If you find shopping for your tween girl a challenge, then we are here to help. Keeping your tweens engaged in something other than electronics can be a challenge. We have lots of fun gift ideas that your tween girls will love from crafts, to sewing, to reading. You won’t want to miss our unique list of gift ideas.
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1. Segway MiniLite Smart Self-Balancing Electric Transporter
This Segway MiniLite is worlds away from the traditional hoverboard-there is no comparison. My kids have this and love it! As a hands-free, self-balancing scooter, the miniLITE continues Segway’s tradition of innovating personal transportation. It sports the large pneumatic tires that take on bumps in the road and it is fully compatible with the Ninebot-Segway mobile app. It’s ready to take on the urban terrain, indoors and outdoors. 10.5” air-filled tires and 1400 watts of engine power, enables the miniLITE to overcome slopes, debris, and other everyday obstacles you might encounter. The miniLITE covers distances of up to 11 miles on a single charge and holds up to 175lbs. There is a newer model, the Segway Ninebot S that gives the same speeds, but holds up to 220lbs. It is sold at a higher pricepoint.
2. Herschel Mini Nova Mini Backpack Purse
I love Herschel as their bags are high quality and guaranteed against defects. This makes them worth spending a bit more. This Herschel Mini Nova Backpack Purse is great for your tween to carry her stuff hands-free. This bag is 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide. It has a handy from pocket, which is perfect for her phone or keys. These great mini backpacks come in so many cute colors and patterns and make a great gift for tween girls.
3. Rainbow Hair Painting Kit
Your tween will love this new way to apply fun, temporary color to her hair. It is easy to apply using the included bowl and application brush, young beauticians can color their hair without out the risks of permanent hair color. Fun for sleepovers or spa nights at home. Kit includes 5 colors including pink, orange, yellow, blue and purple…enough colors for rainbow effects. You can customize and mix the colors to create new, fun colors.
3. Chillbo Shwaggins Inflatable Couch – Cool Inflatable Chair
This super cool and highly-reviewed Chillbo Shwaggins Inflatable Couch and Chair is perfect for tweens, teens and adults too! Chillbo Shwaggins outdoor chairs are your ticket to chillax in style! With its hyper portable design, its versatility makes it one of the ideal camper accessories for your vacation, RV or boat. Do you want to bring some inflatable fun to your crew? You will love this EASY TO INFLATE design-no pump required. Just 2 scoops of air and this inflatable lounge is ready to hangout in. You’ll be chillin’ like a villain in your hammock chair as your friends look on in envy! Use it as an outdoor chair and replace that cumbersome camping hammock, picnic blanket, blowup sofa or air bed. Chillbo Shwaggins does it all. This inflatable is a fun hangout for the backyard, the beach, the lake and so much more! It comes is so many fun colors and patterns like camo, cool stripes and more. This is a US-based company that guarantees product satisfaction!
4. Ticket to Ride New York
If you love the Ticket to Ride games, the all new Ticket to Ride New York is a short version of this game. I love that you can play the game in 10-15 minutes, especially if you have limited time. Welcome to new York city in the 1960s! In this brand-new version of ticket to ride, players race one another through the busy streets of new York city to visit the most prestigious tourist Attractions and complete their destination tickets. This elegantly simple ticket to ride gameplay appeals to both beginners and seasoned players alike. Learn the game in 3 minutes, play it for hours! Enjoy the New York Ticket to Ride state of mind! Players use NY taxi cabs as game pieces, which is a fun touch!
5. SHASHIBO – The Shape Shifting Box
If your tween loves the Rubik’s Cubes, check out this all new type of challenging puzzle! Unlock the geometric secrets of Shashibo! This mysterious magnetic puzzle box transforms into over 70 shapes! It may look like an ordinary box on the outside, but each Shashibo has a kaleidoscope effect once you open it and begin to connect the magnets to create geometric shapes. Collect and combine several to build larger structures and create more possibilities as you add boxes. Gently fidget, twist, and let the magnets guide you. Can you master the shape shifter? What will you create? INVENTED BY: Andreas Hoenigschmid Sand artist by day. Shashibo mastermind at night. Inspired by his love of design, geometry, and sand art, Andreas wanted to create a magnetic puzzle toy that would be accessible to people of all ages and walks of life, even those vision-impaired. Once he figured out how to magnetically combine the units onto each other, he realized this was the product and idea he had been waiting for his whole life. Thus, the Shashibo was born!
6. Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak Deluxe Version
The Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak has finally arrived and your tween will love it’s magic! Movie accurate detailing of the cloak has been reproduced in reference to the original movie prop. Now you really can appear to disappear! Using the Wow! Stuff app (included) you can recreate iconic scenes from the Harry Potter films. When the patterned side of the Invisibility Cloak is facing the camera it will be visible on screen. However, when you flip your cloak inside out, so that the green lining is facing the camera, whatever or whoever is hidden beneath the cloak will magically disappear on screen! View, photograph, or film yourself through the app on your smartphone or tablet (not included) and save the images and videos to your camera roll. Your family and friends won’t believe their eyes! The Invisibility Cloak Deluxe Version is wrapped like the original! Features authentic serpent entwined borders as seen in the films and a green silk style interior. This green silk style interior is accurate to the original and was used for the green screen Chroma key technology special effects. The Wow! Stuff app is free to download!
7. JBL Flip 3 Waterproof Speaker
Your tween will love taking their music on-the-go. This Like no other, the JBL Clip 3 Waterproof Speaker is a unique ultra-portable, ultra-rugged and waterproof Bluetooth speaker that is small in size but with surprisingly big sound. The upgraded durable and fully integrated carabiner clips to your clothes, belt loop or backpack, making the Clip 3 your outdoor companion on every adventure. The Clip 3 is IPX7 waterproof and offers 10 hours of playtime, powered by a 1000mAh rechargeable Li-ion battery, allowing you to bring your music with you. A built-in noise and echo-cancelling speakerphone gives you crystal clear calls with the press of a button. It comes in a rainbow of colors and I love that it also comes in a cool camo print!
8. Throw Throw Burrito Game
The game exploded on Kickstarter and finally it has made it to market. Throw Throw Burrito is a family-friendly party game unlike any you’ve played before. It’s a combination of a card game and dodgeball where players go head to head collecting cards, earning points, and throwing squishy toy burritos at one another. Your tweens will love this unique game.
9. Playz Edible Candy and Playz Yum!
Your tween will love these cool, highly-reviewed kits from Playz. Inspiring young kids to learn has never been easier…or more delicious with this Playz Edible Candy Kit! Make chewy jelly candies, crystal rock candy, chocolates, lollipops, test for sugar, see how everything dissolves, and much more through science experiments. Our Edible Candy kitchen science kit is filled with over 40 experiments, a 56 page activities and lab guide, and over 27 tools & ingredients.
Yum! Candy making lab kit allows your kid to become an expert at things yummy! They will learn the science behind sugar science. With our real lab tools and materials, your kid gets to create an educational experiment and experience. Unlike most educational toys for girls and boys, our kit provides them with the experience to think like a scientist and engineer! The 16 experiments include making Jelly hearts and worms, crystal “Rock” Candy lollipops, checking the amount of sugar in a soft drink, testing how liquids affect Jelly candies, exploring how sugar dissolves, and more! The fact-filled lab guide is jam packed with pictures and information needed for hours of fun experimentation in your own home laboratory!
10. Teen Sherpa Robe
Your tween can stay snug and warm in this supersoft Cozy Sherpa Robe. With two front pockets for convenient storing and two different sizes, this robe will be your new favorite wrap to relax in. Choose from seven different gorgeous colors.
11. Diamond Arts Craft Kits
Older tweens will love this amazing new type of art! Diamond Art is like color by number that you might have done with a kid, but now you work with gorgeous colored diamonds. Leisure Arts uses 13 faceted diamonds and they provide a high quality color-printed fabric. Although you work the project on a canvas there are many things that you can do with your finished piece. Fashioning your own shimmering tapestry to decorate your wall, adhere to a canvas bag, pillow or more! There are three different difficulty levels that you can pick from beginner to advanced. Each Diamond Arts Craft kit contains a Stylus, a craft tray, wax piece, comfort grip, pre-sorted diamond art gems, and easy to follow instructions. The beginner sets make great gifts for tween girls, ages 8 and up.
12. Giantex Tumbling and Acro Mat
Your tween will love to tumble, do acro, stretch or dance on this Giantex Folding Mat. It is 10 ft. long, 4 ft. wide and two inches thick and comes in several adorable two-tone colorways. It is the perfect size for single tumbling passes, doing leaps, stretching, dancing and more. It is made of EPE high density foam, folds easily and has a sewn-in handle for carrying. It also has velcro connectors if you wish to add additional mats. The PU leather cover is abrasion resistant and can be easily cleaned.
13. STMT Stamped Jewelry Set and STMT D.I.Y. Journaling Set
Older tweens can stamp their statement with the STMT hand stamped jewelry set! Explore the art of metal stamping and create trendy custom jewelry pieces. Don’t be intimidated – follow the fully illustrated instruction booklet to get started! With every letter A-Z, there’s no limit to what you can stamp. Create monogrammed earrings, inspirational necklace charms and personalized bracelets to wear or gift. Friends and family will be blown away by these handmade pieces! The perfect gift for the aspiring jewelry designer. Your can also purchase extra blanks for your young jewelry maker!
Your tween can personalize a trendy spiral journal with the STMT D.I.Y. Journaling Set! This journal fits the needs of any writer, creator or memory gatherer. Organize your lists, your thoughts, your feelings or your memories; this set comes with everything you need to make it your own! With trendy patterned papers, fun chipboard frames and sparkling glitter tape, you’ll be able to uniquely decorate all 70 pages! The ideal gift for the avid scrapbooker or fill it with memories as a gift for a family member or friend.
14. DIY Bath Bomb Kit
Tween girls go crazy over bath and body products and they will love receiving this DIY Bath Bomb Kit. It contains everything your tween will need to make 12 cupcake bath bombs. It includes all natural ingredients, plus an easy recipe and instructions. Younger tweens might need a little bit of help with this kit and older tweens should be able to follow the easy directions on their own. This kit would make a great mother/daughter bonding activity.
15. Harry Potter Kano Wand Coding Kit
If your tween is into Harry Potter, than this Harry Potter Kano Coding Wand Kit is a must have! They will love building their own wand and learning how it works. Connect it to your tablet or computer, and start creating with the Wizarding World. Your tween can wave their wand and see instant effects on screen. Make feathers fly, goblets multiply, fire flow, pumpkins grow, toads transfigure, serpents slither, and more. Create with creatures, sweets, spells, 200+ sounds, music, and wizarding artifacts. Unlock challenges across six iconic locations including Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and Hogsmeade, whilst listening to a stunning original score. The more challenges you complete the more costumes and medals you earn. Discover secrets along the way. What a cool gift idea for tween girls.
16. Disney Villainous Strategy Game
Disney Villainous is a fun new strategy game especially for players ages 10 and up. Your tween will love playing as her favorite evil-doers like Maleficent, Ursula, and Captain Hook, players will take on the role of the Disney Villain and plan their schemes methodically in the way of their Disney Villain to reach their objective before everyone else. Set traps, wield curses, leverage your allies, and most importantly, be cunning! Once you’ve mastered one Villain’s strategy, try to master the other five. Numerous combinations of villains playing together make for a different game experience every time.
17. Klutz Sewing Kit
Klutz makes great quality sewing kits for tween girls. You can choose from pillows to small small stuffed creatures. I love that the kids are affordable and everything is included. These make great, affordable gifts.
18. Cool Maker KumiKreator Bracelet Maker
The breakthrough design of the KumiKreator makes it so easy for your tween to spin to create stylish friendship bracelets, without a single knot needed. They can follow one of the included bracelet patterns or design your own, load the machine with the ready-to-use spools and spin to create. This breakthrough bracelet maker features 88 spools of colorful string and makes bracelets in minutes! Choose a stylish bracelet pattern from the design book or create your own, load your spools and spin to create. Finish with a clasp, then stack, wrap and share your bracelet! This set has a little bit of a learning curve, but once you figure it out, your tween will have a blast making intricate bracelets and anklets. Refill spools sold separately.
19. Alex and Ani Harry Potter Jewelry
My daughter loves Alex and Ani expandable bracelets and now they have created a gorgeous Harry Potter Collection. The expandable bracelets are the most popular, but Alex and Ani expanded their collection into pins, necklaces and earrings. There are so many beautiful pieces to choose from. Not a Harry Potter fan? I recommend the Alex and Ani monogrammed initial bracelets.
20. Odyssey Upshot Bow and Arrow Gaming System
If your tween girl has a phone, she will love this brand new, affordable, virtual way to game that will put her in the middle of the action! It’s no secret that augmented reality (AR) has dominated today’s gaming landscape. It’s easy to see why – who doesn’t want to feel like they’re actually a part of the game that they’re playing?
Odyssey Toys introduces the Upshot Bow & Arrow, which puts you right in the middle of the heart-pounding action by turning you into an augmented realty first-person archer! This gaming system sets the stage for gamers to be placed hunting in a jungle, exploring in a fantasy world, in a forest targeting ducks, and various other thrilling scenarios that test your accuracy and skill. Use the free app and attach your smartphone to the bow to turn your device into a virtual arcade. The app lets you download various settings and worlds – hunt ducks in a pond and get points for getting as many as you can, or access the world of tribal warriors and go to war with your opponent. You’ll be able to access various real world maps and locations as the backdrop, sprinkling in colorful creatures, engaging plots and epic quests.
21. The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy
Middle school friendships can be complicated, but if anyone understands the secret language of girls, it’s bestselling author Frances O’Roark Dowell in this collectible boxed set of a perceptive and relatable trilogy.
22. Swagtron Swagboard Twist Lithium-Free UL2272 Certified Hoverboard
If you’re tween is rushing to meet with pals down the block or feeling like they are not cut out for core-focused activities, then the Swagtron Swagboard Twist’s got you covered. This hoverboard is priced well ($150!) and is a highly-rated, quality product. When powered on, this scooter board’s user-friendly self-balancing automatically stands the hoverboard at the perfect position for you to hop on or off. Not only does this make it easier to mount, but you can ride with confidence everywhere you go. To take security up a notch, a patented lithium-free SentryShield Quantum multilayer battery protection ensures effective power distribution and security throughout every adventure your tween embarks on. I love that Swagtron is a known name in hoverboards, so you know they have experience in creating great products.
23. Not Parent Approved Game
If you like the classic game play of Mad Libs, want something funnier and edgier than Apples to Apples, easier to learn than Exploding Kittens, or need something more family-friendly than Cards Against Humanity, then Not Parent Approved is your game! Your entire family will enjoy countless hours of belly-aching laughter as each one takes turns being the Burp Boss and the other players create the weirdest and funniest question and answer combinations. This game will be a hit for your tweens during sleepovers, parties, summer camp, summer vacation, holiday reunions, school breaks, road trips, flights, picnics, and any event with the family.
24. Simon Optix
The classic Simon memory game takes on a modern twist with the all-new Simon Optix. Put on the headset and get ready to follow the lights, repeat the pattern, and master the levels. Simon Optix senses your moves with touch-free technology and the most immersive experience yet! Players can choose to play solo and beat their high score or switch to sync mode, and compete head to head with friends (must purchase an additional headset). Switch from solo mode to sync mode on the headset to start the same gameplay sequence and challenge opponents.
25. Flybar Maverick Walking Stilts For Kids
Your tweens can channel their inner-circus with these super cool Flybar Maverick Walking Stilts For Kids. These neat stilts are ergonomically designed to make learning how to stilt walk easy. Your tweens will be up and walking in no time. These affordable stilts are easily adjustable to achieve the best possible fit to accommodate your growing child. The Flybar Maverick Stilts have extra wide footrests for maximum stability and comfort. The Maverick Stilts offer wider rubber tips that will make for a more stable stilting experience and can be used indoors and out.
26. Sofa Sack Giant 6 ft. Bean Bag Seat
This oversized, Made in the USA, Sofa Sack Giant 6 ft Bean Bag Seat will be a hit with your tween. She can read, hang out or catch her favorite TV show in this comfy seat. The cover is made of durable, double-stiched fabric and it is actually filled with expanding foam (not beans), which makes it super comfy and it won’t deflate like cheaper brands. The Sofa Sack ships compressed in a box and it takes about 3 days to fully-expand to it’s intended size. The Sofa Sack comes in many sizes and colors to fit in with any room decor.
27. DIY Slime Kit
What kid doesn’t like glow-in-the-dark slime? This incredible DIY Slime Making Kit comes complete with everything you need to make 4 different types of slime! This kit contains two 4 ounce bottles of Elmer’s School Glue, 4 air-tight containers, 4 colors of fluorescent neon paint, 3 types of glitter, Glow in the Dark Pigment Powder, styrofoam craft beads, 4 stir sticks, and 4 spoons. It also includes two different types of slime activator to experiment with. Simply use the baking soda w/ saline solution activator or the Tide Free and Gentle laundry detergent activator. Each option provides kid and eco-friendly alternatives to Borax Powder or Liquid Starch. Our collection of supplies were compiled by parents and teachers, with the help and guidance of many children. Now your kids can make their own gooey Glow in the Dark Slime, similar to Nickelodeon Slime and Ghostbuster Slime. Create stretchy foam slime, comparable to Floam or Playfoam as well as glittery galaxy mud or putty. Finally, put your scientific skills to work to invent your own kind of slime. Don’t forget the extra Elmer’s Glue so the fun can continue!
28. Ravensburger Disney Castle 3D Puzzle
Tweens that love Disney will have a blast building this colorful Disney Castle 3D Castle from Ravensburger. Ravensburger is known to make quality puzzles and this is a neat activity for older kids. A 3D object made of puzzle pieces – how is that possible? It’s simple: the puzzle pieces are made of sturdy plastic and fit together perfectly thanks to Ravensburger’s proprietary Easy-Click technology. No glue is needed to keep them together. In addition, they developed a technology to print right on the puzzle pieces rather than glueing paper onto the plastic. Detailed, step-by-step instructions and pieces which are numbered on the back side ensures frustration-free puzzle building fun. Experience the fascination of watching a sturdy object of puzzle pieces rise up without using any support frame or glue.
29. Land of Stories Books
New York Times Best-Selling author Chris Colfer wrote these adventurous books that tweens love! You can get your kids one or the entire, captivating The Land of Stories series. The stories in these books are full of suspense and are fast-paced, which is perfect for tweens. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
30. Electronic Safe
My kids have this cool Electronic Safe and it comes in handy. This safe is perfect for your tween to safeguard their treasures, whether it is gum or money, this safe will protect it all. Just punch in the combination on the electronic key pad to open. Watch the flashing lights and hear the sounds. It’s big enough to hold all your valuables safe and secure but small enough to not take up too much space on a shelf at just 8 x 6 x 5.5 inches.
31. Penny Skateboards in Fresh Prints
Sporty tween girls will love these fun Penny Skateboards in Fresh Prints. Penny takes their classic skateboard and gives your girls prints and colors that they will love. The Penny complete skateboard is a throw back design referencing skate boarding’s beginnings in the 1970’s. It’s classic design and construction is a retro replication of where the skateboard came from. The small design makes this board a perfect cruiser to get you any where you need to go. Whether it is going to check the surf, or kicking to school the Penny complete will get you where you want to go in style. This complete board features soft wheels perfect for sucking up all those sidewalk cracks and giving you that smooth ride you want.
32. iHome Bluetooth Color Changing Dual Alarm Clock FM Radio with USB Charging and Speakerphone
Wow, this iHome Bluetooth Color Changing Dual Alarm Clock FM Radio with USB Charging and Speakerphone
33. Code Your Own Games Book
Did you know that Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft, wrote his first computer program—a tic-tac-toe game—at age 13? Your creative young gamers with love this Code Your Own Games book. With its easy-to-follow, illustrated step-by-step instructions, this book will teach you key concepts—like drawing shapes—so you can code your own games. By the end, any kid will be able to make 20 popular games, from Snake to Brick Bouncer.
34. 3Doodler Create 3D Pen
3D printing became very popular over the last year or so and what a cool way for your tween to explore art. The 3Doodler Create 3D Pen allows you to build 3D objects from the ground up; build any and everything you can imagine with ultimate ease and precision. You can create 3 dimensional shapes, create your own logos, TV figures, superheroes and more! You will have full control over your designs. With temperature adjustment buttons and speed controller, your tween can create with ease.
35. Harry Potter Quote T-Shirt
Harry Potter will always be popular and my kids have read and re-read all of the books. Your tween girls will love this Harry Potter Quote T-Shirt. I love adorable, officially-licensed Harry Potter shirt. You can also find this cute tee in Junior’s sizing.
36. Coleman Girls Sleeping Bag
Sized to fit kids, the Coleman Girls 45 Degree Sleeping Bag gives kids bling with reflective logos and cool graphics, all while keeping them warm for a good night’s sleep. What, you’re supposed to sleep at a sleepover? This sleeping bag is affordably-priced and it includes a convenient storage stuff sack.
37. 4-Tier Rotating Spinning Table Top 92 pairs, Earring Holder Organizer Stand
If your tween has accumulated quite a few pairs of earrings, you will want to check out this affordable, 4-Tier Rotating Earring Holder Organizer Stand
38. Brother Project Runway 70-Stitch Computerized Sewing Machine with Wide Table
Skip those toy sewing machines for your tweens and get this affordable, highly-rated, Brother Project Runway Computerized Sewing Machine
39. Thames & Kosmos Crystal Growing Kit
Your tweens will love this neat Thames & Kosmos Crystal Growing Kit
40. Wreck This Journal Books
Your teens will fall in love with these Wreck This Journal Books
41. Ugg Classic Mini II
These adorable 
42. Baking Kit – The Betty Crocker The Big Book of Cupcakes
, Wilton Cupcake Wrappers and Wilton Dessert Decorator Plus
Create your own high-quality baking kit for your tween. If she loves to bake cupcakes and practice her decorating, she will love a nice kit that you have put together. The Betty Crocker The Big Book of Cupcakes
43. LEGO Friends Heartlake City Pet Center
Lego fans will get a real kick out of this super cool Lego set geared for girls. This LEGO Friends Heartlake Pet Center makes takig care of pets a dream! It features a pet shop selling animal food, accessories and fish, while upstairs there’s a vet clinic with an examination table, scales and a sleeping area. There’s also a small animal playground with a seesaw and a pet grooming parlor, along with a vehicle for mobile grooming services. This great LEGO Friends set includes 3 mini-doll figures and 5 animal figures.
44. Herschel Mid Volume Novel Duffel Bag
If your tween girls love to sleepover friends’ houses or if your family takes some short weekend trips, this Herschel Mid Volume Novel Duffel Bag is a great bag to have. It’s classic and spacious design makes it an ideal overnight travel duffle. Its zip-enclosed side shoe pocket allows her to separate soiled clothing or shoes from the rest of the bag’s contents. I love Herschel products because they are guaranteed by Herschel. They come in so many pretty colors and patterns like this cute Snow Leopard.
45. Umbra Pongo Portable Table Tennis Set
If you have a sporty tween, they will love this neat Umbra Pongo Portable Table Tennis Set
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