How's this for enviable bargain-hunter skills: You fill up your cart at Target with Christmas presents for your kids. You get a great deal on every single one of them. Then, at checkout, you get a gift card for cash you can spend on anything you like.
The trick? Picking the right toys to maximize the kickbacks.
Here's how.
Lego DC Comics Super Heroes Batman Batwing and the Riddler Heist
There are toys that kids get lost in while making silly plane, car, and explosion noises — as well as character-to-character dialogue. It's cute to watch. But this sort of creative sandbox play is also important to a child's development. This Batman and Riddler Lego kit is that sort of game. Even better, it requires that they build the universe first. This develops so many skills! It's also a blast.
It's on sale for $35.99 (normally $49.99). And if you buy it and your Lego purchases get to $50, you will get a $10 gift card when you check out.
Lego Super Heroes Marvel Spider-Man Stark Jet and the Drone Attack
There is someone on your shopping list who would be thrilled to find this Lego Super Heroes Marvel Spider-Man Stark Jet and the Drone Attack building kit under the tree. And this is a great opportunity to make that happen.
First, it's on sale. It's normally $69.99. But in this Target sale, it's down to $55.99.
Second, Target will give you a $10 gift card just for buying this. The deal is, spend $50 on certain Lego items and get a $10 gift card. This kit meets that criteria all on its own.
Buy Just Dance for Nintendo Switch and get $50.
This is a pretty amazing deal — if you are buying gifts for your kids, their cousins, or other families or if you want to spoil your own kids with games.
Just Dance 2020 for Nintendo Switch is a fun party game. It's a video game that gets everyone up and moving, dancing, singing, and acting silly.
And if you buy two of them — or two games included in this sale — you'll get a $50 gift card. Your kids want games. You want money. Win-win!
Buy Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, get $50.
Maybe this one isn't so much for children (it's rated M). But there is a gamer in your life who would love to lose many hours to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint ($59.99). This immersive, first-person shooter is brand new from Microsoft to play on Xbox. Know someone who thinks that sounds like the perfect weekend?
Go ahead and buy it. Then also buy a video game from this sale for your kids. You'll get a $50 Target gift card. Now everyone is happy!
Add Far Cry 5 to your cart on your way to a $50 gift card.
Far Cry 5 ($49.99) is set in a post-apocalyptic world where you fight for survival in a lawless land. It's just the sort of alternate reality your older gamers are looking for when they seek to lose a weekend playing with their PlayStation 4. Buy two of them — or two games in this sale — and you'll get a $50 gift card. That's like getting one free! Or getting paid to give your gamers what they want.
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