100 Free or Frugal Christmas Gifts For Kids

As a parent, you want to give your kids the best presents, but you can’t always afford that. These 100 Free Or Frugal Christmas Gifts For Kids are going to easily fit into your budget. Some items are free when you make them yourself. Other items on the list are frugal and under the $5-$10 range out of pocket costs. Most items are going to be less than $5. This is a great choice for adding to stockings, or as a treat with your Advent calendar.

100 Free or Frugal Christmas Gifts For Kids

1. Socks

2. Picture collage of themselves and pets or friends

3. New paint in their bedroom

4. Ear buds

5. Gloves

6. Scarves

7. Books

8. Coloring Pages

9. Crayons

10. Uninterrupted time playing with you

11. Their choice for dinner

12. Get out of doing chores token to use once a month

13. Their own coffee mug for cocoa and hot teas

14. DVD rental codes for the local kiosk

15. Candy (yes, their favorites are a special treat)

16. Wallets

17. Magnets

18. Homemade bath bombs

19. Finger paint (homemade is easy and inexpensive)

20. Nail polish

21. Manicure set

22. Headbands

23. Hair bows

24. Sunglasses

25. Hats (tons of cool kids has under $5 on Amazon)

26. Homemade painted blocks (chunks of wood can be sanded and painted)

27. Homemade puzzles using craft sticks and paint or pictures

28. Crossword puzzle books

29. Jigsaw puzzles

30. Spend an hour playing video games with them

31. Teach them a fun new card game

32. Homemade bath salts

33. Monogram wall hanging using broken crayons to create their initials

34. Paint sets

35. Board games

36. Travel bags or totes

37. Throw or blanket (homemade or inexpensive purchased)

38. Scrapbook for sports team

39. Holiday ornament with their theme or initials

40. Makeup bag

41. Stuffed animals

42. Bath toys

43. Bath paints (can make homemade or purchase)

44. Bubbles

45. Lego Minifigures

46. Discounted Video Games (Amazon has tons under $5)

47. Cool lunch box

48. Lip Balm

49. Wall calenders

50. Custom Tumbler

51. Posters

52. Friendship bracelets

53. Crazy straws

54. Special picnic in a park or just in the living room with a favorite movie

55. Pencil case or box

56. Colored gel pens

57. Dry erase board for their bedroom desk

58. Sidewalk chalk

59. Jump Rope

60. Silly putty

61. Play Dough

62. Silly String

63. Slinky

64. Lip Gloss

65. Shadowbox of collectibles (their baby outfit with a rattle or hospital bracelet, old school or sports rewards, etc.)

66. Key chains

67. Baseball Cards (or other sports cards)

68. Nice smelling hand lotion

69. Hair brush, combs or other hair care products

70. Fun lanyards for their school ID

71. Extra time for media (movies, game system, phone play)

72. A new app download for their tablet or smart phone

73. Chef’s Hat or Apron for the budding cook

74. Rag dolls

75. Bubble bath

76. Small Lego or building brick kits

77. Mixtape (their favorite songs burned to a CD or created as a fun new playlist on their mobile device)

78. Bookmarks (homemade or purchased)

79. Mom will clean their bedroom one week

80. Music downloads (purchase a $5 gift card or download free using Amazon Prime)

81. Pet Rock (make these inexpensively with rocks from your yard and paint)

82. Temporary tattoos

83. Tin Can “Phone” to play with siblings or fiends

84. Homemade crayons (melt down older ones and pour into silicone molds in fun shapes)

85. Dress up clothes (repurpose your old clothes or fun resale shop finds)

86. Balloons (warmer climates water balloons are a great option)

87. Glow sticks (multi-packs at Dollar Tree for only $1)

88. Yo-Yo

89. Air Dry Clay (to create their own “pottery”)

90. Paint by numbers kit (print a variety online and put into a neat folder)

91. Piggy Bank (homemade from an old canister, some fun magazine prints and mod podge)

92. New toothbrush

93. Personalized binders (add your own covers and embellishments)

94. Seeds and pots to plant herbs or vegetables (small pots, a package of seeds and some potting soil give them a fun project)

95. Hexbug (they are under $10 and just too fun not to include)

96. Fuzzy or Goofy socks

97. Stationary (make you own by creating a fun header and monogram in a word document and printing on your own)

98. T-Shirt Super Hero Cape – Here is a simple tutorial for a t-shirt super hero cape on You Brew My Tea

99. Pass to stay up later than siblings

100. Paper Dolls (Print your own or buy inexpensively)

These free or frugal Christmas gifts for kids are a great way to stretch your holiday gift budget farther!

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