Gift guide for 5 year old boy

My son is turning 5.  I thought it would be a good idea to write down his interests and gift ideas while it’s still fresh in my mind and provide a gift guide for 5 year old boy.

Books on CD
    

My 5 year old son loves listening to stories on CD.  Mostly ones from movies he’s seen. He still enjoys hearing them even though he’s seen the movie.

Building

Mega blocks are great!  Even my 10 yo still plays with them.  I only wish we would have gotten this scoop/pickup bucket when we first got one.  All my kids love it.  Get some extra blocks too if you have the room, hours of fun!

All my kids love these Magna-tiles.  They can spend hours building towers, houses and whole towns.

Character toys

Cars, characters or play houses in any of the following

Batman

Paw Patrol

Blaze

Other ideas, Power Rangers, Skylanders, Or whatever characters they are into.  Trains, Planes and Automobiles.  My 5 year old still loves trains.  His older brother lost interest around 3 – 4 years old, but my youngest still loves them at this age.  However, he’s starting to prefer motorized trains and tracks.

Thomas mini’s with the motorized tracks

Thomas sky-high bridge jump (need lots of room!)

Blaze Motorized speedway

Hot Wheels tracks
Age appropriate remote control cars

Outdoor Activities

Chalk Bombs

Bicycle
Roller Skates
Scooter
Bubbles
Chalk (my son got these cool chalk bombs)
Water Balloons or guns  Other ideasColoring Books
Games
Legos
Playdough
Paint/Fingerpaint
Puzzles
Books
Nerf Guns
Swords
Electronics (Kindle)
My son also loves video games (Skylanders, Batman)
Experiences
And of course for the non-cluttering ideas
Gift cards to Amazon or iTunes if he has electronics
Movie tickets
Build-a-bear
Skyzone or Trampoline place gift card
Museum or zoo membership
Sports complex gift card
Lessons to sports or music
ABCMouse.com gift
Good old fashioned cash.  If you ask most parents, they say “they don’t NEED anything”, but the fun of being a kid was to get presents on your birthday.  If you’re still not sure, just have fun with it, they will love whatever you get! Check out my guide for my older son ‘Gifts for 9 year old boy‘.

Skylander Cake

Trae wanted a Skylander cake.  I am no cake maker, so don’t judge too harshly!  It was pretty easy.

Happy 5th birthday!

• 2 round chocolate cakes
• 1 round white cake
• Pepperidge Farm Pirouette Chocolate Hazelnut Créme Filled Wafers

I just used the chocolate icing as “glue” and my son placed the figurines (from the game) randomly.  It turned out better than I thought it would.