What presents were hits with 12/13 year olds?

[Sweetappley]

What presents were hits with 12/13 year olds?

thinking of Dd:
posca pens

fairly cheap Salter velvetiser type machine - it does one cup of milk perfectly - with hot chocolate bombs and minimarshmallows

good quality sketching kit (pencils, kneadable eraser, charcoal and white highlighter)

Ted Baker toiletries set (smells divine)

bobble hat and sweater from favourite label

novelty socks

new slides for the beach and a surf hoodie towel (had got a body board and second hand wetsuit for previous birthday)

new shoes for bouldering and a furry monster chalk bag

What she REALLY wanted was concert tickets but I couldn’t afford it .

I bought someone of that age Sol De Janiero perfume sprays, went down a storm

DS13 always loves his yard of Pringles!

DD(13) - a 1000 piece jigsaw of LEGO minifigs

Dior lipgloss, a sand board (like surf board but for sand), golf clubs & a chipping net, remote control poo, big box of mini boxes of tic tacs, PlayStation vouchers, mini samples of perfumes

DS12 (nearly 13) particularly loved:

New hard drive for his gaming PC
Plush toy from PalWorld
Reese's peanut butter cup cane
'Track a whale' subscription (comes with a QR code keyed to a specific sea creature that allows you to track that creature on your phone or computer through GPS tagging)

DD couldn’t put a word search book down! Was also pleased with a white fox hoodie, sol de janiero spray and an avocado hair claw from Claire’s.

DS 12
anything made of chocolate.
A nice wooden chess set
A necklace
One of those mini tone drums
Glorbs
Echo dot

Dd1 13 (nearly 14)
Wednesday lego
Liquid eyeliner
The last two books in the American Royals series by Katharine McGee
Yungblud's book

Dd2 11 (nearly 12)
Crunchy slime
Mini sticker printer
Fairy lights
Goat simulator game on the xbox

They also have tickets to go see SIX the musical in March which they are both excited about.

Banana shaped pencil case.

Thanks for this.

DS12 loved his ice cream maker.

A bass recorder - but probably a niche request!

DS13: bluetooth speaker, hot water bottle almost as long as he is tall, saw for his whittling. And a new bauble for the tree I made of felt, to celebrate something from the year. I make various every year.

A miniature tortoise
Ugg boots
A white fox hoodie
Sol de janeiro

A cookery school lesson experience.
A selection of Temu clothes and bits and bobs that she chose (sorry mumsnet for using Temu).
A hot chocolate set with marshmallows etc in little jars.
Lego flowers.

Sol de Janeiro body sprays.
Stranger things jigsaw.
Skincare and make up colouring books.
100pack dual tip colouring pens.
Posters of favourite singers.
Wicked t-shirt, blanket and calender.
Mini karaoke 😀

DD15 loved:

• New mug with a Hotel Chocolat selection box of sachets
• Mini-printer
• Skincare and make up bits
• Capo for her guitar

DD13 loved:

• Her full length shark oodie/blanket
• A big plastic organiser filled with beads and crystals and earring-making pieces to make jewellery (she's made about twenty pairs already 🤣)
• Bubble skincare
• new sketchpad, oil pastels and drawing pencils

DD (12) liked:

Jellycat pastry plushie
30ml Clinique perfume
journal/planner
cat necklace
mini bubble tea set in stocking
Lego flowers
hair claws

Dd 12 literally loved everything… she’s a very grateful child and just adores anything anyone gives her. I’d say out of everything her jelly cat bunny and her Sabrina carpenter tickets, perfume and vinyl were her faves 🤪

12yo
Sol do janerio set
Ugg slippers
Ugg boots
North face hoody and joggers
North face coat
Jordans
Make up brushes , can't remember the name
Perfume
Ring light
Make up
Fur lined crocs

She already has posca pens, 3d pen and so much craft and things.
So her list was mostly clothing

DD(13) is a percussionist and asked for a glockenspiel. She also got a giant rainmaker.

Crepe/pancake maker and his own tablet.

Mini steel drum
Gaming laptop
Divoom backpack (connects via Bluetooth to change the moving pixel image on it)
Guinness book of records
Tosy light up frisbee

Apart from the bolig ticket item (a Switch), the biggest hits were

Boxbollen boxbollen.co.uk/

Traitors boardgame

Bohnanza card game

Chocolate