ideas needed for DD(12)

[welshandproud]

She has DS, phone and Netbook. I've been looking for clothes but preteen and teen clothes are just horrible at the moment.

Have got her some lovely Twilight notebooks in a tin, some nice pens for project work,smellies, books,fleece pjs and slippers.

She was given lots of makeup last year by well meaning relatives but she only really experiments with mascara and lip gloss at the moment.(Thank goodness!)

She hasn't got any ideas! She actually told me not to bother getting her much, maybe a claire's voucher!

What does your preteen covert? Any ideas gratefully received

phone credit vouchers, cinema vouchers

Cinema vouchers great idea! Just out of interest would you allow a 12yr old to go to the cinema with a friend?I'd take her and pick her up as multiplex is out of town and she's not done public transport on her own yet.

My exH is responsible for phone costs, I think he puts a tenner a month on it for 500 texts and 100 incl mins. She rarely uses it up to that limit anyway

Great ideas, keep them coming!

yes, i let ds1 go to the cinema with his mate for his 11th birthday while i wandered around town and waited for them

hair dryer,straightners,curlers
battery opp toothbrush- perfume for teens
wii or wii stuff
twilight books
dvds/ dvd /freeview for room
new bedding
superdry stuff -the in clothing brand or so my 13 yr old tells me
watch
moonsoon /accezorise things
my 13 dd wants a superdry lumber shirt,nike hi top trainers and a pink strawberry smelling bear from toy story 3.that totals £160!!!!!cripes

magazine subscription to sugar ect...

My dd1 is also 12 and she has asked for a bmx, other than that she has a list of clothes she would like from blue banana website and itunes vouchers or phone credit always go down well with her.

My mum is buying her a pocket camcorder as she takes a camera everywhere with her.

Other than that money is always a good bet as she goes shopping after christmas and can buy what she wants then

boden do a lovely pree teen range,new look teen is great for skinny jeans and checked shirts,debenhams,m&s,next are well priced.
superdry,jack wills ect are expensive.

Bags?
Shoes?

I don't really like the teen Boden range but i have had a look for Superdry..Very expensive! Blue Banana had some good ideas.
Keep them coming please....

Just looked at Sugar website, it looks quite old does anyone know what age range it's aimed at?

re clothes... check out the smaller adult sizes, DD is incredibly slim yet is zize 8-10 and many adult ranges start at 6 and has had some lovely checked blouses/sweatshirts recently (i.e. age appropriate).

Do you make her a stocking? My DD enjoys her stockings with bits 'n' bobs almost more than the major presents e.g. DD loves body sprays; dry shampoo; bangles/bracelets; new gel pens; calendar etc.

If your DD is arty crafty, kits for cardmaking/scrapbooking perhaps?

My DD is 10.5 and she's getting some Twilight merchandise: bag, badges, DVD, poster and also a better than "basic" mobile phone which has a decent camera and is touch-screen. She has been such a star with her £10 phone all year.

She has been after a "real" sewing box / kit for a while and Letterbox do one. Toys R Us Perfume Factory, a Grease Wii Game and whatever the rip-off Build-a-Bear creature is and that's it for main presents.

Welshandproud try Shout magazine, we got dd1 who was 12 then a subscription for this last Christmas.

Thanks Polgara just looked at their website, that looks much more age appropriate.

Yes, she loved it and has only stopped getting it recently (more to do with the subscription running out and having to buy it herself methinks ).