Peek into a first-grade classroom, and you’ll witness something extraordinary: young girls confidently swapping books, designing elaborate recess games, and solving math problems with newfound determination. These blossoming minds are ready for gifts that match their expanding capabilities.
We regularly update our gift recommendations to match these emerging social butterflies. Every selection combines skill-building fun with opportunities for creative expression, perfect for this age of blooming confidence and capability.
1.Frozen Slumber Bag Set
Are you holiday shopping for a 6-year-old kiddo who loves a slumber party with friends? This sleepover set by Disney is a gift sheâs going to want. The set, featuring Elsa and Olaf from the popular movie Frozen, comes with everything sheâll want for a memorable night of girl talk and late-night cartoons at her bestieâs house.
It includes a sleeping bag, a pillow and a matching sleeping mask. This versatile set would also be great for nap times at home, cuddles on the couch, or for taking in the car for long days of travel.
- Promotes bonding during sleepovers
- Cozy for naps, travel, and lounging
- Featuring beloved Frozen characters
- Complete set includes bag, pillow, and mask
- May be outgrown as tastes change
2.Lego Dots Disney Mickey & Friends Bracelets
This Lego Dots kit is perfect for 6 year old girls who want to design their own bracelets featuring their favorite Disney characters like Mickey Mouse. The set includes 5 adjustable bracelets in different colors, plus Mickey & Friends decorated tiles to snap onto each bracelet.
Girls at this age love exploring creativity and self-expression. With this kit, they can create one-of-a-kind bracelets to match their mood or outfit. The tile pieces develop fine motor skills as they snap them into place. And the instructions provide design ideas to get them started. Six year olds will enjoy styling classic Mickey looks or experimenting with bright, colorful patterns. Since the bracelets are adjustable and the tiles are interchangeable, girls can recreate their bracelets anytime.
- Promotes creativity and imagination
- Develops fine motor skills
- Customizable for endless design options
- Fun way for girls to express their style
- Small pieces require supervision for ages under 3
3.The Comfy Jr.
This inventive wearable blanket is the perfect gift for a 6 year old girl who wants to stay cozy while still being able to play and have fun. It’s designed so they can pull their legs in and wrap up while still being able to move around, dance, or play.
The oversized hood, sleeves, and high-low hem create a hugged sensation. Girls can wear it for lounging, school, sleepovers, car trips – anywhere they need extra coziness. There’s even a marsupial pocket to hold snacks, toys or other treasures.
- Oversized, huggable feel
- Luxurious, cozy materials
- Allows movement while staying wrapped
- Fun for sleepovers, school, lounging
- Only comes in one size meant for kids under 10
4.Make Your Own Soap Set
Craft sets are a great way to keep 6-year-olds entertained as they are now old enough to follow the instructions and enjoy the process of making a final product. The Make Your Own Soap Set does exactly as it says and gives the child the opportunity to design and make their very own soap. This particular set includes body-safe glitter to really delight any 6-year-old!
The process of combining the ingredients will require some help as some parts need melting, but watching the process of combining different materials and seeing their properties change will increase childrenâs scientific understanding, and making their own soap will have them wanting to hop into the bath or shower to test it out
- Children develop scientific understanding
- Colours can be mixed for a wide range of effects
- Develops creativity
- Children learn to follow a set of instructions
- Requires close adult supervision
5.VTech Kidizoom Duo DX Childrenâs Camera
6-year-olds are already competent users of technology, having grown up with it around them. Most can use technology with ease and enjoy doing so; the VTech Kidizoom Duo DX Childrenâs Camera is a digital camera designed for kids; it has a robust âkid proofâ design with a tough rubber-like casing to avoid damage if dropped, yet still retains the ability to take high-quality videos and photos. By age 6 some children will also become interested in photography, and film-making and will relish the opportunity to take their own photos and begin to create their own mini-movies.
The VTech Kidizoom camera also includes fun, learning games that will keep a 6-year-old busy any time you need to wait somewhere. The dual camera means that they can also experiment with selfies, and add stickers and funny props to the photos that they take.
- Robust âkid-proofâ design- does not break easily!
- Takes high-quality videos and photos
- Includes learning games
- Promotes creativity and expression
- Enhances technology skills
- Batteries required
- Child may need help exporting photos/ videos to computer
6.Light-Up Dancing Unicorn
This dancing unicorn by Little Live Pets is the toy thatâs missing from any six-year-old girlâs toy chest if she loves magical unicorns and all things pink. With interactive features and cute accessories, this gift will keep her entertained for hours in a world of imagination.
This petite unicorn toy is made of durable and easy-to-clean plastic that has been decorated with colorful swirls and heart patterns. The standout feature of this horned horse though is the light-up component that activates by pressing the heart button on the stomach. When the horn is lit, it plays music and dances by moving both the neck and all four legs. It also plays trotting and neighing sounds. Included with the unicorn is a little cupcake for feeding and a brush to groom the pink mane and tail. Batteries are included so itâs ready to go right out of the box. Little girls will love playing make-believe with this fun gift.
- Stimulates imagination
- Lights up
- Dances to music
- Includes batteries
- Includes small parts
7.Unicorn Slime Kit
Following instructions and recipes is an important skill for 6-year-olds to master and this Unicorn Slime Kit allows them to do that; the end result of Unicorn themed slime should be enough to motivate the child to persevere and concentrate carefully. There are online instructional videos as well as written instructions so different kinds of learners are catered to.
Slime is a lovely opportunity for sensory play and also increases childrenâs scientific understanding as they see how different ingredients and materials combine to create something new with different properties.
- Everything needed to make slime provided
- Access to online instructional videos
- Increases childrenâs scientific understanding
- Sensory play opportunities
- Can get messy!
8.Multi Voice Changer Megaphone
People of all ages love to play with voice changers, including the six-year-old girl youâre shopping for. This megaphone voice changer would make a fun gift to keep her entertained, both indoors and outdoors. It features 10 pre-programmed voice modifiers and a slider to change the frequency, providing hundreds of voice alterations. Itâs a great way to teach young children about the science of voice synthesizing.
In addition to the fun of changing and amplifying voices, it also has built-in LEDs that light up when the trigger is squeezed. This would be a perfect gift for outdoor sports games to cheer on friends, or for singing fun songs in silly voices. It runs off of a nine-volt battery but does come with one included so itâs ready to go right out of the package. This is a gift that will provide hours of fun and entertainment, either alone or with the entire family.
- Teaches about voice synthesizing
- Produces hundreds of sound variations
- Encourages self-confidence
- Provides fun for all ages
- Requires batteries
9.Guess Who
Guess Who is a classic family board game and around about 6 years old children will be able to begin to join in with it. Guess Who requires players to use a process of elimination to determine the character that the other player has selected, this requires logic and problem-solving skills. It also improves childrenâs speech and language skills as they ask questions to find out information about the other players characters, and think carefully about how to gain the most useful information.
Playing board games with others also requires that children learn the etiquette and rules of playing games and promotes pro-social skills such as turn-taking, winning and losing gracefully, and following the rules.
- Involves another player; social play
- Promotes social skills; turn-taking
- Improves speech and language skills
- Increases logic skills
- Requires another player
10.Hudora All Stars Basketball Stand
The Hudora All Stars Basketball Stand is a basketball hoop that comes complete with a stand and pole meaning that wall-mounting is not required and that the basketball stand can be stored away and taken out when needed. As well as developing an interest in sports, specifically basketball or netball, the Hudora All Stars Basketball stand will get a 6-year-old playing outdoors and keep them active, fit and healthy.
Basketball, and other similar sports help to develop all round co-ordination but specifically hand-eye coordination which enhances the skills used for writing. If the 6-year-old youâre buying for loves sports then this is a great way to help her pursue her passion.
- Encourages outdoor play
- Develops interest in sports
- Promotes physical activity keeping children fit and healthy
- Improves hand-eye coordination
- Does not require wall-mounting
- Requires significant outdoor space
11.Lego Friends Miaâs Tree House
Lego holds a long-lasting appeal and will be played with through the generations meaning that it represents a good investment to a family. Not only is it durable, but it is also open ended and can be used in conjunction with any other Lego sets available which really expands the range of play scenarios available.
6-year-old girls tend to love the Lego friends range because it promotes the social, imaginative play that they are so fond of. The âLego friendsâ are a set of girls who all have their own interests and personalities and 6-year-olds tend to be very interested in learning about others so this holds great appeal. The Tree House set is suitably complex so will encourage a 6-year-old to follow the instructions and persevere; it features a zip wire, an attic with opening roof, and a climbing net.
- Long lasting appeal
- Improves construction skills, logic and perseverance
- Child learns to follow instruction manual
- Includes 5 mini-figures to play with
- Expansion packs available
- Lots of very small pieces; needs storage to avoid lost parts
12.Barbie Dreamhouse
The Barbie Dreamhouse has been the toy of dreams for a few generations now; though its design has definitely evolved along the way! The Barbie Dreamhouse now features a working lift, a terrace complete with swimming pool and water slide, and all kinds of lights and sounds. The Barbie Dreamhouse is a gift which has a real wow factor and would impress any 6-year-old girl receiving it!
Compatible with other Barbie sets, and coming with over 60 different accessories there are endless ways to play so the Dreamhouse will really spark a 6-year-old girlâs creativity and imagination allowing her to act out plenty of different scenarios and enhance her storytelling ability.
- Compatible with other Barbie toys
- Lights and sounds to add realism
- Encourage imaginative role play
- Develops story-telling skills
- Over 60 accessories included
- Large item which require space to play and store
- Requires batteries
13.Braun Mega Hairstyling Set
At age 6 many little girls love playing hairdressers but are definitely not ready for the responsibility of hairdryers or straighteners! The Braun Mega Hairstyling Set has working accessories such as a battery powered hairdryer that blows real air and a water spray bottle that can be filled with water and sprayed. The straighteners are just for play, and the hairdryer does not produce heat meaning that the set is perfectly safe for 6-year-olds to play with independently.
The Braun Mega Hairstyling Set promotes imitation and imaginative role play and when played alongside others allows social skills to develop. It also allows the 6-year-old girl to practice brushing and styling her own hair which will increase her self-care skills.
- Promotes imaginative play
- Encourages imitation and social skills
- Real air-blowing function
- Increases self-care skills
- Requires batteries
14.Intex Inflatable Flamingo
Swimming is a great exercise for young children and at 6-years-old many children are beginning to feel more confident in the water. Under adult supervision, using this fun, inflatable flamingo toy they can build up their physical strength and fitness. The 2 handles increase the floatâs stability in the water meaning that it is less likely to tip, further increasing childrenâs confidence.
Swimming also improves childrenâs gross motor skills as they learn to move their body through the water, and the Intex Inflatable Flamingo also encourages skills like pulling up, balancing, and kicking.
- Easy to inflate
- 2 handles increase stability in water
- Increases childâs confidence
- Opportunity to build physical skills
- Fun, flamingo design
- Most useful for a trip to the pool
- Requires adult supervision
15.Mermaid Blanket
Blankets are actually very popular with 6-year-olds who love the chance to get all snuggled up to watch a movie or have a slumber party. The blanket is designed to be worn as a mermaid tail, being pulled up over the legs; kind of sensory input can be important to children as they become better at self-regulating and gaining control of their emotions.
The Mermaid blanket is made with eco-friendly material but is still durable and high-quality. It is made to fit children age 3-8 when worn as a mermaidâs tail. It can also double up as a âdressing upâ costume for imaginative role-play.
- Fits children age 3-8
- Durable, high quality blanket
- Eco-friendly material
- Caters to childrenâs interests
- Requires careful washing
