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Choose a gift a young boy will love. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
Boys from the ages of 10 - 12 teeter on wanting more "grown-up" play things to holding onto their more child-like favorites. You can please boys of this age with a variety of gifts that encourage learning, exploring and exercise. They can play with most of these items indoors or outdoors.
Gifts With Wheels
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Give a gift with wheels attached. If it rolls and moves it is usually a winner. This is the optimum age for boys to learn how to balance on a skateboard. There are skateboard alternatives on the market that include movable ends and two wheels as opposed to four. It's next to impossible to go wrong with a bicycle. The stunt-man-in-training may desire a trick bike or racing bike with front and back pegs and flat handlebars. The boy who just loves to get on his bike and ride for hours will appreciate a lighter mountain bike. Don't forget about roller blades.
Educational Gifts
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Spark his imagination with intricate building kits. Interlocking blocks, magnetic bars and steel balls or miniature construction kits keep boys occupied for hours. Magic sets with instructional videos will turn your child into an entertaining magician the entire family will enjoy. These sets also boost confidence and public speaking skills while your son learns to perform for an audience. If you live in an area free of glaring city lights, a telescope will help him discover the world beyond him as he searches for various constellations and planets. Purchase art sets that teach the car enthusiast how to design his own futuristic vehicles. You will find sets that also show the equestrian how to draw the perfect stallion body or just allow him to create whatever captures his fancy. Purchase a motor kit. It can be as simple as an eco-friendly kit that teaches kids to make batteries from lemons or clocks powered by potatoes. Robots built from "scratch" with the materials provided make great science fair projects as well as gifts he will enjoy for months
Music Player
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Conisder a portable music players such as an iPod or mp3 player. The 10- to 12-year-old boy in your life may also take pleasure in a new sound system for his bedroom or video games to play on those rainy afternoons.
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