemical - about a quarter inch deep - into a little disposable cup/fairy cake liner then pour over some melted candle wax and stir it up with a cocktail stick so the chemical is covered in the wax then leave them to set). When you put the disc into the fire the chemical is slowly released from the wax and gives off the coloured effect over a longer period - you could put a few different colours at different spots in the fire too. Obviously all these things should only be used after any cooking over the fire has finished.

Maybe you could make him up a kit with the above ingredients/tools to make his own discs?

Also, a bit of plain flour tossed on a fire will give a flash flame, a bit of powdered coffee whitener will make sparkly flashes and iron filings will make gold sparks

I love this so much :j that I wonder if you have costed it and if it comes in under £5, you want to enter it in this years festive fivers comp (thread on comps board)?

laurel7172

I was in Staples earlier today-Angry Birds memory stick for £6. Well, I bought one. It means I can stuff in another T shirt or more socks and still look generous...

(DS bought himself an Angry Birds hat from a stall just down from the tube at Covent Garden this week-£5-he says it's cool (in an ironic way), and who am I to argue? Lots of cheap, furry, animal-style hats around-and they'd certainly take up space.)

browneyedbazzi

Spendless wrote: »

I love this so much :j that I wonder if you have costed it and if it comes in under £5, you want to enter it in this years festive fivers comp (thread on comps board)?

Glad you like it! I haven't costed it because if I was going to do it I'd just have most of the stuff around the house and wouldn't need to buy much (no idea what a handful of epsom salts from the jar in the bathroom would cost!)...if you had to go out and buy each of the chemicals to make one kit it would be pricey, but if you're like me and have lots of the stuff around the house then all you'd need to buy would be some blocks of wax.

ETA: out of curiosity I went and added up what this would cost and worked it out to be about £4 of ingredients to make a kit (minus the iron filings because they're a bit pricey and harder to get a hold of) so I have added it to the festive fivers thread

bluenose1

I have a 19, 16 and 9 year old (a mini teenager.)
They all want money as their main present as they have all the main things, ipod, ps3 etc. Over the years I have bought them loads of stocking fillers/ jokey things that just end up in the Charity Bag, so this year I am only getting what i know they will want.

For the 19 and 16 year old
£100 each
Lynx set
Pringle designer boxer shorts
adidas / nike socks
football socks
Water bottle for footy/gym
Gym towel
retro sweet box (I reuse the same boxes every year.)
Selection box
Manicure set
itunes voucher £10

For the 9 year old
£100 cash
retro sweet box
Selection box
Books
Mug with hot chocolate and marshmallows.
Torch
nerf gun
itunes voucher £10

Hezzawithkids

bluenose1 wrote: »

I have a 19, 16 and 9 year old (a mini teenager.)
They all want money as their main present as they have all the main things, ipod, ps3 etc. Over the years I have bought them loads of stocking fillers/ jokey things that just end up in the Charity Bag, so this year I am only getting what i know they will want.

For the 19 and 16 year old
£100 each
Lynx set
Pringle designer boxer shorts
adidas / nike socks
football socks
Water bottle for footy/gym
Gym towel
retro sweet box (I reuse the same boxes every year.)
Selection box
Manicure set
itunes voucher £10

For the 9 year old
£100 cash
retro sweet box
Selection box
Books
Mug with hot chocolate and marshmallows.
Torch
nerf gun
itunes voucher £10

Hi - where do you get the £10 iTunes vouchers from? I've only seen £15 & £25 versions which are too rich for a stocking filler.

jellyhead

kerri_gt wrote: »

quick link to the colour changing flame powder - aka Mystical Fire

http://www.glow.co.uk/mystical-fire.html

(wow, my cousin would have loved those when we were your DS age)

Wow, I want those for me! I'm going to get some for my brothers, and for my teenager, thanks!

Spendless, has he done the cola/mentos volcano mentioned earlier? A 2ltr bottle of cola will almost fill a stocking One year we got the teenager a plastic device from Firebox which fits into the top of the cola bottle,then you load it with mentos and pull the string that holds them in place

His favourite present for the past few years has been a pot noodle :rotfl:

hopeful17_2

Hezzawithkids wrote: »

Hi - where do you get the £10 iTunes vouchers from? I've only seen £15 & £25 versions which are too rich for a stocking filler.

Hi tesco do a pack of three £10 iTunes vouchers so you can make three pressies. One for each kid and one for me :j

Thank you to the suggestion for the minecraft books. You are a lifesaver :T.this thread is fab

springdreams

hopeful17 wrote: »

Thank you to the suggestion for the minecraft books. You are a lifesaver :T.this thread is fab

You are most welcome - glad to know that the suggestion was helpful to someone