What to buy 12yo boy

[afishcalledvanda]

Son is 12 in January so we have the double whammy of Christmas and birthday.

Help!

What's he into? What has he already got?

Ours we are struggling with too but somethings we have got or have that maybe good:

Led light strips
Programming books (Roblox)
Gaming head set
Lego
Posca pens
Keyboard for his tablet
A boys cross body bag

Oh and a raspberry pi

Following with interest as my son also turns 12 in January, and has no idea what he might like for this or Christmas!

So far we have some football related stuff for his favourite team and little stocking bits and that's it!

My Son is 12 in February,

He's having a new VR headset for christmas, last year it was a laptop.
For smaller gifts he has a new hooded blanket, chocolate, xbox accessories etc

@Raindancer411 please can I ask which cross body bag you bought? Thanks 😊

Aside from the x box my 12 year old DS is desperately hoping for he'll be getting..

Led light strips
My Hero Academia cards and merch
Capybara night light 🤷
A t shirt saying 'i just really like cheese ok?'
Magnetic chess
Mug cake mixes
A fortune cat
X box accessories

A few ideas:
Lego
Raspberry pi
Gaming stuff
Sports stuff
Metal detector
VR head set
Boardgames

I see raspberry pi mentioned, I think my 11 year old would like that. Can someone tell me what I need to buy? Also, what does it need? We have a chrome book.

Ds has asked for a couple of figures from his favourite anime.
I've also bought
Sword shaped pen
Infinity cube
Magnetic chess
Magnetic stones
Mr Beast mega lab
Nike hoodie (from Vinted)

The game Kluster was a big hit last year (it's magnetic and really fun).
He also loves Uno, Dobble and Pass the Pigs (when I can get him away from gaming and YouTube!!!!).

My son has a Nike one like this and finds it useful www.nike.com/gb/t/heritage-cross-body-bag-7b7wFd

We have bought a raspberry pi advent calendar (looks like a lot of fun). But can't see easy add ons to the kit to buy for Christmas

Hope this is helpful

Google The Pi Hut and they have starter kits and add ones. I got my husband the Xmas add on last year he and my son messed around with.

Could you tell which Roblox books you have and if they are any good? there seems to be a lot of choice when I've looked - thanks

@mumtotwo11 It was the Roblox lua in 24 hours coding book. We got it on a Black Friday deal for £15, but it's at £21 at the moment. It's a lot of writing but is a proper coding book

@Raindancer411 thank you

DS also turns 12 in Jan!

I’ve weirdly got him some genius ideas I came up with that others above already got!

Northface T-shirt, half zip and cross body bag.
Cookie mix bags from Etsy and mug cake mixes from supermarket
Mug cakes cookbook
Hugo Boss fragrance
Nike DNs (trainers)
Slick gorilla hair powder
light up Christmas beanie
Travel plug for all regions (we have a lot of foreign trips)
Greggs voucher (from auntie)
Nike gym bag (from gran)

Hope that helps!

Thank you. Will look now

Our son is getting a smart telescope that connects to a smart phone, he's very into space and is hoping to see some planets.

For this whose kids are into the raspberry pi, arduinos are great. Worth checking out.