Best Gifts for Tweens: A 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

AWESOME JOURNAL

Encourage self-discovery with this empowering journal. Filled with writing prompts, motivational words, stickers, and more, this tween notebook is an all around winner.

METAL BRAIN TEASERS

Challenge your favorite pre-teens with this fun box of brain teasers. These portable puzzles can be solved anywhere and are extremely entertaining.

DUNCAN YO-YO

Help your tween discover the art of yo-yo with this classic toy. It’s sleek design is perfect for beginners to practice basic string and looping tricks.

TRICKY TONGUE TWISTERS

Get tongue-tied with this pack of tongue twister sayings. Full of silly sentences, this go-fish inspired game is great to play at home or on the go.

MAGNETIC RINGS

Drop these moveable rings in your tweens stocking as a stocking stuffer idea. Great for spinning, fidgiting, and linking, this magnetic ring set is a top notch gift.

FOOD BLANKET

Give the gift of cuddles with this tasty throw. From waffles to pizza, there’s a delicious style for every food-loving tween.

UNIVERSE LAMP

Light up the night with this super cool galaxy lamp. An amazing gift option for any tween, this 3D night light will spark creativity and imagination.

3D PUZZLE

This 3D puzzle kit is great for crafty tweens who love building. Lots of fun, this puzzle can be put together solo or it can be made into a family affair.

HEY CLAY

Present this clay modeling activity set to a creative pre-teen. With a variety of bold and bright air dry clay colors, super cute figurines can be made in no time.

ARTSY FARTSY

Draw, guess, scheme, and steal with this hilarious game for tweens. The silly topics give this drawing game an exciting twist that pre-teens will most certainly enjoy.

MAGNETO SKATEBOARD

This beginner board is a great option for your pre-teen who is curious about skateboarding. Easy to use and sized just right, tweens will be rolling over this great gift.

BLUETOOTH SPEAKER LIGHT

This multi-functional bluetooth speaker light is one of the coolest gifts ever for your tween. Not only does this speaker have dancing lights that go with the music, but it’s a charging station and phone dock, too!

GRAVITY MAZE

Challenge gravity with this award-winning game. Towers, marbles, and more will have tweens playing over and over.

SHAPE SHIFTING BOX

A unique gift for your tween, this magnetic fidget box can transform into more than seventy shapes. It’s fun, fascinating and perfect for idle hands and minds.

STEEL DRUM

This steel tongue drum is perfect for the pre-teen that’s totally into making music. Including everything needed for a newbie, this drum set has mallets, finger pics, and a book for quick learning.

BOBA TEA KIT

Does your tween love boba tea? Now your tween can make their own with this kit.

It comes complete with flavored mixes, tapioca pearls, and wide straws.

JELLYCAT PURSE

Jellycat crossbody purses come in a variety of shapes.

From coffee to cloud to watermelon, your tween can carry a purse packed with personality.

FLOATING ORB TOY

This combination ball/drone is fun for the whole family.

Just a tiny nudge will send the drone in the opposite direction, so you can bat it back and forth.

CLOUD SLIDES

Sure, we might call them super-comfy shower shoes, but these cloud slides are a TikTok sensation and popular among tweens and teens.

SWIFTIE BRACELETS

Is your tween a Taylor Swift fan? These Eras tour friendship bracelets are themed with song titles.

You can layer them for a fashionable look.

PHOTO CLIP LIGHTS

If you have a photo-loving tween, get them this brilliant way to display their pics.

This string of lights with clips literally lights up the room!

GAMER PILLOW AND SOCKS

This gamer pillow is not only funny, but it is also useful.

Is your tween gamer constantly misplacing the remote or controller? Now they have a spot.

This set also comes with a pair of hilarious socks.

ORIGAMI BRAIN TEASERS

This book of origami sheets requires you to figure out how to fold the paper in order to construct the picture.

Logic puzzles have never been more fun!

3-D PEN

This 3-D pen is the perfect introduction to 3-D printing.

Your tween can make three-dimensional designs and figures. It’s amazing!

SPEED CUBE SET

Puzzle-loving tweens will adore this set of three speed cubes.

Unlike the traditional Rubik’s cube, these puzzles are designed to slide quickly for speed solving.

BARBIE-INSPIRED NAIL POLISH

Premium nail polish maker OPI released a line of nail polish colors inspired by the Barbie movie.

Your tween will love the sparkle of this color titled “Every Night Is Girl’s Night.”