What do 11 year olds like

It's perfect for carrying books, accessories, tech gadgets, and well, anything! Make her room a little groovier with a mesmerizing lava lamp. She'll love the cool colors and soft, relaxing glow it gives. She'll love this heartfelt book about a young girl named Coyote who travels around the country in a school bus with her father.

Keep her cozy with this cotton candy-colored throw. It's all the rage on TikTok, so you know you'll get cool points for this gift! Teen detective Nancy Drew has captured the hearts of young girls for generations. The tween in your life will love digging into this set of five classic mysteries. Butterfly clips are back! Your favorite year-old fashionista will have tons of fun mixing and matching this colorful set.

This riddle book has nearly brain busters for hours of fun and learning. It's the perfect gift for a clever girl who loves thinking outside the box. She'll never be too old for this! These colorful bath bombs are pretty and so fun to use. This playful take on a classic childhood favorite will help them save up for something truly special. It comes in three cute colors.

Brighten up her room with these cute photo clip string lights. She can easily hang and swap out all of her favorite photos, artwork, cards, and more. Put her silly skills to the test with this hilarious game that calls on players to touch their tongue to their nose, raise each eyebrow individually like The Rock, not laugh while being tickled, and more.

She'll create three colorful jewelry or trinket dishes with this fun craft kit. They would make perfect DIY gifts for grandparents or parents! She can try out different vibrant hair colors with this temporary hair coloring chalk. With six combs per set, this will be a hit with her friends, too. You never forget your first watch.

She'll cherish this classic pink style for years to come. Budding writers can look things up the old-fashioned way with this beautiful version of Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary. It's newly revised and updated, and specifically designed for her age group. For the girl who loves to draw, opt for this DIY comic book set. She'll love seeing her artwork in the form of a professionally bound book.

Scrunchies are everywhere these days. It comes with two high-quality eyepieces 20mm and 10mm that provide low- and high-power views of celestial objects at night and terrestrial objects during the day. So kids can see stars and birds and so much else, oh my. Every great foam party deserves great tunes, and this little speaker delivers. It's IPX7 waterproof, has 10 hours of playtime, and connects to backpacks via the handy carabiner.

A quippy phrase. An inspiring quote. Or just their name. Imagine being an alien stranded on Earth, so you must find your ship before it's destroyed. And you do so by using your mad alien skills to solve puzzles, break in and find it without being a prisoner of Area Yeah, it's as cool as it sounds. NatGeo's kits are best in class. This one is no exception.

Kids choose between 45 experiments and learn to build and erupt a volcano, create a geyser, launch a rocket, and cause crazy chemical reactions.

Everything can be done using household items. You probably held out as long as you could, but your kid now has a phone. So he or she needs earbuds. But kids misplace everything, and these come with built-in Tile technology so you'll know where they are. Plus, they have 24 hours of battery life. If your tween is crochet-curious, this is the best kit to get. It's cute, accessible, and not remotely intimidating. Choose whatever critter they want to create, and they get to work; the kit includes a pre-started crochet piece, yarn, stuffing, a tapestry needle, and anything else they need to get this done.

Kids can program this app-enabled robot ball to roll along whatever path they set for it. But it's much more than that. A wonderful coding toy for older kids, this one is equipped with a gyroscope, accelerometer, and colorful LED lights. You program it using the app, drawing on your screen, using drag and drop coding blocks, or writing JavaScript. Plus, kids can use the Sphero Mini as a game controller for arcade-style games in the Play app. It has one hour of play time.

First, you build a truly eery dollhouse. And then, you must escape from it. The clues are challenging. The secret items are, well, puzzling.

And there's a handy solution wheel. It's a mental workout and a great group activity. At this age, tweens start to journal and this kit lets them do it on their own terms. They get a sheet spiral journal to include, plus stickers, gems, glitter frames and magnetic bookmarks to personalize it.

You can buy your average rocket launcher, the one you see in every park in every neighborhood. Or you can up the ante with this one. Each foam-tipped rocket is equipped with LED lights, which can be turned on and off. So you get a nighttime light show. And kids learn about the physics of motion and aerodynamics. Sick of nagging your tween to clean the room? And is your tween sick of your nagging? Solve the issue or at least try to resolve it with this magical reusable white board.

You simply attach the film to an actual, regular white board. Write on the film. Then, digitize whatever is written. And erase and reuse. It's a nice and fun way to open communication channels, and it's a smarter way for your tween to get a message across: Stay out of my room. This epically cool blaster has an easy-load magazine, trigger lock, tactical rail, and ready indicator. It looks just like the one toted by bounty hunter Boba Fett, and comes with a wearable fabric Boba Fett insignia patch.

There's a lot to love about this combination logic game, marble run, and STEM toy. Marbles, STEM, and higher order thinking? What else could a toy have? The 60 challenges included in this package mean there are hours of fun and learning to be had, as kids begin with simple tasks that get progressively harder, all using simple components towers, a target piece, a grid, and three marbles. This ridiculously awesome piece set of bricks turn into buildable, posable tyrannosaurus rex, triceratops and pteranodon skeleton models with displays stands.

Fitting for any budding paleontologist. These metal letters light up, and they add a totally industrial-cool vibe to any room. Get one letter. Or get enough to spell out a name or a word. Each one is nearly 10 inches tall. Kids can turn any sunny space into their own experimental darkroom by making sun prints of flowers, action figures Sunlight exposes the specially treated paper, creating a perfect silhouette of any object laid on the paper. This kit comes with 15 8xinch sheets, which adds up to hours and hours of outdoor fun for restless kids this summer.

It's a bird that's a drone. Or a drone that's a bird. A simple remote is used to control the creature, and it has autonomous obstacle recognition and will automatically turn around six feet away from a wall. Disaster averted. The thing made history and retains a true retro flair. And it comes to life with this 2,piece model, which is an '80s-style TV displaying the classic Super Mario game.

This extremely popular electronics exploration kit comes with everything kids need to learn about electricity and circuits. In terms of play time for the price, this toy is an excellent value. It's also just a really clever toy, with components labeled as they would be in a physics textbook's circuit diagrams and the ability to add even more to the more than 30 included modules.

That includes working models of a photo sensor, a flashing light, and a siren with an adjustable volume. Best of all, these click together and the instructions are easy to follow. Speaking of lights, these change colors, are remote-controlled, and have clips so your tween can hang photos and other stuff that means something. Aspiring engineers can learn all about structural integrity and problem-solving when they build their own bridges, learning along the way how bridges are designed to provide massive weight support over great distances.

Kids get the tools needed to build nine working models of bridges, including a beam bridge, arch bridge, truss bridge, cable-stayed bridge, and suspension bridge.

The Rubik's cube remains ever-popular, but it's something that you used to only be able to play on your own, so it's gets tiresome. Not anymore. It has 60 hours of play time on a single charge, so it keeps them busy for days, not hours. This faux fur chair is easy to inflate and perfect to sit in when studying or playing video games. This cool tumbler by the very popular Hydro Flask brand keeps beverages cold up to 24 hours or hot for up to six hours.

It comes in black, white or red. Now your child can train like a real Ninja Warrior and build their very own obstacle course. This Ninja kit comes with an intro kit and includes seven hanging attachments.

Are you up for the Ultimate Fake Food Challenge? Mold and shape the key compounds to create fake foods with your hands or sculpting tools! There are 24 surprises and challenges to take on in this game. This sampler pack has all the sweet treats your favorite year-old is craving, including birthday truffles, assorted cookies and a slice of Milk Bar's famous pie. This is a cool paint-by-numbers craft but with Pom Poms! No glue or scissors required.

There are four unique characters from a unicorn, puppy, kitty and a dinosaur! Also comes in a frame ready to be displayed. Still looking for the perfect gift? IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Share this —. Follow today. More Brands. By Carey Reilly and Sunah Syed. Dick's Sporting Goods. Go Cube. Urban Outfitters. Best Buy. Famous Footwear.

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