Best Gifts for 12 Year Old Girls (That They’ll Love)
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Whether you are shopping for Christmas, Hanukkah, or birthday if you’re a parent, grandparent, or friend looking for amazing toys and gifts for tweens, who are the hardest age to buy for. What gifts for 12 year old girls will they like best? These curated gift ideas help you shop for the right gift for whatever your 12 year old girl likes!
Here’s a list of books, games, crafts, and other gift ideas that your kids will enjoy for a birthday, Christmas, or any occasion.
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Apple AirPods
These will be a hit with any tween! If your 12-year-old girl is like mine, they LOVE listening to music 24/7.
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 says it’s so comfortable.
Opal Stud Earring
Made with surgical steel, we prefer this kind of stud because they aren’t too long and won’t pinch your head while you’re sleeping. This opal matches with almost everything.
The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett
Kemi adores her close-knit family, her African-American artist mom, her baby sister, a baby sibling on the way, and most of all, her beloved Nigerian dad. When an asteroid threatens everyone on Earth with imminent death, Kemi and her family leave for her cousins’ house, where she starts a time capsule. The exceptional storytelling is emotional (I cried SO MUCH) and important with themes of family, racism, and values. A must-read, must-experience-for-yourself-kind-of book.
MacBook
With online learning, these are a must for almost everyone. Plus, this is a necessary tech tool for high school.
Faber-Castell Dual Tip Watercolor Markers
Your artist will LOVE these beautiful markers because they blend smoothly and beautifully. (My artist daughter loves hers.) Use them with heavyweight mixed media paper like this one.
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. Amari is an exciting action-packed, suspenseful story about Amari whose beloved older brother has vanished. But, she gets a virtual message from him revealing that she’s a magician like him and at his bequest, gets to attend a secret school. There, she discovers she’s actually a dark magic magician (which is outlawed) but she’s determined to prove she isn’t evil, stay in the school, and find her brother.
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 12 year olds.
Create This Book
Color, imagine, write, and create in this book of prompts and activities.
Owala Water Bottle with Straw
Kids love this popular stainless steel water bottle with a built-in straw.
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!
iPad Pro + Apple Pencil
Both the Pro and the Apple Pencil have been much-used, favorite gifts for both my girls. They’re loving the pencil for drawing apps and think that the functionality of the Pro rocks.
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.
Echo 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.
Learn to Knit
Learn to knit a scarf with yarn included and step-by-step directions.
BOOP
Put your kittens on the bed (boop), and it pushes the other kittens one space away. The object of this logical herding cats game is to line up three kittens in a row to become a CAT! Get three cats in a row to win.
Shashibo Shape-Shifting Box
Magnetic puzzle box for sensory stimulation, relaxation, and imagination.
Knitted Touchscreen Texting Gloves
Twinkle Star LED Window Curtain String Lights
These make a grown-up tween bedroom beautiful and cozy. They look amazing!
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!
Soft Sherpa Blanket
Soft and cozy, this throw blanket will be a cozy vacation necessity.
Record Player
My music-obsessed daughter loves her record player. Would your 12 year old girl want one, also?
Cat Lamp
My daughter loves this gifted cat lamp so much that she brought it to college with her and still displays it proudly.
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.
Wise Words to Color: Inspiration to Live and Color By by Zoe Ingram
My daughter started this beautiful coloring book of quotes and mandalas when sick. And I’ve been enjoying coloring it myself. The quotes are lovely and inspiring. (Great for travel, too!)
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!
Charging Station
This will be so popular — 6 outlets plus 3 USB chargers!! Add in a few extra long charger cords, too!
Chunky Soft Stretch Cable Knit Beanie
We have two of these — they’re adorable.
Mythology Trivia
We love this game with multiple-choice questions cover worldwide myths and folklore–from gods and heroes to magical beasts and monsters.
Violets Are Blue by Barbara Dee
Wren’s mom is skipping work, sleeping more, and not eating. Despite her mom’s strange behavior, Wren finds purpose in doing special FX makeup. At school, her new friends convince her to do the makeup for the school musical, Wicked. Then, her mom’s situation reaches a breaking point and Wren discovers the secret her mom’s been keeping — she has an opioid addiction. As usual, Dee writes about difficult topics, in this case, addiction and divorce, in a compelling, relatable story with complex, sympathetic characters, and an interesting plot.
That’s What Friends Are Thor nail polish
Island nail polish collection in many cool colors.
Literary Notepad
How cute is this book-shaped notepad filled with blank, lined pages?
Pocket Pals Mini Journals
Give this set of 5 pocket journals with brightly colored covers and lined pages. The perfect gift for your kids who like to write on the go.
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Hi, good suggestions.
I didn’t know what I wanted for my birthday this really helped me give my family some ideas plus all these products are great ?
It’s a tricky age, right? I’m glad these ideas helped!
Can you give suggestions for boys and girls from 12 to 25 years of age
Thank you
Great list for grandparents
I love those gifts.
this helped my daughter find everything she wanted on her christmas list!