Christmas Gift Guides 2025: Pre-teen and teen boys

Need inspiration for gifts for this Christmas? Look no further than Toni's Christmas Gift Guides. From young kids to your father-in-law, there's something for everyone in these guides. 

• LED neon hoop light
• Medal hanger
• Spalding personalised basketball
• Ultimate Werewolf
• Pickleball set
• Palm tree board shorts
• Ultimate Ears Miniroll portable speaker
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hello, welcome to We Need to Talk and our special
series on Christmas gifting. Today I'm talking teenage boys. What
can you get that age group? And I'm going to
start with an item that is just nine dollars from Kmart.
It's the Led Neon Hoop. Now, this is a light
that goes on the wall. And as you know, those lights,

(00:25):
those Neon lights that go on the wall can get
quite expensive, particularly if you customize them. But if you've
got a basketball fan, then this would be so cool
on their wall. And I couldn't believe it was only
nine dollars. If you've got a sporty kid, or if
you've got a gymnast or someone that gets ribbons and medals.
I have these for my kids and it is so good.

(00:45):
Go to Metalhangars dot co dot nz for fifty dollars
you get this metal metal hangar and it serves such
a great purpose because it's cool reminder for them to
look up and see what they've achieved. But also as
a parent, what do you do with all theirs and metals?
You put them away in a box and it seems
such a shame. And you can get these personalized if

(01:05):
you want to go one step further and you can
get their name put on it, or you can get
some inspirational words put on it. But it makes the
rooms look tidy and looks really cool on the wall too.
I've suggested this to the younger age group, but a
personalized basketball would be really cool for this age group too.
One hundred and twenty nine dollars from spoiling net dot
inzet and you can get their name put on it,

(01:27):
or their nickname or anything you want. This game is
so cool. It's called were Wolf. I don't know if
you've heard of it. Thirty four dollars from Mighty Ape.
I took this away with my AIM's netballers and it
kept them entertained the whole week. It's really good for
a group of people. Essentially everyone gets given a different job.
You pick up a card and you've got to find

(01:47):
out who the werewolf is who's got the were Wolf
card by asking a whole series of questions. I love
this because it gets them off their devices, so that
would probably be my best pick for this age group.
Some cool palm tree thirty nine to ninety nine at
City Beach, which is the surf shop I found City
beach really good. Actually, they've got lots of things, but
look specifically for the palm tree boardies. They're in kind

(02:10):
of a minty green color. Really cool. Pickleball. We have
a pickleball set at my house and everyone plays, from
my seven year old right through to Grandad who is
nearly seventy. It's the hot sport of the summer. And
at Rebel Sport right now, you can get a pickle
ball set for fifty nine to ninety nine. It includes
the net, the little small net, the bats and the

(02:32):
balls and you can put it anywhere. We put it
in the small space out in the front of our
house and hours of fun and anyone can play. So
that's a really cool tip, especially with summer coming up.
Altimate Airs Mini roll portable speaker eighty four dollars from
Harvey Norman. If they don't have a portable speaker, then
I would get them one. It's one of the hot

(02:53):
ticket items. Now. This is far more expensive, but I
know that it's very popular with the teen boys. And
that is an e scoot. The one I found the
most cost effective is four ninety nine and that's from
Honeywale dot Co dot n Z. But have a shop
around because an eastcooter would be a wow present for
that age group. Auckland FC Ball twenty nine to ninety

(03:17):
nine from Rebel Sport. The AFC replica home jersey is
one hundred and twenty dollars from New Balance dot code
dot in z. And my one final suggestion, and this
is a sporty suggestion, but it is one that multiple
people will enjoy, and that's a crazy catch. Now. A
crazy catch is like a little mini net and it
kind of is in an apex form and you throw

(03:39):
balls against it and you catch them. So great if
you've got a butting cricketer, if you've got a netballer,
a basketballer, anything that requires catching. You can get those
from player sports, dot co dot n z for two
six nine