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How to Save Money on Birthday Presents for Kids by Shopping for Clearance Toys at Target!

January 21, 2019 / 299 Comments

Birthday presents for all the parties your kids get invited to can quickly become a costly addition to the family budget. But with some savvy shopping skills you can save hundreds per year by loading up on inexpensive presents for kids when toys go massively on sale at Target! The benefit to shopping for gifts for kids at the after-Christmas Target clearance event is that you can save money now and not have to worry about last-minute gifts when your in a hurry later. And, rather than have to pick up a cheap toy in a pinch, you’ll have a stockpile of high quality toys and games ready to go for all those birthday parties your kids go to!

Beginning after Christmas, Target will clearance their toys, including holiday items by 30-50% off the retail price. By about the second week in January, the clearance will reach up to 70% off toys and 90% off seasonal gifts. This is the best time to stock up on clearance toys at Target.

At target, look for an isle of clearance toys and check the endcaps as well. At my target there was an isle and 3 endcaps full of clearance toys for kids this year.

It can be overwhelming, but make a plan and choose the toys that you know will be enjoyed by your kids friends throughout the year. I have a preteen and a 1st grader so I look for lots of Barbies, LEGOs, fun games, art kits, interactive toys, makeup, trending toys, etc that I know their friends will enjoy. Between my kids they will get invited to around 15 parties for the year so I will buy around 15 gifts for their friends. I also look for gifts for toddlers for parties for all of my friends kids since I know our family will get invited to at least 5 toddler birthday parties each year. So my goal is to find about 20 toys on clearance that I know the kids will enjoy (and save tons of money doing it!)

Here’s a look at some of the awesome clearance toys at Target this year that I found.

You can see how many I found by my checkout pile. This really is one of the best hacks for saving money throughout the year. Instead of having to last minute buy presets that are $20-30 per gift, by shopping the after Christmas clearance at Target I only spend about $7 per present.

Here’s a look at my savings:

I got 14 items for about $92 before tax. That averages under $7 per present! To achieve my goal of 20 gifts I went back and purchased a few more for around the same price.

After I get home I store all the gifts in tubs and when it is birthday party time the kids pick a gift from the bin that they think their friend would enjoy.

Here are some of my favorite deals from this haul.

It’s as simple as that to save money and time by stocking up on gifts for kids birthday parties from the Target toy clearance event after Christmas. Happy shopping and saving!

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