7 Christmas Gifts To Buy at Dollar Tree If You Want To Skip the Gift Cards This Year

Need to shop for a few last-minute Christmas gifts? Swing by your local Dollar Tree for inexpensive toys, books, craft supplies and much more. Not only will you find the perfect present for everyone on your list, but the savings are enough to buy several gifts for what you’d end up paying for the price of a gift card.

From activity books to puzzles, GOBankingRates found seven items that make great Christmas gifts for all ages. Keep reading to see which holiday gifts are worth buying at Dollar Tree.

• Price: $5

Fill up these Jot sketchbooks with drawings, poetry, “Eureka!” thoughts and so many more ideas and dreams throughout next year. 

Each sketchbook comes in an assortment of three covers to choose from, including ideas, thoughts and imagine. These affordable sketchbooks make great gifts for recent retirees, budding artists and writers, students and anyone else you may know with a creative streak.

• Price: $5

We like to recommend Play-Doh kitchen creations playsets as Christmas gifts because they give shoppers lots of bang for their buck and kids hours of molding fun.

For just $5, you’ll receive four containers of Play-Doh and all the tools necessary to “cook” meals like pizza, tacos and smoothies. Let your imagination soar! This product is recommended for ages 3 and up.

• Price: $5

Shop your kiddo’s favorite dinosaur or buy the whole dino-mite trio of clawsomely soft plush dinosaurs. Each brightly colored dinosaur is available in triceratops, tyrannosaurus and brontosaurus plushes.

• Price: $1.25

Give the gift of kindness for Christmas with these inspirational books. Each book is 40 pages long and filled with motivating quotes and uplifting sentiments that will encourage recipients to lean into their strengths and go the distance.

“I bought these several times in bulk to give to retirees, teachers, friends and family as a perfect way to communicate and to let them know I was thinking about them,” wrote Reading2me in a five-star review.

• Price: $1.25

Parents know firsthand just how expensive it can be to shop for board books. Save some extra money without sacrificing your kiddo’s favorite characters when you buy Bendon Sesame Street board books at Dollar Tree.

Choose from four titles featuring Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Zoe and Big Bird — or buy all four if they’re in stock. Altogether, these four books would end up costing $5, which is a lot cheaper than shopping for similar titles elsewhere. Amazon, for example, carries a similar pack of four Bendon Sesame Street board books for $11.99.

• Price: $1.25

You won’t be able to resist buying several Cra-Z-Art’s puzzlebug puzzles as Christmas gifts at these low prices. Each puzzle comes with 350 pieces, and there is an assortment of engaging designs to shop.

• Price: $1.25

Swap out the more expensive name-brand version for these inexpensive and adorable bright winged ponies. 

Each pony comes with a comb and a mane and tail you can brush and style. These toys are available in blue, purple and pink for in-store purchase only while supplies last.

Editor’s note: Prices and availability are accurate as of Dec. 12, 2024, and are subject to change.