I’m sure you’ve seen a proud grandma in a store with a cart full of pink & purple outfits for her granddaughter. She’s finding ribbons and socks with bows and shouting out “Oh my gosh look at this!” Now picture the same scenario except she’s got a cart full of blue jeans and monster truck shirts. Yep, that’s what I thought, you can’t even picture it!
No one likes to shop for little boy clothes, not even grandparents! It’s just not fun. Boy clothes are not fun. They are primary colors, they are boring, they have trucks on them. Not fun. My girlfriend who has three girls gets adorable clothes from the grandparents for her little beauties. Boys don’t get clothes as gifts. I love shopping for little girl clothes when we are headed to the little princesses birthday party. When we are invited to a little boy
birthday? We avoid clothing like the plague. We also try to avoid toys (see my previous blog post) but I do want the boys to have fun picking out a gift.
What is most frustrating is that clothing seems like a very
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logical gift option since boys a) have to wear clothes and b) go through clothes more than girls do.
Boys seem to destroy their clothes. I rarely buy them new clothes because they simply get destroyed with holes, stains and more just as quickly as second hand clothes. So I spend my summers scouring garage sales for good condition clothes and jeans without holes for their school clothes. I collect them in a large utility tote and present them to the boys just before school starts. They LOVE going through all the “new” clothes. (Money saving tip #474)
There are some cute baby boy clothes out there. Especially fire stuff. but, yes, mostly girl stuff! and maybe it more BABY boy clothes, not toddler or kiddo. Great idea with yard sale scouring though!