It’s that time of the year again. Holiday shopping time. Do you have a 10 year old girl that you need to shop for? Would you like to stay away from all the high tech, expensive toys? Are you stumped at the thought of what you should purchase for her? If so, here are a few gift ideas, under $25, for 10 year old girls that don’t even require batteries.
First off, most girls in this age group love jewelry. Making it, giving it, wearing it; it doesn’t matter which, as long as it’s associated with jewelry they are happy. That’s where these cool Solar Beads come in. Your 10 year old girl will be amazed when these beads change colors in the sunlight. With a variety of six colors in this tube of Solar Beads, your 10 year old girl won’t even know what her creations will look like until she takes them out into the sunlight. This gift idea comes with educational material that describes many neat projects and ideas for your child to experience. Solar Beads are recommended for ages 3 years and up and retails for $7.99 per tube of beads. Even though the manufacturer recommends this for ages 3 and up, I’d say it’s more appropriate for ages 5 years and up. I know two little girls who were still putting things in their mouths at age 3. So take great caution with beads as they can pose a choking hazard to young children.
Next up is the Super Stationery Kit. 10 year old girls love stationery. Some even continue to love it into adulthood. So here is an amazing kit to get your daughter started. This kit includes a journel with 40 colorful pages, design ruler, Scratch Magic Notes and many more items. Your child can enjoy sending notes to their friends or even long letters to far away penpals. Anything is possible with stationery! The Super Stationery Kit is recommended for ages 5 years and up and retails for $14.99.
Another interesting gift for 10 year old girls is the Wee Enchanted Garden Kit. My oldest daughter will definitely be getting one of these under the Christmas tree this year. She loves trying to grow anything. Gardens, plants, just anything at all so it’s perfect for her. The Wee Enchanted Garden Kit is a winner of the Parent’s Choice Award. This kit comes with a plastic planter in a terra cotta color, potting soil, seeds, paints to decorate the plastic planter, decorative rocks, gravel, tiny woodland creatures and much more for your child to create their very own enchanted garden. The Wee Enchanted Garden Kit is recommended for ages 7 years and up and retails for $21.99.
Another thing that 10 year old girls love to do is to decorate their bedrooms in their own style. What better way than to create their very own unique bedside lamp? The Groovy Ceramic Lamp is a great activity gift for 10 year old girls who enjoy decoarting things. The Groovy Ceramic Lamp is even a winner of the Oppenheim Award. The Groovy Ceramic Lamp comes with six paints, a paintbrush, pompom fringe, fabric glue and instructions with design ideas so that your daughter can personalize her lamp. The kit comes with a light bulb, is recommended for ages 7 years and up and retails for $19.99.
The Ladybug Land kit is another great idea for an inquisitive 10 year old girl. Is your daughter curious about how creatures grow and about the circle of life? If so, this is the gift for you. With this kit your child can view the life cycle of a ladybug from a little larvae into a glorious ladybug. The Ladybug Land comes with a colorful ladybug habitat, magnified viewing lens, an instruction guide and a mail-in certificate for ladybug larvae and their food. The Ladybug Land is recommended for ages 6 years and up and retails for $14.99.
The last gift idea, under $25, for 10 year old girls that I would like to share with you today is the Wild Science Perfume Laboratory. All girls love perfume so the Perfume Laboratory is an excellent gift for your curious girl. With this gift your child can experiment with different scents and even come up with a new favorite perfume that she designed all on her own. The Wild Science Perfume Laboratory comes with a special base, perfumes, storage pouches, scoop, vials, labels, crystals, miniature measuring cup and lots more to aid your child in her perfume experimentations. The Wild Science Perfume Laboratory is recommended for ages 10 years and up and retails for $13.99.
If you think that your 10 year old girl would also enjoy exploring the actual science involved in perfume making, there is also a Perfume Science Kit available. With a price tag of $59.99, this kit is definitely over the $25 price range but it explains more of the science put into the perfume making. It even explores the history of perfumes. The Perfume Science Kit comes with perfume finisher, atomizer, two dropper pipettes, stirrers, funnel, four basic perfume oils and four creative perfume oils. This is a great kit for your child to use while discovering the art of making scents. The Perfume Science Kit is recommended for ages 10-17 years of age and retails for $59.99.
All of these gift ideas are focused more on learning, exploring and creating. These are all attributes that I look for when purchasing gifts for my three daughters. I prefer the learning gifts over all of the more technology savvy gifts. Less time in front of the television and more time exploring is a huge plus in my gift buying book. If you feel the same than I suggest looking for gifts that will bring out your child’s curious side. Gifts that will teach them things while your child is playing with them. Another thing to do is to actually get into using the gifts with your child. Share with them your knowledge of the activities that the two fo you are doing. Children love to hear about the things we know especially if it pertains to what they are enjoying at that moment.
