Here are tons of easy DIY creative gifts ideas for your son or grandson - no matter how old they are! Here is how to surprise your son on their birthday or just because - from gift ideas for your young son to gift ideas for your teenager (plus check out these gift ideas for your grownup son) - here are some easy to make or put together surprise gifts and birthday surprise ideas for your son that are so much fun!
From no waste eco friendly gifts for teenage boys to toddlers, these would also make great well done or congratulations gifts for your son and also make great coming of age gifts ideas for him. Scroll down to see gifts for your younger or older son or grandson that are low cost and aren't toys, plus many ideas you can make at home!
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PS Scroll down to see gifts for your tween son and younger son and check out gift ideas for your adult son here!
Best Gifts for your Teenage Son or Older Son
1. Bake him some sneaker cookies after his favourite shoes
These will look amazing arranged in a stylish box or on a plate! This is such a cool DIY gift idea and will show your recipient how well you know them (and their taste in footwear!)
Adidas Yeezy Sneaker cookie cutter 👈🏻
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Nike Air Force 1 cookie cutter 👈🏻
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Nike Air Jordan 1 cookie cutter 👈🏻
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Converse Sneaker cookie cutter 👈🏻
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2. Bake him a funny bento cake
A mini takeaway cake just for them - you could get super creative with the message you choose to give or the decoration!
3. Make him a Prime themed bouquet gift
Why not put together a selection of their favourite soda, sweets or snacks, arranged in bouquet formation!
Ready made Prime Hydration Glowberry hamper gift 👈🏻
Special Prime gifting box for gifting multiple Prime 👈🏻
4. Gift him a bamboo powerbank 👈🏻
A useful gift idea for teenage boys that they will get so much use out of! It's made from bamboo too, a material that is much more sustainable than plastic. This will help them keep their devices charged, wherever they are!
5. Try some personalised wrapping paper 👈🏻
Personalised face and message wrapping paper 👈🏻
6. Make him a cupcake pullapart
To make this, you will need a whole set of un iced, plain cupcakes, along with some icing in a few different colours to decorate with. Arrange your cupcakes in your chosen formation, then layer the frosting all over the top of them, like joining the dots, ice them to create one whole shape. Then decorate to bring your creation to life!
7. Bake him a custom cookie portrait
Bake and ice a custom portrait sugar cookie of their face. Nothing is cooler or more special! You could even try to make it life size, it's such a funny and creative gift idea they are sure to love! Who doesn't want an exact cookie replica of their face?
8. Gift them a cake in a jar 👈🏻
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This concept is so cool! This makes for an amazing DIY novelty gift idea that your recipient will adore - if you are short on time you can also order one all ready made!
9. A hilarious realistic chocolate gift
Realistic chocolate sprouts (the best prank gift!) 👈🏻
10. A shoutout from one of their favourite gamers or streamers
Their friends will definitely be envious and this special shoutout will mean the world to your young gamer!
11. A box of all different kinds of soda
The perfect gift idea for teenage boys, they will love a whole different variety of new flavours to try. There is nothing like Japanese sodas in terms of variety of flavours and fizz! Try Ramune soda, Ramune being a well-known and unique element of present-day Japanese culture, that is often seen in anime, manga and j-dramas. You could gift your teenage boy an assortment of flavours, so they can have fun trying them all and find their favourite!
12. Gift him a jar for his gaming snacks 👈🏻
Why not gift a special jar or container for his gaming snacks! You could even personalise it to your recipient's tastes.
13. Flavoured toothpaste
Such a cute and quirky gift idea that he won't expect but will love. There are so many different flavours you can get to brighten up his morning every day!
14. Make a batch of Biscoff rocky road
With all the toppings ever!
15. A Prime bottle candy gift 👈🏻
This is perfect for tweens and teens! You could even DIY by grabbing a clear bottle and sticking the 'Prime' logo on one side, then filling it with colourful sweets or candy to mimic the colours of the Prime drink bottle.
Prime logo sticker decals (so cheap!) 👈🏻
16. A darts board
The best game for older boys and teens, plus it's something the whole family can get together around and will have everyone competing at darts together!
17. A heat transforming mug
That reveals a funny or cool message on heating! They will get the best surprise when they go to make a drink in their mug!
18. Bake some cupcakes with their face on them!
This is such a great inexpensive gift for your recipient and ticks all the boxes... something delicious they can eat, check! Something you can DIY for your recipient, check! Something inexpensive, yet stands out and makes them chuckle at the same time, check! This is the best way to share memories and cake with your recipient.
Some amazing edible photo cupcake toppers 👈🏻
19. An experience day
Like tickets to a sports game, a concert or music festival, whatever they are in to, there is an event or experience day to go to!
20. Fast food made out of chocolate 👈🏻
They'll get the best surprise when they take a bite and realise it's actually a realistic chocolate model! The best ever prank gift for a fast food addict.
Realistic edible chocolate burgers 👈🏻
Realistic edible chocolate french fries 👈🏻
21. A Spotify subscription
For all their favourite music! This is an amazing gift for teenage boys, especially if they are all about their music.
22. A Game gift card
Whether it's a Steam gift card or Xbox currency, this gift will be so well appreciated among gamers and gaming fans alike! It will enable them to unlock new rewards and even buy a new game, which can mean the world to young gamers, who use it as a way to socialise and connect with their friends!
23. A pick and mix assortment
An oldie but a goodie, one of the best gifts because everyone has a favourite! They'll absolutely love a variety of their favourite sweets to snack on.
24. Gift a candy letter gift
DIY letter box template to make 👈🏻
25. A box of weird snacks they've never tried
Unusual and unfamiliar snacks from all across the world! It's such a fun gift idea and it will be highly amusing to watch him try all the varieties, he might even find a new favourite! Plus teenage boys are known to be ravenous eaters, so this might be perfect for him!
26. Prank him with some cleaning products!
Perfect for if you're always asking him to clean his room or do his chores! You could prank him by gifting him some cleaning products - before giving him his real gift/s! This is such a fun birthday prank your teenager will always remember.
DIY gifts for your tween son (age 10-13)
1. Gift them a funny medieval butts calendar 👈🏻
Toilet humour is all the rage with boys of this age! They will adore their own hilarious calendar complete with funny examples of medieval art - it even makes a great educational gift you can make! You can order this ready made or also DIY by printing funny pictures of medieval paintings from the internet and use this calendar making guide here.
2. DIY them a funny activity book
Use the funny memes of the internet or their favourite shows to your advantage and DIY them a funny activity book that will match their tastes exactly! You could create a wordsearch with all the Gen Alpha slang terms (think 'skibidi', 'sus' or 'rizzler') or simply print some ready made activity pages. You will just need some papers, a needle and thread for the binding and some easy craft supplies.
Skibidi toilet themed activity sheets 👈🏻
Skibidi toilet themed colouring sheets 👈🏻
Skibidi toilet characters to make colouring pages 👈🏻
3. Make them a fun explosion box
An amazing looking gift you can make quickly with some pretty coloured cardstock and their favourite snacks! You could even create a theme with the coloured card and snacks that you choose, or just choose their favourites to tailor it perfectly to your recipient.
Template for an exploding candy gift box (just add paper/card and candy!) 👈🏻
4. DIY some game themed chocolate coins
To make these, simply print sheets of gaming currency digital 'coins' and glue them on to real chocolate coins! This would make a super quick and low cost stocking filler or gift basket idea for boys who love gaming!
Fortnite inspired game currency motifs 👈🏻
5. DIY them a fun room sign
This is a super fun low cost and low waste gift idea for tween boys as you can upcycle some old wood from furniture at the same time! You could create them a special sign to mark their 'guy cave' or even recreate the Doors Roblox '0001' door sign as fun decor for their room! You can also find these ready made in 3D printed form.
Ready made 3d printed 'Doors' inspired sign 👈🏻
6. DIY them some personalised stickers
To make the stickers you will just need a printer and some blank printable a4 sticker sheets, that people use for making labels. Then put together some pages of designs from the web that suit his personality or whatever he is in to - we like to compile a word document full of cute free to use illustrations - or even DIY them some custom one of a kind stickers by designing your own! Then simply print them by loading the blank a4 sticker printer paper in to the printer, and set to print as normal!
7. A custom gaming portrait 👈🏻
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This would make for an amazing gift - to see what they would look like transported into their favourite game! This would make an amazing room decor for your recipient - perfect for someone who loves gaming.
8. DIY them a fast food candy gift
19. Some candy in novelty fast food boxes 👈🏻
Perfect for if your recipient is in to fast food, give them a candy alternative and arrange in mini takeaway style food boxes! Some amazing options for this are some candy noodles boxes or some candy tacos - fill them with some candy laces, egg shaped sweets and pink shrimps for the noodles or ramen - or candy 'salad' pieces for the tacos!
Perfect size takeout style party boxes 👈🏻
9. Make some candy filled fries
This is super low cost and easy to make - just print then assemble using the template and guide, then fill the mini fries boxes with candy of your choice, to surprise your recipient! You could even write some special messages on each of the fries for them to find.
Takeaway style paper candy filled fries template 👈🏻
DIY letter box template to make 👈🏻
10. A Prime bottle candy gift 👈🏻
This is perfect for tweens and teens! You could even DIY by grabbing a clear bottle and sticking the 'Prime' logo on one side, then filling it with colourful sweets or candy to mimic the colours of the Prime drink bottle.
Prime logo sticker decals (so cheap!) 👈🏻
11. DIY a set of hot chocolate or hot cocoa bombs
These make amazing gifts, plus are super low cost to make too! You could even decorate them however you like, to match any theme and experiment with different kinds of chocolate and fillings for your recipient - try making white chocolate varieties with a little green food colouring to make green Minecraft creeper themed hot chocolate bombs!
12. DIY some stress relievers
Like stress balls! These are great to give as prizes and are perfect for the busy individual, who gets stressed easily in the modern day and age! They are also easy and low cost to make and you can make them by filling balloons or similar with playdough, sand or a constarch mixture. There are so many different recipes to try, that you can make with things already in your house, and you can customise them to match any theme for your recipient.
13. Gift them a bag of 'tears of my fellow players'
Or 'tears of my opponents'! This is a funny and unique prize idea that young gamers or sports fans will love. Simply make some teardrop shaped sugar cookies and ice them to look like tears - you could even decorate them with edible lustre to make them sparkle - then arrange them in a pretty box with some tissue paper or bag with a ribbon and voila! You could attach a little tag reading 'tears of my competitors' or 'tears of my opponents', for your recipient to read.
14. Gift him a jar for his gaming snacks 👈🏻
Why not gift a special jar or container for his gaming snacks! You could even personalise it to your recipient's tastes.
15. DIY some game themed candy dome gifts
These would be perfect for stocking fillers or tween boy gift basket ideas and are super fun to make too!
Gaming console controller novelty candy dome template 👈🏻
Gaming headset inspired novelty candy dome template 👈🏻
16. Make them some 3D letter room decors 👈🏻
A really fun handmade teen boy or tween boy gift idea are these fun 3D letter decorations they can use to decorate their space with. You can make them super easily using some different coloured cardstock or card and some glue and scissors - plus you can find printable patterns and digital papers that you can print and use to decorate them, to tailor them perfectly to your recipient's tastes!
3D block letter making template (just add paper/card!) 👈🏻
Graffiti style letters to make (very Friday Night funkin' style!) 👈🏻
17. Personalise their own washbag for them
You can personalise them yourself and make them extra special by decorating a plain washbag and adorning them with iron on patches, sew on patches or pins - you could decorate with their name or adhere to a special theme, tailoring it exactly to their tastes!
18. Gift them a chocolate toilet roll 👈🏻
The perfect prank gift that tweens will love!
19. DIY them a game themed mug cake library
A selection of cute themed mug cakes for them to make! This is such a fun and cute low cost - or no cost - gift idea they will love! Mug cakes are the perfect easy comforting dessert they will be able to make on a whim. Create some mug cake mixes (minus the milk or wet ingredient) in different flavours and colours, themed after different mobs or realms in their favourite game, and place each one in its own airtight container or zip lock sachet.
Your recipient only needs to add the wet ingredient to the mixture and pop it in the microwave to create their mug cake! You could even include a gamer themed mug as part of the gift.
20. A novelty game card gift
If only a game gift card will do, deck it out in style and turn it in to an amazing looking gift by making a sleeve for it for your recipient.
Ready to gift Roblox gift card holder 👈🏻
Best Gifts for your Young Son (ages 2-9)
1. Set up a play tent system or den
The most fun ever!
2. DIY a bottle of candy soda
Wonka inspired 'fizzy lifting drink' soda bottle labels 👈🏻
3. DIY them a chocolate smash gift
These make wonderful gifts and are a treat and activity all in one, that younger boys especially will love!
Ready made Rainbow candy smash balls 👈🏻
These also make wonderful party favours and you can choose to DIY them if you have time - all you need to make these is a chocolate mould, some cooking chocolate or chocolate that is easy to melt, plus some gummy rainbow sweets and candy!
4. Bake them some Minecraft style cookies
These are so fun and quirky and make the best surprise - they are perfect if your recipient is in to the game!
Minecraft game style cookie cutter (just like cookies in the game!) 👈🏻
5. DIY some themed chocolate coated oreos
To make these, you could melt some batches of white cooking chocolate and mix in a tiny amount of food colouring to each, before encasing them in chocolate in a special tray - layer some chocolate in each of the moulds before gently pressing an Oreo in to each, then carefully cover it with a little more chocolate until the Oreo is completely submerged, then smooth over the top and pop in the fridge to set, once each mould is filled.
You could alternate colours for a colourful selection or even create a cool ombre effect! Another method is to dip half your Oreo cookie in to the chocolate, then let it set and then do the same with the other half. Repeat with your desired number of oreos before whipping up another bowl of melted chocolate in a different colour and doing the same using that batch. These would make amazing stocking fillers but look so cool gifted in a set!
Chocolate covered Oreo making tray 👈🏻
6. DIY them a mini book of jokes
All you need is some papers and a needle and thread to create the binding - you could even craft a cool cover from free wallpaper samples you can find at DIY stores. Then fill it with jokes that will make them LOL! This would make a perfect little gift basket gift idea for boys or low cost no waste stocking filler or stocking stuffer.
7. DIY them a Minecraft themed mug cake library
A selection of cute themed mug cakes for them to make! This is such a fun and cute low cost - or no cost - gift idea they will love! Mug cakes are the perfect easy comforting dessert they will be able to make on a whim. Create some mug cake mixes (minus the milk or wet ingredient) in different flavours and colours, themed after different mobs or realms in Minecraft, and place each one in its own airtight container or zip lock sachet.
Your recipient only needs to add the wet ingredient to the mixture and pop it in the microwave to create their mug cake! You could even include a Minecraft mug as part of the gift.
8. Set up a fun pinata game
Not just for a party, kids will enjoy this any time and it will keep them busy for ages! You can DIY this yourself from paper mache, or even buy one ready made! There are so many cool designs to suit every taste.
Mystery Mario inspired box pinata 👈🏻
Minecraft inspired TNT pinata 👈🏻
Minecraft inspired Creeper pinata 👈🏻
Among Us inspired green character pinata 👈🏻
9. A bake with their favourite cereal
You could make some rocky road, decorate cake pops with the cereal or make some special colourful cereal bars - or even pop it in cookies!
10. A customisable paint your own letter gift
These are so lovely to give as gifts and will keep your recipient busy; they can get super creative designing their own letter decor!
Paint your own letter dinosaur kit 👈🏻
Paint your own letter vehicles kit 👈🏻
11. Set up a fun excavation game
This is so much fun! For older kids you could put together an archeology style setup, where prizes could be hidden within plaster of paris and they have to excavate to find them. For younger kids, you could try sand, or even edible 'soil' (chocolate cake crumbs!) and they have to eat their way to the prizes or toys that are hidden!
12. Set up a scavenger hunt or treasure hunt
An oldie but a goodie - this is so great for all ages!
13. Some personalised colouring pages for him to colour 👈🏻
Colouring - but better! Unlock a new level of creativity by creating some personalised colouring pages for your recipient, based on funny and special photos you treasure of you together. He will love being able to colour in himself and customise members of the family! You could even frame them when they are finished, for the cutest family portrait and the best way to cement special memories!
14. Craft a mosaic effect personalised room sign for his door
A special DIY gift idea you can have a lot of fun with and can get super creative with it!
15. A personalised gemstone dinosaur 👈🏻
Start a crystal collection for him by gifting him his first gemstone. You could even craft or decorate his very own crystal collecting box and even put together a little guide, with all the types and names of the gemstones!
16. A box of Jelly Belly beans with unique recipes
You could come up with some of your own recipes and create a little book to go with this gift! Your little one will have so much fun putting together the flavours to make the 'recipes'.
17. Prank him with some fun chocolate vegetables
This is such a funny sensory surprise gift and just right for a fussy eater who prefers to skip their vegetables at meal times!
Fun realistic chocolate vegetable assortment 👈🏻
Fun realistic edible chocolate green veggies assortment 👈🏻
18. Make him some special candy bark
You could include popping candy and create some multicoloured swirls and sprinkle it with his favourite candy or sweets!
19. Make him some unique chocolates to suit his tastes
You can have so much fun with this! Why not craft your own chocolates to make them perfectly match your recipient's tastes. You could make them dinosaur shaped - or Minecraft shaped - and infuse them with popping candy and fun candy shapes.
20. DIY some chocolate lego to play with!
To play with and eat!
Ready made chocolate edible lego (42 pieces) 👈🏻
21. Create an obstacle course for your recipient
You could even implement a special theme, such as a Spiderman or Spiderverse themed obstacle course, or a Mario theme!
22. Set up a rainbow milkshakes and sundaes stall
With all the toppings available! You could even make a freakshakes stall with oreos, donuts, cakes and squirty cream that guests can add to their creation - freakshakes being the perfect combination of milkshake and cake!
23. Make him a sticker collecting book
With special wax coated pages, so that they can collect and save stickers within the pages and reuse them whenever they want to!
24. DIY some Minecraft themed treats
You could even make extra to share with his class or friends
25. Put together a superhero themed kit 👈🏻
This is perfect for budding superheroes and they will love the element of surprise!
26. Make him a set of sparkly playdough, plasticine or slime
You could even theme it after their favourite thing, or whatever they are in to, after their favourite movie or tv show characters or sport or hobby! Add some mini polymer clay decors for extra decoration!
27. A giant cardboard cutout of their favourite character
Whether it's from their favourite tv show or favourite movie, this will be sure to delight them no end! Depending on the character, you could even task a friend or helper as transforming in to the character for the day so your little one can meet their hero!
28. A funny chocolate toothbrush toothpaste kit 👈🏻
This would make such a fun and unique gift or stocking filler - or reward for a tooth cleaning exercise or activity!
29. Hide little surprises in the wrapping
The best fun extra surprise they will never expect, for the best unwrapping experience!
30. Birthday coins in their shoes
Real coins or chocolate coins, this is a really cute and exciting surprise!
31. An ice pop or ice lolly making game setup
Where guests can mix and make their own popsicles, with lots of colourful juices and sodas, plus blended fruit and yoghurt to make their own fruity, colourful creation!
32. Set up a silly string fight
Or a game of hide and seek with silly string - the more players the merrier!
33. Gift them a set of mystery boxes or blind boxes
These are so exciting to receive and come with a mystery collectable hidden inside! You could even hide these as part of a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt for your recipient to find.
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