Tween girls are in a unique place between late childhood and becoming full-fledged teenagers. They can be picky and sometimes want to cast off their little girl toys, while they may not be completely ready for teenage girlhood.
When giving these preteen girls a special gift, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the choices in tween gifts. Relax—we’ve got it all in our guide below. From unique tech and stylish finds to kits that will keep her busy, these awesome gift ideas for tween girls will win her over every time.
50 Best Gift Ideas for Tween Girls
Make her smile with these charming gifts for tween girls as she makes her way to teenager land.
Harry Potter Jewelry Set
This three-piece set of Harry Potter themed earrings are ideal for the tween girl in your life. The cute earrings each have their own personality that speaks to the hoards of Harry Potter fans everywhere. The designs include a silver-plated snitch, a Harry Potter logo, and a deathly hallows emblem. She’ll have cute Harry Potter earrings for whichever magical mood she’s in that day.
DIY Clay Crafts Kit
Bring out the inner creativity of your favorite tween girl with this awesome DIY craft kit. The kit includes all she needs to work with clay and create three jewelry trinket bowls of her own unique design. Once the dish is cut, she can decorate each with gems, metallic paint, vibrant colors, and glitter powder. She’ll be able to have her own style of dishes where she can keep her most precious jewelry.
Mini Backpack
This super cute little backpack will keep all a tween girl’s most important items safe and organized. With plenty of pockets and a classic style, she’ll love knowing where her cell phone, personal items, and wallet reside and take this handy bag with her to school, activities, or hanging out with friends.
Gem Art Painting Kit
The tween girl you know can use her crafty side to add all things shiny to fun items with this easy-to-use gem art painting kit. The colorful sparkle of the gems used in the kit can be affixed with wax, a stylus, and tracing paper to create suncatchers, keychains, or trinkets she can hang up wherever she likes.
Celebrate Her Body Book
When girls are tweens, they could use a little help…give them all the advice needed when growing into a teen with this book that helps girls celebrate their bodies. The book is a much cooler than usual guide to girls and puberty, which offers body positivity to tweens who are on the launching pad to growing up.
Girls Pedicure Kit
Give the tween girl in your life a kit that will help her and her friends have the best pedicures money can buy. This pedicure kit can become a great activity for friends to do with each other. The kit includes six vibrant nail polishes, a foot soak tub, tons of cute mini decals for their nails, and much more. They’ll be ready to run their own spa after a day with this entertaining kit.
Solar Photography Kit
This unique solar photography kit is the best example of gifts for tween girls that honor their individuality. The kit uses sunography paper so she can expose any item to sunlight and then rinse with water to bring out the beautiful blueprint creation that comes from the process of sunography itself. She can choose any subject and bring it to life in no time at all with this thoughtful investment in her creative abilities.
DIY Journal Set
This set includes a journal for the tween girl you know to record her innermost thoughts and dreams. It also comes complete with every type of crafting accessory she needs to turn that journal into her own personalized keepsake. The kit includes bookmarks, stickers, glitter tape, paper clips, and a glue stick to hold it all together in whatever design she can bring to life.
Spa Lab
Bring the spa environment to life for a tween girl in need of relaxation with this spa lab set. The ultimate chemistry set is combined with the elements of a spa so she can learn the science behind making bath bombs, body scrubs, and lip balms. The set includes fun molds for the bath bombs like a cupcake or a popsicle and will deliver her with self-created spa accessories in a flash.
Butterfly Necklace
A meaningful gift for a tween girl’s birthday or for Christmas, this rhinestone butterfly pendant on a chain will find its wings just as she is finding her own. The colorful design of this butterfly will add a delicate touch to her daily look as she begins the journey of growing from a girl into a young woman.
Artsy Fartsy Game
This super entertaining family game centers around fun categories that prompt tween girls and their families to draw and guess various challenges. Whether they’ll have to draw with their non-regular hand or think up ways to steal points, this irreverent family game is creative, interesting, and a great way to get creative while spending an evening with family or friends.
Felt Letter Board
This special wooden letter board comes with 300 felt letter pieces that the tween you know at home can use to create unique room decor for herself. The soft, comforting board stands out amongst letter boards and prompts her to get creative with her words and will keep her mind and hands busy with a new message regularly.
Truth Or Dare Board Game
Playing Truth or Dare with her fellow tween girlfriends has never been so fun. This new version takes the classic ideas from playing Truth or Dare and organizes them into a fun board game. A cool group of tween girls can use the spinner and the cards to ask each other truth questions or encourage each other to the dares. Either way, they’ll love this gift and have a great time bonding with each other.
Rainbow Bagel Kit
You can give the tween girls you cherish a delicious snack and a fun DIY activity at the same time with this cool rainbow bagel DIY kit. The popular and colorful rainbow bagels can be created by the tweens themselves with this easy-to-work kit. With a few additions of sugar, flour, and water, the kit will have them whipping up tasty bagels as good as any and more colorful to boot.
Animal Paw Slippers
Give the preteen girl you know a pair of these quirky animal paw slippers and watch her channel her inner beast. In addition to adoring the unique bear design, she’ll love the warmth and cozy feel of these all-day-at-home non-slip slippers. Just remind her to change when she leaves the house, so she’s not digging her bear claws in when she goes to school!
Shower Jellies Set
This beautiful-smelling set of shower jellies will bring fruity-scented bubbles to your tween girl’s next shower or bath. The set includes three different scents of jellies, which can be added to a shower or bath for additional bubbles and unique scents like fizzy clementine, blueberry cobbler, and pink peppercorn. She can also use it as a face, body, or hand wash anytime she wants to sweeten things up.
Morse Code Bracelets
It’s guaranteed that the tween girl in your life will appreciate the morse code design of this beaded wrap bracelet. Gifts for preteen girls that speak to their love of a good secret are the most successful of all. This bracelet comes in a variety of secret messages like “Partner In Crime,” “Blessed,” and “Soul Sister.” She’ll love the hidden meaning, along with the stylish look of the jewelry.
DIY Charm Bracelet Kit
Up the charm bracelet making skills of your favorite tween girl with this super-packed DIY kit by Juicy Couture. Now, she can create her own Juicy charm bracelets with ease when using the charms, beads, and other accessories to show off her own style and wear bracelets worth seeing every day. At the same time, she’ll be working on her creative skills which will come in handy when she is a fully-fledged teen.
Sticky Notes Collection
Remind the tween girl in your life to slow things down a bit with this collection of sticky notes. The set contains different notepads that are organized together so they can go with her wherever she is rushing off to. After recording her plans, lists, and notes in one place, the adorable sloth design will remind her to relax and enjoy every moment she has as a tween.
Love Watch
Show some love to your favorite tween girl with this uniquely-designed watch that makes the perfect gift from mother to daughter or sister to sister. The rose gold case features a sun-ray dial and cubic zirconia accents. The watch’s thoughtful message reads, “I Love You To The Moon And Back.” She’ll appreciate this sweet keepsake for a long time.
Fate Necklace
This super-special necklace is designed to empower tween girls to believe in themselves and where they are headed. Located within two overlapping circular pendants is the message “I Am The Master Of My Fate. I Am The Captain Of My Soul.” The message couldn’t be clearer. Your dearest tween will meet every day with this meaningful wish in her heart and around her neck.
Tye Dye Bed In A Bag
This cool bed in a bag was tailor-made for the tween girl you know. While she is in between her little girl childhood and being a teenager, she will appreciate the interesting tye dye design of the comforter set while still secretly enjoying the unicorn sheet set. Either way, her bedroom will look pretty in the soft pastel colors and distinct design.
Cat Hoodie
Give the best tween you know this quirky cat hoodie and watch her fall in love with it instantly. The soft, comfortable hoodie will keep her warm anytime she needs it and she’ll love the fact that her hood has cat ears all their own. The adorable sleeping cat design on the front of the otherwise sporty hoodie only adds to the power of any tween girl who is wearing a cat motif.
Dream Board Craft Kit
Inspire the tween girl in your life to go after all her dreams one at a time with this moving craft kit. The kit will help her construct a dream board of everything she wants in her life, from love to success and creativity. She can use the board as a kind of dream scrapbook and focus on it to achieve everything she could ever hope to work towards.
DIY Slime Kit
Tween girls will still love making slime with this DIY kit. The kit uses the science and skill that allows them to create an amazing (and slimy) creation, while including tons of elements that will make this slime her own. The kit contains glow-in-the-dark powders, glitter, beads, food coloring, and more. She will be able to properly express herself via the medium of slime like never before.
Diary Set
A girl’s first diary is among the best gift ideas for tween girls that can exist. This heart-themed journal set includes the journal, the pen, and the all-important lock. She will love being able to record her thoughts and dreams as she moves through her tween years and feel even more special because she can keep these things privately to herself.
Fluffy Circle Rug
Add some super-comfortable fluff to the bedroom of your favorite tween girl with this circle rug. The whimsical design and beyond believable softness will encourage her to spend all her free time stretched out while doing all the things tween girls do: writing in her diary, reading her favorite book, playing on her phone, or talking to friends. The fluffy rug will fast become a centerpiece of her bedroom retreat.
Heart Initial Bracelet
Personalize a thoughtful keepsake for the tween girl you know with a heart initial bracelet as pretty as this one. At the center of the adjustable link bracelet is a heart and key charm combo. The heart can be personalized with the first name initial of your deserving tween so she can wear it proudly wherever she goes.
Crossbody Purse
This cute crossbody purse is a top choice for tween girls on the go. You will be sure to receive high praise for this adorable design with complementary colors. The look is fun and the purse is just big enough for all the small items that tweens need when they’re at school, at play, or out and about. The crossbody style is comfortable and the lightweight purse will be all she needs in the world.
She Believed Art Block
Instill art and confidence together in your favorite tween girl with this super-inspiring “She Believed” art block. The print boasts a beautiful muted design, along with the all-important words “She Believed She Could So She Did.” Your tween will cherish this confidence building piece of decor that keeps pushing her to try harder with each passing year.
Girls Inline Skates
These awesome inline skates have tween girl gifts written all over them. Well, not written on them but displayed via the eight wheels that light up in vivid colors so she can see and be seen while skating down the way. The high-quality build of the skates will help her improve her skating game while dazzling her with their unique look. She’ll be joining the local girl’s roller derby in no time at all.
Coloring Puzzle Set
This very creative coloring puzzle set is a wonderful way for the tween girl in your life to take the blank architectural models included in the set and add her own personal style to each one. The kit has 24 coloring markers which she can use to get started on each design. The focus and concentration she’ll find, along with some relaxation, will keep her in the best mood possible as she grows older.
DIY Water Bottle Lunch Bag Kit
Tween girls everywhere will love getting this DIY kit for decorating their water bottle and lunch bag to their own unique designs. Another excuse to get creative will infuse some much needed life into these otherwise normal daily accessories. The colorful makers will allow her to leave her mark on items that can reflect her personality at school.
Makeup Vanity Mirror
This makeup mirror will offer everything in its power to be the best gift for tween girls it can be. The rose gold vanity mirror has dimmable LED lights to suit her mood, can rotate to both 90 and 180 degrees, and even has a USB cable to make her personal beauty moments that much more personal to her.
Photo Collage Kit
This photo collage kit will transform any tween girl’s bedroom wall into a stylish board that invokes faraway places, relaxing motifs, and unique quotes and ideas. The kit comes with 50 unique prints that she can arrange in any way she likes to best reflect who she is when at home. The color combinations and quirky quotes will all improve her feeling at home when she is home in her bedroom space.
Mermaid Makeup Kit
Tween girls will love the mermaid theme that washes over this cute makeup kit. The makeup is fun, yet washable and includes all sorts of mermaid makeup tools like lipstick, lip gloss, eyeshadow, blush, and more. Even the makeup brushes and compacts are decked out in iridescent mermaid colors. She’ll doll up like a mermaid princess and have hours of fun.
Character Sheet Masks
This set of six beauty masks is perfect for a tween girl’s sense of fun. Each sheet mask works towards a different goal, like moisturizing or clarifying. The fun part comes in because each of these masks looks like a different character. There is a pink shark, a Dalmatian dog, a cat, a mermaid, and more. No matter which one she chooses, she’ll freshen up her face in the cutest way possible.
Initial Earrings
The eye-catching sparkle of these stud earrings will impress the tween girl in your life. The colorful cubic zirconia studs are customized to reflect the first name initial of the girl receiving them. They feel light and comfortable, so she can wear them on a daily basis to school, at play, or at home. The whimsical design is just sparkly enough to appeal to her tween sense of style.
Boho Twinkle Lights
Add some boho charm to a tween girl’s room with twinkle lights. This 33 foot set of fairy lights can twinkle via remote control on eight different settings. The malleable wire will allow her to shape her fairy lights into any type of room accent, whether hanging on a wall with photos or adding some sparkle to a jar. Her world will be that much more magical with these lights by her side.
Girl’s Guide
Show the tween girl in your life that you care about the sometimes difficult years she is going through with this helpful guide. From nuggets of wisdom to endearing stories, the book will be a constant resource for any tween girl to have while she navigates friendship, boys, bullies, school, and more. She’ll be thankful you gave this book to her and use it anytime she needs to.
Body Glove Workout Shorts Set
The sporty tween girl you know will love the cool look of these workout shorts. The set of four shorts are all comfortable with an elastic waistband and have different color schemes for different days. She can wear them well while working out, playing sports, or having outdoor fun with friends while looking like the coolest girl around at the same time.
12th Birthday T-Shirt
For the eldest of the tween girl set, this awesome birthday t-shirt celebrates the 12th birthday like no other t-shirt can. The comfy 100% cotton shirt contains a warning that tells of its wearer being a 12-year-old “Official Pre-Teen.” She’ll love the snarky quality of the shirt and likely find herself wearing it whenever she wants to show off her age to those younger tweens in her gang.
Unicorn Bath Bomb Set
This fun gift set will give the tween girl you know an excuse to give herself the best spa day she can with friends or on her own. The bath bombs set contains a unicorn bath bomb, two lip bath bombs, and a five-pack of macarons bath bombs. The bombs are made with real essential oils and will make her skin super soft. The relaxing scent may keep her in the bathroom all weekend long.
Bedroom Neon Signs
Transform the room of your favorite tween girl with these super cool neon signs. The distinct cloud and lightning bolt shapes will add a quirky quality to her private retreat and the power of the LED neon lights will illuminate her bedroom in the most atmospheric way around. Her friends will really love coming by when she’s got these signs lit up in her room.
Origami Puzzle Game
Twist and tease the growing brain of a tween girl near you and give her hours of good, challenging fun with this unique set of origami puzzle games. The kit contains 100 puzzles using different levels of difficulty. The beautiful designs of the origami puzzles will remain great additions to her room decor once she gets to prove to friends that she completed all the puzzles on her own.
Glam Bag Makeup Set
This makeup set is powered with the glamor of pink lemonade. The tween you know will have a ball with the set’s lip balm, lip gloss, nail polish, and lotion. They’ll create age-appropriate looks that are scented and flavored with pink lemonade. Your tween will be pretty in pink (lemonade) and enjoy herself too.
Boho Cuff Bracelet
This stylish cuff bracelet will fit right into the jewelry collection of your favorite tween. The bohemian style combined with the different textures (shimmer, glitter, and shine!) will find a forever home on her wrist for a long time to come. The mixed materials include leather, cubic zirconia, crystals, and quartz and will look cool in school or anywhere she wears it.
Metal Arrow Jewelry Organizer
Tween girls have a lot of jewelry, so why not give her a jewelry organizer that is as cool as the jewelry she owns? This organizer is mounted onto a wall and includes six hooks for her to hang necklaces, bracelets, or anything at all. The organizer is in the shape of a cool-looking metal arrow and will add to the look and feel of any room, all while keeping her tween jewelry in line.
Cozy Cat Hat
This adorable cozy hat will go wherever a tween girl goes, precisely because it is toasty and has a set of cat ears. The crochet accessory offers a handmade look for girls to enjoy, plus it will reflect her love of kitties like no other accessory can. She can stay warm in the winter, avoid the wind in the fall, protect her head from rain in the spring, and just look cool all summer long.
LED Reading Light
For all that reading that school demands during the tween years, any girl who reads will love having this LED reading light in her arsenal. The sleek design will get her seal of approval, while the bendable light clips onto any book, desk, or surface where she needs to bring focused light along with her to complete her book. Pop it in a bag and she can read anywhere she likes.