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Tween.
noun: tween; plural noun: tweens; noun: tweenie; plural noun: tweenies
short for tweenager.
Also tween, tweeny. a youngster between 10 and 12 years of age, considered too old to be a child and too young to be a teenager.
Tweens are at that awkward age where it gets increasingly harder to know what to buy for their birthday. With fads and phases changing like the wind, it’s hard to keep up!
My eldest has just recently celebrated his 12th birthday, so I thought I would share a few gift ideas should you be needing any ideas for your tween’s upcoming birthday.
Xplora GXO2 Smart Watch
The *Xplora XGO2 is an affordable and GDPR-compliant ideal first phone for children aged 5-12. Running on Android 4.4 with a 1.4” capacitive touch colour LCD screen, it is easy to use and is incredibly responsive. When wearing and using the device, children can make and receive voice calls from pre-saved numbers only, so they can communicate with friends or family without the risk of receiving any unsolicited calls. These contacts can be managed on the parent’s app. The watch does not feature social media, making the safety of children using it a priority. The device can also receive and reply to text messages including text, emojis, images and voice messages. With a 0.3-megapixel camera and 4GB storage, there is also plenty of room to store photos.
Including a 700mAh battery providing 72 hours of standby battery and working with Wi-Fi as well as 4G, 3G and 2G connectivity, the watch ensures reliable connectivity and is also IP67 water-resistant so can survive a rainy day or messy play session outdoors! One of the most exciting features on the XGO2 watch is the step counter which encourages children to stay active and to be rewarded for this! With in-built G Sensors, the XGO2 accurately tracks kids’ steps which earn them Xplora Coins to be used in the groundbreaking and award-winning Xplora Goplay Platform. This aims to motivate children to spend more time taking part in physical activities offline in exchange for virtual rewards that can later be redeemed online via a gaming platform.
Jayden is loving his new smartwatch and enjoys counting his steps throughout the day, which is a fun way for him to keep fit.
He also likes to make random phone calls to me which makes me giggle. I’d definitely recommend one of these if you are wanting a little peace of mind knowing your kids are safe when they are out and about.
Mini-me plushie
I love these mini-me soft toys from British Made Gifts. You can upload your image and choose from lots of funny characters. You can choose by career, outfits and much more.
The print quality is excellent and the delivery is super fast!
We all have one of these in our house and they are so funny. Jayden has a racing driver as he is F1 mad! You can see him below being a nutter as normal!
Clue Game – Giant Edition
*CLUE Giant Edition by Spin Master is a super fun game for tweens. Nine mysterious rooms are laid out in a circle, each holding dark secrets inside to discover. Spin the spinner and move to a room by standing beside the room’s large vinyl mat. Inside, you can pick up 2 Evidence Cards – but you can keep only one. Or you might spin and take possession of another big piece of evidence: one of 6 large, foam Tools. Your goal: Move from room to room, collecting matching coloured Suspect, Room, and Tool cards, along with the matching foam Tool, and you’ll solve the case! Was it Professor Plum with the Rubber Mallet in the Library? Or Mr Green with the Trumpet in the Billiard Room? No case is too small to solve with CLUE the GIANT edition!
Jurassic World Dominion Stomp N’ Smash Board Game
From the new Jurassic World Dominion film based on the original Jurassic Park dinosaur movie, Jurassic World Dominion Stomp N’ Smash Board Game is a race to build your dinosaur and collect Jurassic tokens to become victorious. Not only do your kids get to play with their favourite dinosaurs, but they can also create sand art with the Kinetic Sand kit. The object is to create Kinetic Sand dinosaur clones and be the first player with 5 Jurassic tokens.
Beat The Parents
*Beat the Parents is the family showdown game where kids compete against their parents for household supremacy! There are more than just bragging rights at stake – each team must pick a wager before the game can begin. What are you willing to do if you lose? Wash the dishes? Treat the other side to movie night? Use the dry erase marker and wager board to put the stakes on display, and then start the competition!
Books
My eldest is quite the comedian and often comes out with the most hilarious things. He was recently sent the new *How To Be A Comedy Genius – The Best Jokes In The World Ever! By Pete Johnson And it did not disappoint.
Get ready to laugh out loud with some of the best jokes ever, featuring Louis the Laugh’s favourites from the best-selling series, together with contributions from school children across the UK. This is a book to really get kids laughing out loud – and whilst they’re feeling super happy, they’ll know too that they are helping children’s mental health, too, with a donation for every copy sold being made in collaboration with Work For Good.
Tetris Keyring
Enjoy gaming on the go with this novelty Tetris game keyring. There are two game modes to choose from and it includes original sounds and gameplay.
I think this makes a fun little boredom buster when out and about.
Do you know someone who would love any of these gift ideas?
I found it so hard when my girls were tweens. It is such an awkward age. We are getting my youngest a smart watch for her birthday this year. All she wants it for is to count her steps and do more than me. lol
The Mini-Me Plushie did make me chuckle, what a fun gift. x
My nephew would love the Jurassic World Dominion Stomp N’ Smash Board Game as he is dinosaur crazy!
I think I will definitely get my kids a smart watch to communicate with us when they’re a teen. And anything to get them active is a massive bonus.
Can be a nightmare finding a teenie gift – thanks for your ideas
Yes, tweens are a difficult age to buy gifts for. Thank you for the useful list, many of which I’d rather like to receive myself! Thank you.
I’ve always enjoyed Clue and hadn’t heard of the Giant edition. Sounds like it’s still basically the same. Gee I need to play it again. #MMBC
Tweens are so hard to buy for! My daughter is 10 so I know the struggle! Thank you for the great ideas!
I love the Jurassic World Dominion Stomp N’ Smash Board Game. The kids would love this especially.