For his tenth birthday, I bought my nephew a box of macaroni and cheese. He still talks about it a decade later. What was funny, other than his reaction when he unwrapped it, was his trying to figure out what it was beforehand--even the sound of the macaronis didn't give it away. That remains the great thing about food items as gifts; people can never guess what they are. For his eleventh birthday, I got him a can of pork and beans, though I stole it from my mom's pantry.

Thus, I recommend food items. Maybe something slightly unusual, like a pomegranate, or a tangelo.