As soon as our kids started kindergarten, we started to receive an on slot of birthday party invitations. The kids love attending the parties and helping their classmates celebrate their birthday, but there have been times when I have struggled with what to purchase as a gift.

I can do the boy gifts with no problem, but struggle with what to buy the girls. We have a daughter, but she is five years younger than our oldest son. I asked a blogging friend what some of her girls’ favorite birthday gifts are? She is sharing those today at Books and Giggles.

I thought there might be some people out there who have the opposite problem and could use some guidance in terms of what to buy boys, so I put together some of our favorites.

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Our kids get invited to so many parties. To keep our birthday gift budget from skyrocketing, I set a budget of $15.00 or less per gift.

Our oldest received and/or gave many of the items listed here as gifts from preschool to 2nd grade. As he has gotten older, our go to gift for boys almost always is Legos. It can be difficult to find a good set of Legos for uder $15 (especially when the boys are helping), but I found three good substantial sets for this list.

Many of these gifts can also work for a preschooler and for a girl. Our daughter plays with her brother’s toys as much as her own.

Don’t forget to stop by Books and Giggles for ideas on birthday gifts for girls.