Originally Posted by
Krsy
In the past we've made a small stocking and put candy, socks and school supplies (pens, pencils) and the gift card for a store where they could purchase what they needed. We chose Walmart because the store had a larger variety of items they could buy (clothing, books, or a small toy).
As a retired teacher, I agree with Krst on the small stocking full of small school supplies, be sure to put in pencils, map colors and a red & black ball point pen, most schools require these for this age group- kids of all ages never have enough school supplies, and by this time of the year they are running out of what they had for the beginning of the year. These alone would be great, but it might not be as good of a Christmas as a young boy might hope to receive. A gift card as well would be just great and he could buy something fun he might want as well as having the needed school supplies.