Angel Tree Gifts for 9 to 12 Year Olds: 32 Ideas

Before school, a tween sharing a crowded bathroom reaches for a Philips Sonicare for Kids brush that belongs to nobody else.

Minecraft is the game a tween on your angel tree tag plays and talks about, and these pajamas bring it to bedtime.

Once the bedroom goes dark, a tween who tracks planets in a science notebook sees them glowing across the ceiling.

A kid who asks what happens when something gets squeezed harder has a question The Crunchinator from CrunchLabs can answer.

A tween who tapes homemade posters to her bedroom door can give them a sprayed backdrop with the Crayola Marker Airbrush.

Each Crayola Clicks marker in this set lets a tween who sketches outfit designs give every jacket and sneaker its own shade.

A kid with more bounce than any couch can handle has somewhere to put that energy on the Flybar Master.

The tween who calls next at the park hoop every evening deserves a basketball to bring instead of borrowing someone else's. Players that age set their own court rules, and the NBA logo on this Wilson looks like the real league.

At the homework table, a Keroppi plush sits within reach of a tween who doodles Sanrio characters in notebook margins.

If the angel tree tag you picked names a child who loves brainteasers, Kanoodle gives that kid something to puzzle over.

If the child on your angel tree tag loves a quick race with a clear winner, Hasbro Trouble hands them one.

This color game puts the clue in the hands of a middle schooler who loves describing things with vivid, unexpected comparisons.

A preteen who likes hosting family get-togethers can set out KerPlunk and call every nervy turn for the room.

This game pits a preteen who likes setting traps against a parent, each round won by spotting the other player's line first.

During a long wait in the school pickup line, a tween with a Rubik's Cube has colors to chase around every side.

The Exploding Kittens board game turns a family table into a contest for a tween who loves outwitting parents and siblings.

USAOPOLY's deck of risky draws belongs with a kid who keeps score at every family gathering and hates quitting while ahead.

Rival sides in this clue contest hang on each hint, so a tween who loves outsmarting grown-ups can captain a side against them.

Rush Hour's sliding pieces get pushed back and forth by a tween who solves problems alone until a blocked path opens.

Your angel tree tag might name a tween who rereads Harry Potter, and this Guess Who? puts that devotion across a table.

After dinner, a tween with a houseful of siblings deals everyone in on Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza.

Out at recess, a tween with restless fingers and a best friend trades Cat's Cradle shapes, handing the loop back and forth.

Each card played in this board game claims a spot for a chip, pitting a tween who outfoxes relatives against a parent.

If your angel tree tag names a kid who tapes friends' pictures to a bedroom wall, choose the Instax Mini 13.

These Soundcore P31i earbuds quiet a rattling school bus so a preteen who lives on playlists hears every lyric.

At a sleepover, a tween who controls the playlist sends every song from a phone through the JBL Charge 6.

The Last Kids on Earth hands a middle-grade reader a novel to settle into on cold evenings.

Who Was Frida Kahlo? gives an art-loving reader the true story of a famous painter.

For the angel tree reader you will never meet, these Wings of Fire comics arrive together in their own box.

The Guinness World Records book makes an easy Angel Tree pick for a tween on the tag.