Gift ideas · Age 11
Gifts for 11 year olds
Eleven year olds sit between kid and teen. They still play, but they want it to look cool, and they care a lot about doing things with friends.
Skip: Anything that looks like it came from the little kid aisle, even if they'd secretly like it.
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Safe bets for most 11 year olds
- 1A party card game, like Exploding KittensOur pick: Exploding Kittens, original editionSomething to play at the next sleepover. Find it
- 2A table tennis set for the kitchen tableOur pick: STIGA Retractable Anywhere table tennis setClips on in a minute and gets used every night. Find it
- 3A sketchbook and fine liner pensOur pick: Faber-Castell Do Art Drawing & Sketching setGrown-up supplies for kids who draw all the time. Find it
- 4A digital microscopeOur pick: Plugable 250x USB Digital MicroscopeThe kind that connects to a tablet, for leaves, bugs and hair. Find it
Match how they play
- 1CatanOur pick: Catan, 6th editionFor a competitor. Trading, planning and a lot of rematches. Find it
- 2A low-temperature glue gun and a craft binOur pick: Surebonder Mini Low Temp Glue GunFor a builder. Cardboard, sticks and glue keep a builder busy all winter. Find it
- 3A role-playing game starter setOur pick: D&D Starter Set: Heroes of the BorderlandsFor a storyteller. Starter sets are made to teach a new group of friends. Find it
- 4A display case for their collectionFor a collector. Their best finds, finally out of the drawer. Find one
Find gifts that match how they play
The gifts that get used match how a kid already likes to play. The quiz takes two minutes. No account needed, and adding a name is optional.
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