Creative Gifts for 11 Year Old Girls

I think tweens are the hardest age for buying gifts. Don’t you? Here you’ll find unique gifts for 11 year old girls, including books, games, technology, and art kits. I hope this helps you with your holiday shopping!

My daughters informed me what’s cool to add to this list– plus I’ve done a lot of research with friends, in stores, and online. Happy shopping!

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Creative Gifts for 11 Year Old Girls

The Kids’ Book of Craft Love written by Irene Smit & Astrid Van Der Hulst
Your kids won’t be able to resist this big book of FUN crafts and activities. Cut and fold, sticker, build, loop, construct, decorate, and more! I LOVE this book and so will your 11 year olds.

Apple AirPods
These will be a hit with any tween! If your 11-year-old girl is like mine, they LOVE listening to music 24/7.

Cat Lamp
My daughter loves this cat lamp so much that she brought it to college with her and still displays it proudly, even at age 20.

Klutz Sticker Photo Mosaic
Use the provided sticker to create mosaics of kittens and cats.

5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior by Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, and Boya Sun
SCI-FI (series)
Gorgeous artwork sets the tone for an otherworldly story. The five worlds are falling into chaos. When one world attacks another, Oona Lee, a girl who is a sand dancer, rescues two boys and the three determine to lit the unlit Beacons and save the worlds. But, they face a dark force that comes with a devastating betrayal. See the artwork from 5 Worlds on their Tumblr page here.

800 Pound Gorilla
In this fast and easy game by the makers of Cat Goat Cheese Pizza win points by being the fastest player to grab a banana or coconut or guess the correct size of the gorilla!

Alexa Dot
The Alexa Dot was our successful compromise with our daughter who still wanted to listen to her music in her room but wasn’t allowed to have screen time in her bedroom. Now it’s become a favorite way to play music for both our girls. It’s voice-controlled and you can use it as an alarm, speaker, timer, and more.

Forbidden Jungle
Work with the other players to discover the secrets of the jungle, position the crystals, activate the portal, and escape the jungle!

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman written by Gennifer Gholdenko
REALISTIC – FOSTER CARE
In this heart-wrenching story about children caretaking siblings, found family, and kindness, when 11-year-old Hank’s mom leaves them alone again, after a week, he takes his three-year-old sister Boo to his deceased grandmother’s best friend, a grumpy and bossy woman named Lou Ann. READ THIS BOOK. It’s gorgeous, heartfelt writing.

LEGO 3 in 1 Noodle Shop
Build a townhouse, a bike shop, and an arcade!

Nintendo Switch Lite
Now you can hold a Nintendo Switch in your hands. I have to admit, this gift got us through some tough quarantine times — and I’m so glad I got it for both my kids.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch
The amazing thing about this game is it can be enjoyed by kids, teens, and adults. (Like my college-age daughter and her friends!) Pick any of the iconic characters to play against the other characters!

Create This Book
Color, imagine, write, and create in this book of prompts and activities.

Wireless Headphones
These aren’t just highly-rated, they’re really a good price, too! We also love that they have good sound, LED lights, and volume control.

Crayola Light Up Tracing Pad
This pad comes with over 100 images that kids can trace by putting their blank sheets over the awesome light-up pad and drawing away!

Mantis
We love this beautifully illustrated card game! It’s a great family game for ages seven and up where players match and steal sets of cards. Even my teenager loves this game!

Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Heartbreaking and inspiring, this poignant story in verse shows a girl who learns, after years of fat-shaming and bullying, to define herself not based on what others say but on who she really is.

Christmas Light Charger
If you’re going to charge a device, why not make it cool?

A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
An absolutely wonderful, heartwarming historical fiction story with close-knit siblings who stick together and eventually find their forever home. Evacuated from London during WWII these siblings need to find a new home. Unfortunately, their placements are horrid. It’s only the library and the kind librarian who help them survive the bullying and hunger. Unfortunately, the librarian is deemed “unsuitable” to be their foster mother since her missing husband is German. When things go from bad to worse in their latest home, can the children fight for a home with the librarian no matter what the town thinks?

Color Your Own Water Bottle
Get creative coloring and decorating this water bottle! This is a great activity that keeps kids hydrated and imaginative!

NYX Butter Lip Gloss Creme Brulee

Squishmallows (Cat)
Trust me when I say Squishmallows are THE SOFTEST, CUDDLIEST plush toys we’ve ever owned. And we own like a million. My kids LOVE these and want all of them. 🙂 I’m highly, highly, highly recommending these amazing toys. There are different animals, too — a llama, a frog, a unicorn, a cow,… My girls love these!

XBox X
The newest X Series includes two Forza (Hot Wheels) games!

iPad Pro + Apple Pencil
Both the Pro and the Apple Pencil have been much-used gifts for both my kids. They’re loving the pencil for drawing apps and think the functionality of the Pro rocks.

13 Dead End Drive
If you like CLUE, you’ll love 13 Dead End Drive. Channel your inner murderous tendencies, knock off the other players, and inherit good old Aunt Agatha’s fortune.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Wonderfully crafted and imagined, this 2017 Newbery winner is a fairy tale of sorts about a good witch who rescues one of the town’s many abandoned (sacrificed) babies instead of giving her to another town to adopt and love. She’s a special baby named Luna who accidentally becomes infused with moon magic. It’s also the story of the baby’s magical, bereaved mother, a wicked witch who feeds off sorrow, a woodcarver who wants justice, and most of all, an amazing girl named Luna.

Create Your Own Bead Pets
Kids will love making all sorts of beaded animals with this awesome set that comes with cool accessories, including key rings and lanyard clips!

Mystic Market
Hone your strategy and math skills and learn basic economics, all in a fun card game for 2 to 4 players. You’ll buy and sell magical potion-making ingredients to make sets then make the potions and trade them to earn points! Plus, aren’t the potion vials fantastic?

Sew Mini Gardens
Sew your own garden plants — using the book of colorful, step-by-step instructions and the provided materials like felt and stuffing. Darling.

Soft Sherpa Blanket
Soft and cozy, this throw blanket is a cozy bedroom necessity.

Word-A-Round
We laugh so much during this game as we totally butcher words trying to figure them out. In fact, my daughter has started writing down the funny words we invent on accident.) To win a card, you correctly read the word around one of the colored circles. The player with the most cards wins.

Rainbow Magic Sequin Journal

Swipe your hand and watch the sequins change colors in this beautiful, new journal. Pair with rainbow gel pens.

One by Wacom Digital Drawing Tablet
The original Wacom tablets cost $500+ so this is a more affordable option at $60 for kids who want to get started with digital art. Plug into your computer and start drawing! My daughter even figured out all the technical stuff on her own becasue this tablet motivated her so much.

Super Sphere STEM Experiment Kit
Not only will you build a robotic sphere, but you’ll also get directions for six more robot models. Program the robot to do different things and use a remote control to make your models move.

Texting Gloves Tween Girls

Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
My daughter found this excellent graphic novel SO RELATABLE — just like she struggles with confidence and speaking up, so does the main character, Peppi. The story tackles the issues of friendships and confidence, among other things.

Sleeping Queens
Help the Sleeping Queens wake up. The goal is to be the first player with queens that add up to 50 points. Steal queens, put opponents queens back to sleep, and fight dragons. What will your kids’ favorite queens and kings be? This is a fun family favorite game!

Sphero BOLT Robot
This is the latest Sphero app-enabled robot. Isn’t it the coolest looking one yet? 11 year old girls will learn to code through hands-on activities to program infrared, compass, light sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, and motor encoders. Drive BOLT and play games. 2+ hours of battery.

Sofa Chair / Gaming Lounger
What tween wouldn’t love this soft chair that provides great support for reading, meditating, watching TV, or playing games? My daughter has one and thinks it’s super comfortable!

Twinkle Star LED Window Curtain String Lights
These make a grown-up tween bedroom beautiful and cozy. They look amazing!

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Fantastic fantasy world-building, excellent writing, a strong female heroine of color, and a surprise plot twist ending are just a few of the reasons you’ll love this book. On top of that, you’ll find an exciting action-packed, suspenseful story about Amari whose brother vanishes mysteriously. He sends her a message that she’s a magician and should attend a special school. There, she discovers she’s a magician with outlawed dark magic but she’s determined to stay in the school and find her brother.

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Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Hands-down one of the best life-changing books you’ll ever read. Narrated by Melody, we learn what it’s like for her, trapped in a body with cerebral palsy that doesn’t allow her to speak or take care of herself. No one, except her parents think she’s smart. Then one day, she gets a chance to prove it. Heartbreaking. Real. Inspiring. Beautifully written.

Check the Fridge! A Shameless Game of Bluffing
We’re pretty picky about which games stay in the game night rotation. Check the Fridge is a win for us. We loved it because it got us laughing and we practiced our ninja-like addition math skills.

EOS Lip Balm
My daughter got these for all her friends last year — and they were a big hit!

Sew Mini Treats KLUTZ
This beautiful book will show you step by step how to sew 18 food plushies. The kit includes the materials: felt, needles, floss, stuffing, patterns, and felt eyes & cheeks.

The Amazing Story Generator
This flipbook for writers and other creative types allows users to randomly combine three different elements to generate a unique story idea. With hundreds of settings, characters, and plots to mix and match, the possibilities are just about endless. Packed with colorful, wacky, and engaging prompts, this is the perfect tool for jump-starting fresh new short stories, novels, scripts, screenplays, and improv sessions.

KLUTZ Pet Adoption
Make and bake 15 cute clay animals using the step-by-step instructions in a 32-page book! You’ll find directions for animals like puppies, kitties, birds, and guinea pigs.