Don’t forget something for Santa, too. Another handy Christmas item well worth the investment to use for several years to come is a tray to serve Santa his treats.

Make sure Santa knows where he needs to stop! Door hangers can be an idea where your home doesn’t have a chimney. Make no mistakes; Santa will still deliver whatever type of home you have.

If you’re not entirely sure what your tween girl is into this year, this Gorgeous Gifts Advent Calendar is a fabulous variety pack for her. From fidget toys to accessories, makeup, and crafts, it offers 24 days of delightful surprises perfectly targeted to your growing girls.

Christmas certainly doesn’t escape the fidgets phase! Fidget-loving tweens will get hours of popping, pushing, and squishing fun with 24 days of collectibles to add to their fidget sets.

An ideal advent calendar for tweens, your Minecraft fans will love this magnificent boxed advent bursting with Minecraft goodies. This advent includes 3.25″ mini action figures, accessories, and stickers.

Psst – Head over here for our complete Minecraft gift guide!

Is your tween caught up in this year’s Labubu addiction? Well, now you can transfer her love into these adorable Christmas decorations for hanging or mantle display.

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Every day of December brings a different felt-and-sticker ornament-crafting adventure — the perfect way to fill your Christmas Tree with some homemade love, this is the best tween advent calendar for a crafty kid.

A creation by Kirsten Field

This gorgeous charm bracelet advent calendar can make the perfect pre-Christmas gift for a tween girl. With a bracelet and necklace included, collect your Christmas-themed charms every day for the perfect Christmas day accessory to wear, ready for Santa’s arrival!

Marvel fans, get in line; we know this is the one you’ve been waiting for! If your tween already has enough City LEGO Advent pieces to last a lifetime of Christmases, it’s your chance to change things up this December and start collecting 24 days of imaginative play items, all with a Spiderman theme.

Got a jigsaw-loving tween? Unveil a small part of this Christmas-themed fireplace scene every day; this 1008-piece puzzle is solved 42 pieces at a time before your complete picture is revealed on Christmas eve. Finished size 27.56″ x 19.69″.

Your younger tweens will undoubtedly still love the concept of Monster Jam, and these mini collectibles will be perfect for their collections. You’ll get 16 trucks and 9 accessories over 25 days.

This beautiful beginner makeup advent calendar may be perfect for your tween girl interested in learning more about beauty and fashion.

A special treat is introduced each day, featuring lipsticks, nail polish, blushers, and eyeshadows, along with the necessary tools for applying makeup. Non-toxic and washable, this is a wonderfully fun girls’ advent calendar to try this December.

Your older tween girl will adore this advent set of seasonally scented shower steamers. 24 days of body buffing scrub with essential oils and exfoliation, perfect for girls who are learning about skincare and who love the smell of Christmas in the air!

Handmade gift with love from Mazzi and Erez Peled

Your STEM-loving kids are not forgotten when it comes to tween advent calendar choices. This Shocking Science Advent from the Purple Cow allows them to explore 24 cool new experiments in physics, illusions, robotics, and chemistry. An accompanying book will guide them through their daily tasks, and additional materials will appear daily.

This stunning, feminine stationery advent from ColourTheirDay is sure to please your preteen girl. It includes 24 individually wrapped stationery items, from notepads to washi tape, paperclips, magnets, and stickers.

(If you’ve purchased this set before, be aware that the artist updates the set every year, so your girl will get brand-new items!)

You truly can get almost every tween’s favorite toy in an advent format! If you can handle it, your slime-loving tween will be in squelching, smooshing heaven for 24 days when they get their hands on this slime calendar! This fun advent calendar for tweens is made with non-toxic materials.

If you are seeking a tween girl countdown calendar with a difference, this attractive boxed set will unveil a brand-new piece of wearable jewelry every day for your young ladies who love their trinkets, perfect for creating wearable Christmas jewels to match their favorite Christmas dress!

Welcome to a Wizarding World of Harry Potter Christmas style. Collect Harry Potter-themed goodies over 24 days, from socks and hair ties to stationery items.

This officially licensed Harry Potter merch is presented in a beautiful box, a great novelty way for your tween Potterheads to count down to Christmas.

The ultimate in cutsie-tween items, perfectly boxed up to open in December. Choose from 12 or 24 days, and whether you want silver or gold jewelry, streetcatstyleco are experts in creating personalized gift packages tuned in to your girls’ growing interests.

Curious minds will absolutely love the challenge of 24 brain-teasing puzzles this December. With six plastic puzzles, 12 3D wooden pieces, and 6 interconnected wire metal wire puzzles, it’s sure to have more than just your tween curious, clicking, and frustrated at times while testing their IQ!

This is a cool advent calendar for tweens who love sparkly, shiny crystals. It is the perfect dazzling daily treat this December for tweens who love collecting gems, with 24 unique specimens to collect.

Each box is lovingly filled by IAmGretchenBoutique with hand-selected gems, ensuring each box will be unique.

Another very on-trend find for the 2026 Christmas Countdown is K-pop Demon Hunters. This 24-piece Advent includes your favorite movie characters and accessories in a collectible set you can display or hang from the tree.

Image by WildHibiscusCo

Funko Pop fans, this is the one you’ve been waiting for! If you’ve been in search of cool advent calendars for tweens, then you need to get your hands on one of these Funko sets.

The perfect preteen advent calendar, they’ll get 24 unique Funko Pocket Pops to collect every day in December. Funko Pop sets also come in a Marvel theme and Star Wars.

LEGO Friends gets Christmassy over 24 days. This year’s set comes with Aliya, Autumn, Liann, Nova, and Leo minidolls. Each has their own cozy cabin mattress, plus five LEGO animals and household accessories

This adorable Gingerbread house mini block set allows your tween to create their own festive scene, with lighting, over 24 days.

With easy-to-understand instructions, it’s ideal for children aged 10 and above. Intricate details will require some patience and creativity. Still, it makes a wonderful countdown to Christmas project.

Another Advent Calendar set for tweens that requires some time and patience, this Space Exploration Shuttle includes two rockets, each with 12 parts to collect and create every day.

Is your tween still at the cutsie collectible stage? She’s going to love this collector’s set of mini plushies with classic Christmas characters like Santa & Mrs Claus, as well as Rudolph, snowmen, and some adorable forest animals.

Grab a mug of hot cocoa and curl up in your favorite chair; your crafty tween will love this Stitch-a-Day embroidery set, creating their wonderful seasonal tapestry one day at a time.

Designed by Amanda Watson

This carefully curated boo basket comes pre-filled with everything a tween girl could want for Halloween. Complete with beauty items in spooky packaging, Halloween-themed accessories, and just the right amount of seasonal treats, it takes the guesswork out of creating the perfect boo surprise.

The mix of practical and fun items ensures she’ll have goodies to enjoy long after Halloween night passes.

Designed specifically with tween boys in mind, this pre-made basket focuses on cool Halloween accessories, fidget toys, and treats that appeal to their developing tastes.

No overly cutesy items here – just genuinely fun Halloween-themed gear that they’ll actually want to use and show off to their friends.

Skip the basic candy bowl and create something Instagram-worthy with a Halloween candy bouquet. These artistic arrangements feature popular tween favorites like Skittles, Sour Patch Kids, and Reese’s beautifully arranged in spooky packaging.

It’s a creative twist on traditional Halloween candy that looks as good as it tastes, perfect for tweens who love aesthetic treats.

Transform ordinary snacks into special treats with custom Halloween stickers. These personalized labels can feature your tween’s name, favorite Halloween characters, or spooky sayings, making simple popcorn bags feel like a thoughtful, customized gift.

It’s an affordable way to add a personal touch that shows you put extra thought into their boo basket.

These aren’t your basic Easter Peeps! Halloween Peeps come in spooky shapes and colors that tweens find more appealing than traditional marshmallow treats.

The seasonal packaging and variety of characters make them a fun addition that feels more mature than typical kiddie candy, perfect for tweens who want Halloween treats that match their growing sophistication.

Add some magic to their boo basket with cotton candy that literally glows in the dark. This unique treat combines the nostalgic fun of cotton candy with the cool factor that tweens crave.

It’s perfect for Halloween parties, sleepovers, or just enjoying a glowing snack while watching scary movies with friends.

Give them a creative Halloween activity with this cookie decorating kit featuring spooky castle designs. It’s more sophisticated than basic sugar cookies but still hands-on enough to be engaging.

Perfect for tweens who enjoy baking or want to create Instagram-worthy Halloween treats to share with friends.

Slime remains incredibly popular with tweens, and this Halloween version comes in a reusable pumpkin bucket. The butter slime texture is satisfying to play with, while the seasonal packaging makes it feel special.

It’s a gift that serves double duty – entertainment now and a cute Halloween decoration they can keep.

Perfect for tweens who love wordplay and humor, these Halloween-themed Mad Libs provide screen-free entertainment that’s perfect for car rides, sleepovers, or family Halloween parties.

The spooky themes are age-appropriate while still being genuinely funny, making them a hit with both tweens and their friends.

Challenge their developing problem-solving skills with this focused cognitive game featuring spooky themes. It’s designed to be engaging without being too difficult, perfect for tweens who enjoy brain teasers.

The Halloween theme makes it seasonally appropriate while building valuable thinking skills.

These aren’t your basic temporary tattoos – they feature sophisticated designs with ghosts, bats, and skeletons that tweens will actually want to wear.

Perfect for Halloween parties, school spirit days, or just expressing their spooky style, these tattoos let tweens participate in Halloween fun in an age-appropriate way.

LEGO remains popular with tweens, and this Halloween-themed set lets them build seasonal decorations for their room.

The ghost and pumpkin designs are cute without being babyish, and the finished models make great Halloween decorations they can proudly display and use year after year.

Fidget toys are hugely popular with tweens, and these Halloween-shaped versions in pumpkin and bat designs combine stress-relief benefits with seasonal fun.

Perfect for school, homework time, or just keeping hands busy, they’re practical gifts that happen to be Halloween-themed rather than toys that only work for one holiday.

Perfect for creative tweens, these scratch art sets feature Halloween designs that reveal colorful images underneath. It’s a screen-free creative activity that’s relaxing and satisfying, producing finished artwork they can be proud of.

Great for quiet time, parties, or when they need a creative outlet.

This trending craft activity combines the satisfaction of puzzles with the creativity of art. The Halloween themes make it seasonally appropriate while building fine motor skills and providing hours of engaging, screen-free entertainment.

The finished pieces make great room decorations they’ll want to display.

Friendship bracelets never go out of style with tweens, and these Halloween-themed bead sets let them create seasonal accessories to share with friends.

The orange, black, and purple color schemes are perfect for Halloween while the bracelet-making activity provides quality time with friends and develops fine motor skills.

Transform their room into a spooky sanctuary with these removable wall decals featuring bats and other Halloween creatures.

They’re easy to apply and remove, making them perfect for tweens who want to decorate their space for the season without permanent changes. The glow-in-the-dark feature adds an extra cool factor.

Cozy and fun, these Halloween socks featuring ghosts, cats, and candy corn designs let tweens show their seasonal spirit in a subtle way. Perfect for school, sleepovers, or just lounging at home, they’re practical gifts that happen to be festive.

The fun designs make wearing them feel special rather than like a boring necessity.

These aren’t just party accessories – they’re safety gear that happens to be fun! Perfect for trick-or-treating, Halloween parties, or just adding some spooky glow to their evening activities.

Tweens love the cool glow effect while parents appreciate the added visibility during evening Halloween festivities.

Make hygiene fun with these spooky-scented hand sanitizers. The Halloween packaging and seasonal scents (like pumpkin spice or apple cider) make something practical feel like a treat.

Perfect for school bags, lockers, or keeping in their room, they combine necessity with seasonal fun.

Perfect for tweens who love nail art, these Halloween-themed nail decorations feature spiders, pumpkins, and other spooky designs. They’re easy to apply and remove, making them perfect for trying out seasonal nail looks without commitment.

Great for Halloween parties, school spirit days, or just expressing their spooky style.

Keep their lips moisturized with lip balms in cute Halloween packaging. Seasonal flavors like pumpkin spice or apple cider make lip care feel like a treat rather than a chore.

The themed packaging makes them perfect stocking stuffers or small additions to larger boo baskets.

Add some spooky fun to their bedtime routine with sleep masks featuring pumpkin faces or bat designs. Perfect for sleepovers, travel, or just making bedtime more fun, these practical accessories combine utility with Halloween spirit.

The cute designs make them gifts tweens will actually want to use.

Help them accessorize their most important possession with Halloween-themed phone grips. These practical accessories make holding their phone more comfortable while adding seasonal style.

Perfect for tweens who love customizing their tech with fun accessories that reflect their personality and interests.

Protect their earbuds in style with Halloween-themed case covers. These accessories combine protection with personality, letting them show their Halloween spirit while keeping their tech safe.

Perfect for tweens who want their accessories to match their seasonal style preferences.

Give them something to proudly display after they’ve been booed with these festive door signs.

Perfect for hanging on bedroom doors, lockers, or the front door, these signs let everyone know they’ve participated in this fun Halloween tradition while adding to their seasonal decorations.

Full of items that tween girls can use and enjoy for months to come, this Easter basket comes prefilled with beauty items, candy, and other goodies that your maturing tween girl will love.

She will love her day of pampering and the candy included in the box for a sweet treat.

If your tween boy is too cool for cute little Easter bunnies and all things pastel, go with a neutral boys’ gift box full of favorite tween toys, from gaming gifts to small sweet treats.

A good substitute for a traditional Easter basket while still making them feel included in the Easter fun and gifting tradition.

The perfect pamper box for your discerning tween girl, filled with spa goodies and a nifty toilteries bag by SweetMarbella.

A fun and exciting Easter egg filler suitable to your pre-teen. Instead of finding a little chocolate or toy, a special treat or reward awaits inside each egg (or will they get a chore instead?)

These can be great for either tween Easter baskets or hiding in a tween scavenger hunt.

A fun and novelty change from chocolate Easter eggs your tween is bound to love. These color-change eggs are a great idea to brighten up their Easter.

They can change to 5 different colors based on the heat in your child’s hands. Wonderfully gift box presented too by Mommysmuddleddeddesigns, these are the ideal tween Easter gift for growing kids looking to change things up.

What could be cuter in your tween girl’s Easter basket than these fluffy bunny slippers? Practical too! A gorgeous Easter-themed gift they can keep using year-round.

Is your tween a puzzle fan? Packed full of coloring pages, mazes, sudoku, and challenging puzzles, this is a greater non-sugar Easter basket filler for older kids up for the mental challenge.

There’s something special in that bunny’s rabbit hole! It’s a sweet stockpile of fluffy, blue cotton candy! If you’re looking for fun ideas, this makes a great candy gift for children of all ages!

Jokes are fun no matter what age you are and if you have a jokester tween in the family, this Would You Rather book will make a great gift.

The jokes and questions are Easter-themed, making it the perfect addition to their Easter basket.

Perfect for your older tweens and tweens, this challenging maze book would make the ideal non-candy Easter basket idea for a tween whose into puzzles. Over 150 entertaining puzzles with three different levels of challenge!

Suitable for your younger kids and new tween boys who still love their plastic knick-knacks. These Easter eggs are pre-filled with pullback car dinosaur eggs you can hide around the yard or in their Easter basket for a surprise your kids will love!

A cute and colorful idea for tweens, these nail polishes in festive pastel colors for Spring make great Easter basket fillers for tween girls, ideal for matching their Easter outfits.

Available with various colored stones, we love the spring vibes from this cute piece of girls’ jewelry. Your maturing tween girl will love getting this flower-shaped pendant necklace in her Easter gift basket, or they’re perfectly sized to slip in as an Easter egg filler too.

These cute little bunny-shaped bath bombs can be the perfect addition to a tween girl’s Easter basket.

Beautifully colored and scented, they make a wonderful sweet festive treat without the dental bills!

Little LEGO fans will absolutely love creating this miniature LEGO Easter bunny. The perfect Easter basket gift for a creative tween. You could also try the more complex Creator 3 in 1 kit if they need more of a building challenge.

If your tween thinks they’re getting too old for basic egg decorating at Easter, then it’s time to introduce them to some more intricate crafts like string art.

This Easter craft kit is aimed at slightly older kids and includes all the materials they need to make cute bunny -themed wind chimes.

These cute little spring-themed facial masks make the perfect Easter basket filler for a tween girl. Cute and practical, you get 9 in a set of face masks to gift together or individually to fill a basket for your tween.

A trendy shirt your tween can wear even after Easter; this cute bunny shirt will be a fun addition to a tween girls’ Easter basket this year.

An easy and inexpensive Easter basket stuffer, this packet of 100 temporary tattoos can even glow in the dark, perfect for either tween boys or girls.

Peeps are a staple at Easter, but if you want to stay away from the sweets or your tween doesn’t like Peep candy, slide this lip gloss set into their Easter baskets for extra tasty fun.

Soft and squishy fun, these fidget Easter eggs could be just the fun Easter gifts for your tween instead of filling them with chocolate.

If you’ve got lots of DIY Easter baskets to fill for all your family and friends, then it’s best to bulk-buy a pack of fun toys and basket stuffers.

Fidgets are all the rage with tweens just now, so these Easter-themed sensory toys are sure to go down a treat.

They really will think of anything these days! Perhaps a little more pleasant than cleaning up rotten eggs, these Easter eggs are completely filled with slime, eww!

Your typical tween will no doubt love these textural toys filled with stretchy metallic slimes as an Easter basket gift.

A great gift for your tween girl who still enjoys embracing her cute and pretty side, these simple and sweet stainless steel Easter charm bracelets comes with engraved pendant and charms.

Coming in a beautiful pink organza drawstring pouch, they’re stainless, handmade and expandable. A great non-chocolate Easter gift for girls.

A great choice if you’ve got lots of eggs to fill, these value 24 pack of Silly Putty is bound to be a winner with your tweens – they make a great fidget toy to keep your tweens occupied through Easter brunch!

A cute and colorful change from your usual Easter basket filler, these natural body scrubs come in lavender, lemon, and cherry almond and several appealing pastel colors perfect for a tween girl Easter gift – by Sassygirlboutique

An adorable Easter gift idea for your tween girl, this vegan-friendly soy candle by Etsy seller CreationShedShop comes in a variety of scents to suit your tween’s tastes.

Mad Lib fans will love this fun Easter edition of their favorite word game. Ideal for your tween age group, there are 21 fill-in-the-blank sheets to complete for an eggsellent non-candy Easter treat.

If the inspiration simply isn’t coming, or you’re afraid of picking the wrong sort of gift for a choosy tween, you really can’t go wrong with Bunny Money from CozyCabinRI!

A cute and creative way of gifting your tween a little bit of cash or gift cards to choose their own Easter gift – or add it to their savings!

When simple Easter egg hunts have become far too easy, you need some more creative and thought-provoking treasure hunt clues to lead your tween to their Easter basket surprise.

This wonderful printable kit from Etsy seller RiverbridgeDesigns is a great way to take the hard work out of planning a fun Treasure Hunt, ideal for big kids

Need a tween Easter gift idea in a hurry? Try these cool printable gift coupons from the BloggingGiftShop on Etsy.

The great thing is you can download and print straight away, no waiting for things to arrive in the mail. This is the perfect little added extra for a tween Easter basket to gift to your heart’s desire – and budget in a fun way!

All out of other ideas for Easter? Adding an Amazon gift card to your tween’s Easter gift basket will allow them to spend the money you’d otherwise gift them on something they really want.

Look out for special Easter-themed gift vouchers!

Your tween daughter will enjoy this cute and empowering care package. The beautifully wrapped gift package includes make up brushes, a jewelry box, sleeping mask and make up bag, each individually wrapped with motivational tasks attached to each.

Are you thinking about class gifts or got multiple tweens you need ideas for?

Slime seems to have an unusual level of appeal with our tweens so try this multi-pack of love heart slime to appeal to your preteens this Valentine’s Day.

This magnetic travel game offers players 40 challenges from beginner to expert. Ideal for eight years+ who love logic puzzles.

An ideal stocking stuffer for the Minecraft fan whose tree can’t live without a creeper! Sure it’s not traditional, but tweens love to add their touch of personality to the tree too!

Another practical Minecraft gift ideal, as well as an excellent stocking stuffer! Because I mean, it just isn’t Christmas without some new socks – everyone needs them, so have some fun with Minecraft-themed socks for those growing feet.

Coloring books are an excellent gift for tweens to help them relax and unwind off-screen. They can still enjoy their favorite characters, though, while enjoying some downtime with this excellent Minecraft coloring book, perfect for kids around 8 to 10 years old.

Perfect for any Minecraft-lover, these 3D print hoodies won’t crack or fade; they’re machine washable and come in a variety of designs and sizes ranging from 4 to adult. You’ll find something for every shape and size of Minecraft fan.

Ideal for school bags, junior Minecraft fans will love this robust stainless steel 27oz water bottle with a flip-up straw and locking spout cover to keep germs out and stop leaks.

Once your kids have got the hang of the Minecraft basics, the official Mojang Minecraft guides are the go-to resources to expand their playing skills.

This Minecraft box set series covers Red Stone, Creative, Exploration, and The Nether & The End.

Anything practical suddenly becomes ultra-appealing once you put Minecraft on it, right? A wallet is no exception. Keep their hard-earned pocket money safe in this nylon bi-fold wallet, 3.5″ x 4.5″.

Just when you think your older kids have outgrown their plush teddies! A cute and cuddly addition to their bed that still looks cool, your tween Minecraft fans will love this three-piece plush toy set with a Creeper, Enderman and Spider.

Who says jocks from your Nan need to be boring?! Word her up on what’s hot this year or some practical stocking stuffers. These undies will be bound to please a little Minecraft fan while still keeping their cool in the school changing room.

Comfort around the home for your junior gamer, these wonderfully soft lounge pants are a winner -your problem will be getting them to change out of them!

Don’t be mistaken in thinking that Minecraft is just a game for boys! Our gamer girl is always delighted to find suitable merch in more feminine shades. This cute kitty tee fits the bill as a perfect Minecraft gift for girls.

Another favorite for your tween girl gamer, a Minecraft-lover hoody is a super soft and cozy winner! The darker shades may appeal to a girl Minecraft fan that doesn’t need everything pretty in pink.

A wonderful night light solution for your Minecraft fan ready to give the baby nightlights away, this is a way cooler choice. 11.5″ high, it’s run on a USB rechargeable battery.

This strategy board game from Ravensberg, developed in conjunction with Mojang, is the perfect Minecraft gift for a 10-year-old.

Ideal for playing with Minecraft-loving friends, it’s a strategy game that helps them work on their problem-solving and social skills while they enjoy some screen-free time.

You’ll never see your tweens’ room so organized as when they get their hands on one of these Minecraft organizer cubes! 13″ x 13″.

Tween approved! This is the perfect introductory guide for your new Minecrafter looking to brush up their skills and unlock some of the key construction techniques to make amazing creations in creative mode.

If you’re seeking Minecraft gifts for teens or those who love problem-solving, they may be ready to tackle this detailed 1000-piece Minecraft jigsaw!

If this feels too difficult, you can always start with a 300 piece set and work up their skills.

Lego and Minecraft together! Oh yes, it’s our tween boy’s dream come true! Loads of kits are now available for different age groups and skill levels; you can see a wider range available here.

Get set for Halloween, Minecraft fans! Looking for fun and novel costume ideas from school dress-ups to Halloween, “Steve” is sure to be a winner with small, medium, and large sizing four years to 12 years approx. Comes in a 3-piece set of pants, tunic, and a face mask.

The perfect addition for a kid’s bedroom or playroom, this Minecraft area rug made from polyester comes in 39″ and 52″ designs and the option of creeper or TNT.

For boys who love to take their favorite game with them literally everywhere, they go, this cozy, warm bomber jacket could be the perfect Minecraft gift for a boy.

Available from sizes 4 through to 16, there’s something for kids of all ages who love Minecraft.

This practical Minecraft bedding pack includes a twin comforter, flat sheet, and pillowcase. The soft microfiber material is easily machine washable. Visit the Jay Franco store for plenty of coordinating (and officially licensed) Minecraft bedroom accessories.

If you’re still trying to think of some unique Minecraft gift ideas for kids, then this is it!

This fabulous real-life Minecraft building kit is a sensational extension to the online game, taking your tween’s building skills to the next level.

High-density foam with brace connectors, make your own 3D world of forts, tunnels, or mazes, perfect for Minecraft fans aged 8 years+.

Riddle Books always make a fun addition to your Christmas morning – let your boy feel like the brainiest person in the room full of fabulous riddles and brain-teasing puzzles

Boys (and girls for that matter) seriously never outgrow the simple fun of a Parachute man! These are great fun for family Christmas, especially if you have a multi-story home.