Cheap Gifts for Teens

Universal Phone Holder

Tech neck is a huge problem for all of us. Keep your phone within reach and in sight, whether you’re on a plane, at your desk, or working out at the gym. This universal phone holder would have been great for our last family trip. Dual joints with 360-degree rotation allow for the best viewing angle, whether you prefer vertical or horizontal orientation. Great for cars, planes or trains.

Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker

Kids can listen to their favorite music in the shower with this waterproof bluetooth speaker. This speaker is normally the very budget-friendly price of around $30, but if you are reading this on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, you might be thrilled to find it for under $20! Can be fully immersed up to 1 meter for about 30 minutes underwater. Featuring shock-absorbent materials, C12 shockproof portable travel speaker is primed for every type of weather and terrain, hiking, camping, running, and more. Perfect for Kayaking, boating, paddle boarding, and fishing. No worries about weather and outdoor condition, making this shower Bluetooth speaker the perfect compared for the pool beach trail, or shower.

Wireless Earbuds with Charging Case

Wireless Earbuds do NOT need to be name brand to work perfectly. Watch this brand right here as we have purchased them for less than $25 when on sale, and the most we have ever paid was still under $40. Wireless Earbuds are something our teens use almost every day, and getting a new pair during the holidays is always a welcome gift.

Make up – Cheap Gifts for Teens

Make up is one of those things that some teens may consider both an every day or a luxury item. Small make up items make wonderful stocking stuffers, and larger pallets can be a beautiful item for under the tree. While some make up is extremely expensive, there are some dupes that we cannot gate keep that should make your fashionista very happy!

essence | Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara

This amazing Mascara is $4!If your teen wears make up, it may be considered an ‘every day’ item, but replacing items with fresh new product always feels great. My daughter and I both really like this mascara. I always pop this in her stocking because mascara should be swapped out regularly, but also it is only $5! A quality lip stick in your teen’s favorite color is another nice inexpensive gift for stockings or even under the tree. I suggest searching your teen’s favorite brand of make up and ‘dupes’ and you may find a lovely and less expensive brand that is nearly identical (sometimes they are made in the same factory!).

22 Pcs Makeup Kit,Foundation Brush Eyeshadow Brush Make up Brushes Set

If your teen loves make up, it is likely they would love new make up brushes. This 22 piece brush set is less than $10 shipped! his set includes 13 makeup brushes and a storage bag. In addition, we also prepare a silicone face-pack brush, a sponge egg set, and two silicone lip brush, a brush cleaning egg, and a silicone facial cleansing brush. This set is a good choice for beauty lovers.

Skin Care and Hair Care are great CHEAP gifts for teens

Quality skin and hair care such as single use masks, under eye serum, or a favorite hair gel can be a nice gift.

GLAM UP Premium Facial Sheet Mask 12 Combo

Face Masks Skincare, Hydrating Face Masks, Moisturizing, Brightening and Soothing, Beauty Mask For All Skin Type Variety Beauty Mask Set.

Rocky Mountain Barber Company Kids Hair Styling Paste

For All Hairstyles – Our paste provides a medium hold that’s perfect for all hairstyles from messy bed head looks to slick side parts.

Unicorn Snot Holographic Face Glitter & Body Glitter Gel

Glitter Makeup, Hair Glitter, Stocking Stuffers, Christmas Glitter Makeup for Holiday. Fun and bright glitter gel made in multiple shades of color. This glitter gel can be used on eyes, face, body, or wherever you like! It has cosmetic-grade glitter and is safe for use on the face or skin. Available in 1.7 fl oz/ 45ml jars of Holographic Glitter Gel.

Books – The ORIGINAL Cheap Gifts for Teens

If your kid is a reader, a book is almost always an under $20 gift idea. Our kids have several authors that they love so it is easy to find a book for them. Keep in mind that graphic novels, comic books, art books, and more fall under this category. If you teen likes magazines, buying the latest issue of their favorite magazine is also a fun thing to flip through.

Audible Subscription (FREE TRIAL)

If your teen struggles with reading (like I do), but wants to get books into their brains, an Audible subscription is a fairly reasonable monthly fee. I have at times paused my subscription very easily and even chosen an every other month option when I was extremely busy. I personally love to listen to audio books while I draw, while I am on public transportation, or even while waiting in the school pick up line. I think this might be a perfect gift for a teen. Don’t miss the free trial in the link above (remember to cancel if it isn’t their jam).

This is a perfect time to normalize gifting 2nd hand gifts. Books make the perfect 2nd hand gift. We have found that exchanging books on a local “Buy Nothing Group” is a perfect way to give someone the gift their child has asked for or giving our child a book someone has passed down. We also love to pop into local used book stores or check out Facebook marketplace. While a fresh new book is a great gift, so is a second hand book. I believe most teens would agree! Our teen would rather have three gently pre read books than one fresh new book any day!

Drawing Supplies – Inexpensive Gifts for teens!

Is the teen on your list an artist? You are in luck! Individual art supplies can be quite inexpensive. Artists tend to have their favorite tools, so make sure to find out what they like. New markers, pens, or a sketchbook can be a real treat!

DSTELIN Blank Spiral Notebook, 3-Pack, Soft Cover, Sketch Book

This is my favorite sketchbook. Ideal for a diary, travel journal, poetry work, creative writing, making sketches and drawings, Work records, study notes, mood diary, or scrapbooking.

GETHPEN Micro-Pen Fineliner Ink Pens

I also go through these Micron Dupes very quickly. This set contains 6 black line art pens comes with different nib sizes, include 0.20mm (005), 0.25mm (01), 0.35mm (03), 0.45mm (05), 0.55mm (08) and a brush, offering a variety of sizes for your needs, these black drawing pens are ideal for drawing, taking notes, hand lettering and sketching

MemOffice 80 Colors Dual Tip Artist Alcohol Markers Set with Carrying Case

My husband really enjoys these Copic Dupes. The MemOffice alcohol based markers come with dual tips, allowing you to create versatile styles, sketches, and patterns with ease. Broad and fine twin tips are designed for precise highlighting, underlining, or quick coloring in large areas.

Looking for more gifts for artsy types? We have a fun gift guide for artists that can be really helpful for your shopping needs.

Favorite Lotion scents

Teens often have a favorite lotion scent and they can never have enough. When polled, our daughter’s friends overwhelmingly said Warm Vanilla Sugar from Bath and Body Works, so this seems to be a safe bet. Whether you buy online or take a trip to the mall, a bottle of their favorite scent can often be just around $10!

Throw Blanket - Teen Gift Idea

A throw blanket that features a special interest can be very inexpensive now. We have purchased our son a Lord of the Rings throw blanket, our oldest daughter a baby pink lux throw blanket, and our youngest has a cool Dog themed Throw blanket. Throw blankets of just about any theme or decor style can be found almost always for under $30.

Baseball Cap

My teens can never have enough baseball caps. Our kids love to wear caps that show off the things they like. Baseball caps can feature favorite sports teams, theme parks, or even snarky sayings. Ball caps can often be right around $20, maybe even less!

Water Bottles

I don’t think I ever owned a reusable water bottle as a kid, but now our kids have several each. Kids tend to lose, break, or just get tired of water bottles. There are tons of really cool themed water bottles available on Amazon.

Special (but cheap!) Food gifts

Liquid Death Waters

Gift your teen with a case of their favorite beverage. Our son loves to pick up “Liquid Death” Waters. I am sure the only reason he chooses this over any other water is because it looks a little edgy. Kids are silly, and he was THRILLED to see a case of this nonsense under the tree! When we buy on Amazon they work out to about $1.50 – $2 each, you can also simply pick up a couple at the store. Our kids also like Izzies, Jarred Frapuccinos, or shelf stable protein shakes.

Flavor Packets

Our kids LOVE these little drink flavor packets, but I rarely buy them at the store. These are silly and inexpensive, and cause a lot more joy than their $3 price tag. These are a great little gift in the tree or in a stocking.

Case of Ramen

Instant Ramen isn’t good for us, which is why I never buy it on a regular shopping trip. That said, kids love that crap. Last year I bought a case of Ramen for like $7 and the kids were like “CAN WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW?!” It went over very well. It will be under the tree every Christmas for sure.

Case of Pocky

Pocky is the best. We typically put a Pocky (or two) in stockings, but this year I think an entire case of Pocky will be under the tree. Pocky is a sweet treat that is not very expensive. We have a case of 10 Pocky’s here for under $20 shipped. Buying cases of things for one or even a couple kids is really cost effective.