37 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, no phone needed.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Under Armour Undeniable 5.0 Duffle is a gym bag for a teen who carries his gear between school and weekend games.

The side pockets and a vented pocket for shoes keep clean clothes apart from muddy cleats.

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.

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.

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.

This curved monitor gives a teenage gamer a main screen of his own at the desk.

Racing games and shooters stretch around the curve toward him instead of a flat laptop panel. Once the match ends, he pulls up homework on the same screen.

Pond hockey with friends gets a highlight reel once a teenage player brings the DJI Osmo Action camera.

He sets it on a snowbank beside the net and films whole games, so no one holds a phone. He then scrolls back through the footage to find the goal everyone argued about.

The KODAK Dock Plus prints from his phone, a good fit for a high schooler snapping every hangout.

He chooses the pictures worth keeping and turns them into prints to swap with friends or frame. After a road trip with the team, the group shot goes up on his bedroom door.

The ZenScreen gives a teen with a laptop a second screen that folds into a case and goes wherever he studies.

It connects by USB Type-C or Type A. Homework sits on one side, a video call on the other.

Polaroid's Go Generation 3 hands a high schooler an instant camera of his own for weekend hangouts.

He picks his moments with friends, and the pictures land in his hand, not his camera roll. After a late pizza night, the best print ends up wedged into the frame of his bedroom mirror.

The HyperX Cloud Alpha headset lets a teenage gamer play late matches without the TV speakers on.

Footsteps and squad callouts stay in his ears, so the rest of the house can sleep.

The Xbox Series S gives a 15-year-old a console of his own for playing on the TV.

It comes with a wireless controller, so he can start right away. After homework, he picks a game and plays with friends online.

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.

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.

Set in the national parks, this strategy board game is a slower contest for a teen who weighs options before committing.

He likes thinking several turns ahead, and here points go to whoever plans carefully rather than hastily.

Laser tag gives a 15-year-old and his friends a team game that gets everyone up and moving.

He picks the squads, then scouts the smartest hiding spots before the match starts. Over winter break, the basement becomes his arena whenever friends drop by.

The YETI Yonder gives a sporty teenager a water bottle to carry through long school days.

He fills it before leaving home and tops it up between classes, so water stays within reach all day. After practice, he pulls it from his sports bag for a long drink on the walk home.

A Nalgene water bottle suits a high school boy who is always heading out to practice or class.

He refills it instead of grabbing throwaway bottles, and it rides in his backpack all day. Between classes, he tops it up at the hallway fountain before heading to practice.

An adidas body spray gift set suits a high schooler who now picks what sits on his shelf.

Since the set holds different scents, he matches a scent to school mornings and saves another for weekends out.

Starface World Hydro-Star pimple patches give a teenage boy an easy way to handle a sudden breakout.

He presses a patch over a spot after washing his face, then gets on with homework. The patches just stick on, so there is nothing to measure out or rub in.

This Donner drum kit gives a teenage boy his own set for learning drums at home.

He plays along to songs he already loves, starting slow and building up the beat. Since the kit stays in his room, a spare half hour after dinner turns into practice.

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.

This Govee LED light strip puts the lighting of a high schooler's bedroom in his hands.

Friends hang out in his room now, so he sets its look before a gaming night. The strip runs behind his desk and frames the screen for the whole match.

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.

This trivia book gives a curious teenage boy a steady supply of strange answers to keep in his head.

He likes being the one with the unexpected answer, and he can flip to any page and stop after a few entries. During the slow days after Christmas, the book stays on the couch arm beside him.

Manga-curious teens can start a pirate adventure with One Piece, Vol.

1: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda. He reads it on a cozy afternoon on the couch over the holidays. Then he trades volumes with a friend after break.