Tween years are super weird, I’m seeing a lot of my daughters friends really veering into older interests but my girls haven’t fully transitioned out of pretend play into that wayyy older category and I’m not sure if its because we’ve been homeschooling the last few years or its just because I have the younger daughter also…
Either way I’m going to stick to middle of the road gift ideas that most 10, 11 & 12 year olds and even my 8 almost 9 year old daughter are really into. My daughters birthday is 12/23 so all these items are things we got her or family got her but I wanted to show it to you all early so you could use it for holiday gift giving ideas too.
I hear a lot of disclaimers on posts like this and I would have thought it went without saying but – this isn’t to brag about what my kid got, but rather to give some good ideas if your feeling like what the heck do I get my kid, or my niece or whoever. I’ve recently been obsessed with watching gift idea videos and it has been (mind blown) just SO helpful to see what crazy crap is out there that I haven’t even thought of!
Lots more details in the video but here is the list!
Squishmellows $5-10 https://amzn.to/3ot2JmS
Fidgets $5-10 https://amzn.to/3cxUa4R
Mochis $5-10 https://amzn.to/3CmxEpN
Mini brands $27.99 https://amzn.to/3Cybilz
Fashion glasses / blue light glasses $13 https://amzn.to/3HvGbuC
Master guide to drawing anime $11 https://amzn.to/326RDMW
Mom and me journal $14 https://amzn.to/2YS6FEV
Provana hair color $10 https://amzn.to/3njAEyY
Klutz crafts (pet adoption van, mini bake shop) this year (mini erasers, puffy stickers) $10-20 https://amzn.to/3qIDIa3
Portable LED tracing lightbox $20 https://amzn.to/3nns7LD
Macramé hanging chair $40 https://amzn.to/3nns7LD
Succulent pot $10 https://amzn.to/3CjTHgT
Plasma Ball $12-40 https://amzn.to/3x53jvb
Jumunji Game for Nintendo Switch $20 https://amzn.to/3niFb4P
Hawaiian Shaved Ice machine $69 https://amzn.to/3DywsRu
Hope this helps in your gift shopping! I’ll be doing a toddler boy gift guide and an ultimate tween Christmas wish list in the upcoming weeks so stayed tuned if this kind of stuff interests you!