29 Christmas Gifts for 15-Year-Old Boys

Timed quizzes go smoother when he can check the clock at a glance, and a Casio G-Shock keeps the time right on his wrist, where no teacher will object.

Built to take knocks, the black resin case can stay strapped on from first period through gym class.

Apple's AirPods Max 2 match a teen whose phone always holds the next song, picked and ready to play.

He chooses every track himself, so a full-size adult pair keeps up with his taste better than a novelty set. Between classes, the headphones rest around his neck until he starts another album.

Every trade in CATAN is a small negotiation, and the table gets loud the moment a friend refuses the one deal he needs.

The game seats three or four players, a good match for the handful of friends who end up at his place on a Friday night. Each game runs long enough for alliances to form and fall apart before anyone wins.

Small enough to ride in a jacket pocket, the Teenage Engineering PO-12 rhythm lets him program drum patterns wherever an idea shows up.

Its sequencer loops each pattern, while punch-in effects let him rough up a beat live as it plays. If he drums his fingers on every desk he sits at, this gives those rhythms somewhere to go.

Midway through an online match, a teen who plays with friends on Xbox needs a wireless pad he never has to share.

Squad sessions fill his free hours, so an 8Bitdo controller of his own means no swapping the household pad mid-round. The controller has no cord to the console, so it stays in his grip when he leans back.

Speakers built into the headrest set the X Rocker Eclipse apart from a beanbag, putting the game's sound right beside his ears.

It connects over Bluetooth and folds up when a weekend of matches ends, so his floor is clear again by Monday.

One net, two games: the Baden Champions set covers volleyball for a crowd and badminton for a rally with just one friend.

Whenever people come over, the net goes up on the lawn, and the group moves from volleyball bumps to badminton smashes as the afternoon goes on.

Pedaling into a turn, swinging the back end wide and holding the slide is exactly what the Razor RipRider DXT is built for.

A smooth driveway or an empty lot is all the track he needs, and a few cones mark out a course for his friends to try.

Textbooks, binders, lunch and a spare hoodie all have room inside The North Face Jester, a 28-liter backpack sized for a full school day.

In plain black, it goes with whatever jacket he throws on and looks just as right on a weekend trip downtown as it does in the hallway at school.

Champion cuts this fleece hoodie in men's sizes, with big and tall options next to the regular fit, so check the T-shirts he wears now before you pick a size.

Fleece makes it an easy layer for a cold wait at the bus stop, and it goes with jeans or sweatpants alike.

When the teen you have in mind walks to school squinting into the morning sun, hand him an Oakley Tincan cap.

His friends recognize the name, and the hat sits easily with the hoodies and jeans he throws on before class. Its brim keeps the low sun out of his eyes all the way to the gate.

A tablet that belongs to him alone keeps his notes, group projects, shows and video calls with friends in one place.

Touch ID unlocks it with his fingerprint, and the battery is built to last a full day of jumping between apps. When he feels like doodling, drawing apps turn the same screen into a sketchbook.

The ASUS ROG XG27ACS fits a teen who grinds ranked matches on PC or console and wants a screen of his own.

During a tight final round, the whole match plays out on a gaming monitor right at his desk.

Whether he plays on an Xbox, a PS5 or a PC, the Turtle Beach Stealth 600 connects to it, and it pairs with his phone too.

Since it is wireless, no cord stretches across the room to the console, and every explosion plays in his ears alone while the rest of the living room stays quiet.

No TV in his bedroom?

The Kodak Luma 150 Mini takes a 1080p signal from the device he watches on and turns the blank wall beside his bed into the screen. A built-in battery lets it run away from an outlet, so a movie night with friends can move to whichever corner has room.

Guild raids call for a long bar of abilities, and the Redragon M908 puts 12 buttons along its side, right under his thumb.

He can map each one to a spell or a macro, so a full rotation fires without his hand leaving the mouse. Between boss attempts, he reworks the layout while the guild plans the next pull.

During a co-op night online with friends, a teen who plays on his computer gets a mechanical board for his desk.

At his age he picks his own gear, and a serious keyboard matches the hours he spends online. The new board takes over the spot where the plain office one used to sit.

Hunching over a laptop to play is a cramped way to game, and a 24-inch curved Sceptre monitor gives him room to spread out.

Its gentle bend draws the edges toward him, so the shooters and racers he already plays fill his view. Late in a squad match, leaning back in his chair no longer means missing movement at the corners.

Anker's surge-protected strip earns a spot behind the desk of a teen whose gaming gear outnumbers his wall sockets.

A console, monitor and phone charger all want an outlet at once, and he lays out his own room now. His rearranged corner keeps the speaker, screen and console running side by side.

Jokes and jabs fly between him and his friends all day, and Exploding Kittens Rage Mode gives all that trash talk a winner every round.

The deck travels in his bag, so the competition leaves the group chat for a real table. At lunch, whoever sits nearby gets dealt in, since up to five can play.

Familiar faces from the Mario games lead this role-playing adventure on the Switch, a slower game where he explores, plans ahead and follows a story.

Each night it picks up right where he saved, which suits the long stretch of days off between Christmas and New Year.

On Christmas afternoon at a relative's house, Faraway gives a teen who loves brain teasers something to puzzle over across the table.

He likes turning a riddle over before answering, and here he weighs each move against the ones still ahead. The box stays on the coffee table until everyone in the room has taken a shot at beating him.

This shelf unit turns an empty nook of his room into a spot for the sneakers and souvenirs a teen wants seen.

He runs his own space now, and his gear stays out on show, not shut away in a closet. His signed basketball ends up on top, facing the doorway.

Lowered into his mug, this infuser brews whatever loose blend a teen scoops in, so his cup tastes the way he wants.

He has opinions on mint versus chamomile, and brewing by the cup lets him mix his own beside the family kettle. His favorite mix ends up in a labeled jar on the kitchen shelf.

Once the teen on your list wants a cup before school, a compact brewer on his desk lets him pour his own.

He gets himself up for class now, so having it in his room means no waiting on anyone downstairs. The machine sits beside his lamp, a hot cup ready by the time his shoes are on.

Set by his bed, a digital clock gives a teen who snoozes through phone reminders a wake-up call he controls himself.

High school starts early, and a device built just for waking him lets the phone sleep across the room. The hour he picks for himself now starts every weekday.

If the teen on your list stacks trophies and game cases across his desk, these floating shelves lift them onto the wall.

He decides what gets displayed in his own room, and clearing that clutter frees up space for homework. The highest shelf, hung by the doorway, holds the trophy from his latest tournament.

After his season's final whistle, a teen athlete wants the team shot with his friends somewhere in plain view.

You print the picture and slip it in, so the gift holds his own crew rather than a store poster. That framed lineup ends up beside his monitor, the jerseys and grins facing his chair.

On a free evening at his desk, a teen who pulls apart old gadgets can build working ones of his own.

His curiosity about how devices work matches a kit where he connects hardware and types the instructions that run it.