by Lorelei Cohen

Created on: September 22, 2008   Last Updated: November 24, 2011

There are so many wonderful gifts for girls between the ages of eight and twelve. These young girls are at an age where they are still a child but are also looking forward to entering into the exciting world of a teenage girl. This means that they are love glittery lotions and potions yet are still very attached to all the little girl stuff that they are still allowed to collect.

Preteen girls are just as delighted to receive a cuddly stuffed toy, as they are a bottle of perfume, or a kit of lip glosses. Because emotions are very high in preteen girls gifts that evoke a strong emotional response from them are very appealing. This means gifts which are sweet, romantic, or magical in nature are very well received. Eight to twelve year old girls are enchanted by angels, fairies, mermaids, dragons, or any elfin creatures which magically appear in their world, especially if they are a  representative of good luck.

This type of magical gift can be in the form of a journal that is adorned with these creatures; it can be a picture, jewelery, a statuette, a stuffed toy, a doll, or a book about them. It is more the theme than the item that counts here, if your gift deals with these magical creatures than they are sure to love it. Perhaps this love of these magical beings is because this age group still live in that wonderful imaginary play land of youth and can envision themselves as one of these creatures. Or perhaps girls of this age are just still young minded enough to still believe in the existence of fairies and elves and they love that their gift comes in a theme that is surrounded in mystery or mystical magic.

Babies are another favorite gift theme for girls age 8 to 12, gifts of small fairy babies, stuffed baby animals, books decorated with babies, or pictures of babies are all very popular gift items. The nice thing about baby themed gifts is that it doesn't seem to matter if the gift you choose depicts a human baby or an animal baby, it is wonderful just because it is a baby, and for no other reason. This allows you to have an amazing array of gift items in this arena to choose from.

Girls just seem to naturally be fascinated by lotions, perfumes and glittery glosses at a very young age and as they mature the intoxicating effect of these items just continues to grow. Girls age eight to twelve are just a hairs breath away from having free rein of the usage of these products and they delight in experimenting with them now.

Any beauty gift that you choose

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