34 Christmas Gifts for 11-Year-Old Girls

LEGO Gravity Drop gives a tinkerer who has outgrown plain brick sets a Klutz kit of gravity-powered contraptions.

Klutz marks it for ages 8 and up, so she can follow the guidebook at her own pace. On a quiet weekend, she sets her newest contraption in motion for whoever wanders past her desk.

Space facts at the dinner table every night?

This 4M kit gives that interest something to build: she puts the planets together and sets up the finished model on her desk. When the lamp clicks off, the planets start to glow, and the solar system shows up in the dark.

This Klutz guide shows a girl how to make matching bands for everyone at her lunch table, all tied with her own fingers.

Trading wristbands is still how her crowd says who belongs together, so each one she hands over matters. Its pages hold every design she has worked out, ready for the next request.

Snapshots of the family dog crowd her camera roll, and this Fujifilm printer turns her favorite shots into prints she can hold.

It prints on instax mini film, sold separately. She picks which shots earn a spot on her mirror, and it runs from a smartphone with the free app.

Wrap this Pioneer album with a stack of her phone favorites already printed at 4x6, and the classmates and pets on her camera roll get pages to flip through.

With 200 pockets and a flower-trimmed cover, there is room for many more batches of prints after this first one.

Fussing over every neighborhood cat is good practice for a Tamagotchi Original, a virtual pet that counts on her for meals and attention.

This Tama Picnic version is small enough to keep close, and checking on it can slot into her morning before breakfast.

The girl you are buying for picks songs at every sleepover, and the JBL Go 5 lets her friends hear them.

Her playlists are hers to curate, and a speaker of her own puts them on without borrowing the family stereo.

HyperX Cloud Earbuds II bring a gamer's boss fights into the back seat while the front seat keeps its own radio station.

Her favorite games travel with her more often now, and a set of her own means no borrowing a parent's. When the drive ends, they slip into her coat pocket for the next ride.

Cereal is the thing to catch in Breakfast Blitz: players go head to head, and whoever ends up with more takes the round.

Set it out after dinner when she and a cousin want a goofy game with a clear winner, and let whoever lost reset the cereal.

Rubik's Rush is a handheld puzzle game for a tween who loves quick brain teasers.

The challenges come in short bursts, so she can finish a round and jump straight into another. On the drive to holiday visits, it comes out of her bag whenever the conversation stalls.

With a Harry Potter reader to shop for, give her the Clue edition and a mystery set in her favorite world.

She catches small details in those chapters, so a whodunit there puts her close reading to work. Her scribbled notes from each round end up tucked inside the box, ready for a rematch.

A tween who maps out her moves in advance gets a disc duel worth planning for in Connect 4 Strategy.

Her love of planning pays off, since every dropped disc either builds her row or spoils someone else's. She explains the rules to her cousins on Christmas afternoon, then takes on each challenger in turn.

Her knack for bargaining over chores and dessert gets an outlet in Monopoly, where every trade she proposes can swing the result.

Strategy beats luck for her now, so against her parents she holds out for the right street before any trade.

Thames & Kosmos EXIT turns a sleepover into The Cursed Labyrinth, riddles a girl and her friends crack together.

Her friendships run on shared plans, so a mystery needing every pair of eyes keeps the whole group huddled close. Its final riddle gives the night a big finish, with everyone breaking free near midnight.

Ravensburger's Disney Villains Labyrinth gives a devoted Disney fan a maze game where the villains take center stage.

She roots for the bad guys anyway, and here she gets to play on their side. Over Christmas break, parents and siblings can pull up chairs and work through the maze against her.

A girl who sketches Kpop Demon Hunters in her notebook margins gets this themed Crayola case.

Fandom drives most of her doodling, so a kit tied to it gives those pages a proper home. She can bring it to a friend's house, and they can draw favorite moments side by side.

Game pages built around KPop Demon Hunters hand a devoted fan her favorite heroes in a form she can pick up anytime.

Her fandom shows up in everything she doodles, so this stocking stuffer keeps those characters within reach between bigger presents.

This fashion design craft kit lets a trend-watching tween dress her dolls in looks she styles.

She notices what classmates wear, and matching colors for every outfit puts that eye to work. Over winter break, she can stage a doll fashion show on her bedroom floor.

Crayola Clicks markers give a tween storyteller color for the fantasy maps and heroes she invents.

Her stories spill across sketchbook pages, and her own markers let her color every kingdom and costume. Over winter break, a finished map can go up on her bedroom wall.

Fashion Angels stickers are for the kind of student who won't carry a plain notebook and redecorates her planner every week.

Her gear is where her personality shows, so a book of designs lets her restyle it whenever her mood shifts. Her water bottle ends up layered in favorites she chose herself.

The STMT DIY journal kit gives a tween list-maker and doodler a notebook to decorate and fill.

Her lists and sketches tend to scatter across loose scraps, so a journal she styles herself keeps them together. Over winter break, she can fill the early pages with holiday plans and doodles.

This Food Network Magazine baking book gives an eleven-year-old home baker holiday recipes to make, with a grown-up close by for the oven.

The publisher rates it for ages 8 to 12, so the steps match a cook her age. She can bake a tray of treats for Christmas Eve with a grown-up close by.

An eleven-year-old Swiftie can unwrap Who Is Taylor Swift? and read how the singer grew up.

The publisher rates it for ages 8 to 12, so it suits a confident reader her age. On Christmas morning, she can start reading before the wrapping paper is cleared.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon makes a Christmas gift for a girl into fantasy novels.

She can save it for the quiet days after the holiday. Once finished, it can go to a cousin or a friend next.

The Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set makes a Christmas gift for a middle school reader.

She can start on Christmas afternoon and keep going through the break. Each finished volume slides back into the case beside the rest.

Anyone shopping for a backyard bug hunter can bring her search indoors with this habitat.

The ants come separately, so check how and when they ship. A turned-over garden stone shows her insects only briefly, while a colony of her own keeps digging in plain view. The kit gets a spot on her dresser, where each new chamber the workers carve sits at eye level.

This handheld digital microscope suits a nature-loving tween who crouches over moss, bark and pebbles on every walk.

She wants more than a plain magnifying glass can show. So she holds the microscope over each find and studies the textures she could only guess at before.

Made for gym floors, the Tachikara SV18S is an indoor ball with a composite leather cover, right for the school volleyball season she just started.

On days the team does not meet, a garage wall at home makes a patient passing partner for her bumps and sets.

Fuggler Fart Face suits a prankster with a taste for gross-out jokes, the kind who skips anything sweet or sparkly.

Her humor leans weird these days, and a creature named for a rude noise is a joke that needs no explanation for her. The creature then stands guard on her bookcase, wedged between the paperbacks.

During a homework slump at her desk, Squidge from Fuggler's Laboratory Misfits gives an offbeat girl a face to grin at.

Pretty toys no longer reflect her taste, and a misfit this strange matches the oddball jokes she trades with friends. Her Squidge ends up propped against the lamp, keeping watch over every worksheet.

Singing Machine's Carpool Karaoke mic hands a tween singer her own spotlight for the songs she loves.

She sings along to everything anyway, and a mic in hand lets her put on a show. After Christmas dinner, the living room becomes her concert hall, with cousins requesting the next song.