The greatest gifts ever for kids

7 cool gifts that won't have them playing with the box instead

Gibson/Hasbro Power Tour Electric Guitar, $70
An awesome ax
Gibson/Hasbro Power Tour Electric Guitar, $70
Thanks in part to the success of High School Musical and Hannah Montana, "anything music-related is hot this year," says Rice.

One of the big sellers, she predicts: the Power Tour Electric Guitar.

It'll teach your pint-size rocker to play, lighting up correct chords for 12 preset songs. Or your kid can plug in an MP3 player and strum to a favorite band.

It'll go fast: Check online shopping bots like Shopzilla.com.

Sweet ride

Chatty pal

Awesome ax

Idol karaoke

Tea time

Sweet
shoot 'em up

'Tween cell
Globe trotters 7 ways to say bon voyage this holiday season (more)
Couch potatoes 7 good reasons to never leave the sofa again (more)
Tree huggers Go green this holiday with these 7 eco-friendly gifts. (more)
Market indexes are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer LIBOR Warning: Neither BBA Enterprises Limited, nor the BBA LIBOR Contributor Banks, nor Reuters, can be held liable for any irregularity or inaccuracy of BBA LIBOR. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2012 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer The Dow Jones IndexesSM are proprietary to and distributed by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and have been licensed for use. All content of the Dow Jones IndexesSM © 2012 is proprietary to Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Chicago Mercantile Association. The market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2012. All rights reserved. Most stock quote data provided by BATS.
Market indexes are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer LIBOR Warning: Neither BBA Enterprises Limited, nor the BBA LIBOR Contributor Banks, nor Reuters, can be held liable for any irregularity or inaccuracy of BBA LIBOR. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2012 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer The Dow Jones IndexesSM are proprietary to and distributed by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and have been licensed for use. All content of the Dow Jones IndexesSM © 2012 is proprietary to Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Chicago Mercantile Association. The market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2012. All rights reserved. Most stock quote data provided by BATS.