Birthday is always a holiday, it is an expectation of a miracle, a surprise. Adults are happy to get together with the company, and new toys and entertainment await the children. What if the gift needs to be presented not to a child, but also not to an adult? For example, the girl is 11 years old.
What should be considered?
The date of 11 years is the beginning of the period of formation of an adult. You can’t give a child’s gift. But I still want to surprise a little child and give a really necessary and interesting present. A gift should please here and now, be interesting and memorable. And this is not always an expensive thing. What exactly should not be given to an eleven-year-old girl?
- Gold items. It is unlikely that a girl at this age will appreciate such an expensive gift and will protect it. Gold is given to older adults.
- clothing. If you decide to update your daughter’s wardrobe and give clothes, killing two birds with one stone, this is not a good idea. The girl will not be very happy about such a gift, because she wants something unusual, and not the purchase of everyday things. The feeling of surprise and joy from receiving a presentation is lost. After all, a birthday is a magical holiday, isn't it? This also includes clothing for growth.
- Toys. At this age, as a rule, girls already have other hobbies. A toy can become a gift if it is a collectible or a girl collects such.
- Sweets and cakes. Even if these are exclusive sweets, the girl will not appreciate them as adults.
Daughter Gift Options
When choosing a gift for the daughter’s 11th birthday, her interests, hobbies should be taken into account and the teenager should consider the gift. Gifts can be divided into several categories.
You can use several ideas in each category.
Useful
This may be a book, an encyclopedia, other developmental literature. When buying a book, consider the interests of your daughter or old dreams. A great gift can be a series of books, for example, about Harry Potter. Or a series of encyclopedias. Maybe the daughter is fond of history, sewing, painting or beads. When buying a book on needlework or drawing lessons, for example, you can buy a set of beads, threads or an album and good pencils and paints. If a girl is fond of drawing, you can give paints for drawing on clothes. Even an adult will be delighted with such a gift. Useful sets for creating various jewelry.
The Young Chemist set will also be an excellent gift, thanks to which you can experiment with chemicals of different consistencies, see different chemical reactions and feel like a chemist in a very important laboratory. The set “Young Physicist” will allow you to see in reality how the laws of physics work, thanks to which many things in life will become more understandable and, perhaps, physics will become the favorite subject of the birthday girl.
The Chocolate Making Kit will appeal to a girl who likes to help her mother in the kitchen. Then she will be able to fully feel like a chef in a restaurant. The set "Making Soap" is loved by many. This process happens like magic. By adding various petals, scrubs, salts, aromatic oils, the girl herself creates something that even had no idea before such a gift. The kit usually also includes components for the now popular aromatic sizzling bombs.
Such gifts will broaden the horizons of the child and encourage them to learn new things, to know the world. Perhaps the daughter will find herself a decent hobby in return for, for example, games on the phone.
The main thing when buying is to pay attention to the age category, which is indicated on the box.
For older children, sets are offered more complex and interesting. Many of the birthday girls probably would not have abandoned the still popular 3D pens and printers. They develop imagination, teach accuracy, perseverance.
Also in this category of gifts can be attributed intellectual games - "Monopoly", "Scrabble". These games teach to count money, analyze economic processes, calculate risks. The game will captivate the daughter and her friends for a long time and will help them develop and broaden their horizons. If the eleven-year-old daughter is active and mobile, you can give her the coveted sports gift. Which one - depends on the desires of the child and the capabilities of the parents. It can be a bicycle, a scooter, a skate, rollers or fashionable sneakers.
Pleasant
This category includes a phone or a tablet that a daughter has long wanted. Before buying such a gift, it is advisable to find out exactly what she wants, what characteristics are important for her when choosing a phone. Perhaps the girl feels the urge to take pictures. In this case, you can buy her a good camera to implement her ideas.
These gifts include a set of cosmetics for personal care. It can be perfume, cream, hair care product, if a girl is interested in this topic and wants to imitate adults. But the sets of cosmetics for young children only annoy the birthday girl, because she feels already an adult, and not a small child.
You can buy a beautiful bag or wallet. Girls at this age want to be like adult girls and copy their manner of dressing, including accessories.
Unexpected
These are surprise gifts, impression gifts that will please the eleven-year-old birthday girl, if you, of course, know her tastes and hobbies well. Agree, organizing an active and high-profile birthday for a daughter who likes to spend time in silence and read books is not a good idea. Unexpected gifts include a trip to the water park with the whole family or with girlfriends for the whole day. Great emotions, an unusual celebration will surely be remembered for a lifetime by your daughter and her friends.
You can also organize a celebration in the quest room and only then go to the cafe. You can organize your own quest in the fresh air. Scenarios for conducting such quests and ideas are found in large numbers on the Internet.
The daughter will definitely appreciate your efforts to create an individual holiday especially for her. What is important here is precisely the effect of surprise.
The most valuable thing here is positive emotions, so you need to create the impression that the birthday will be held as usual, and nothing new is planned. A great idea would be to ride the whole family on horseback, if this was a long-standing desire of a teenager. But what if you arrange your daughter a real professional photo shoot? This surprise will be remembered for a long time and definitely will appeal to a young girl.
Perhaps the most unexpected and stunning gift will be a pet. This can be a puppy, kitten, chinchilla, domestic rat, ferret, fish, hamsters or birds. However, such a gift can be given only if the teenager has asked for it for a long time and agrees to take responsibility for his pet and take care of it. Naturally, the purchase of such a gift should be agreed with all family members, because an animal is not a thing or a toy.
You will definitely remember such a cool gift as tickets to the concert of your favorite artist or group. It will be more fun if you purchase a few more for your friends. After all, then the birthday girl will be with whom to share emotions. If you live in a small city, then a mini-trip to a nearby neighboring major city with attractions will be very impressive. A change of scenery, travel, expectations, a sea of impressions - the key to creating a good mood. During the walk you can visit both the sights and the zoo, better contact, a dolphinarium or a planetarium. The main thing when choosing such a surprise gift is to get to the point, to guess the daughter’s desire.
Money cannot be attributed to any category. But you can give them something. Such a gift will be appropriate only if the child collects money to buy some large gift. When giving money, it is better to put them in a beautiful envelope, be sure to sign it. And for such a gift you can give beautiful and beloved sweets or any other trifle, so that the daughter feels that the gift is from the heart. Children very subtly feel indifference towards them. Just giving money and not thinking about a gift is far from the best option. The girl wants to feel the closeness of her parents, their participation and attention to her interests.
What can I give to my friend?
We decided on my parents. If they are in close contact with their daughter and know how she lives, what she dreams about, they will probably be able to pick up a gift for the soul and their wallet. And what gift can I give to my 11-year-old girlfriend? I want the present to be original, unusual. When you are going to a friend’s birthday, you have common interests with her. Therefore, you can pick up a gift, knowing the hobbies of a friend. The best option is a surprise gift. It could be some handicraft master class that the girl had long dreamed of visiting.
You can give a certificate for the purchase of cosmetics, for example. Let the birthday girl choose perfumes, cream or other accessories for the girls at her discretion. At this age, interest in cosmetics is shown, you can give a birthday box with cosmetics. And friends will try to put on makeup together, having fun and interesting time. You can buy a girlfriend one of the above gifts and make a birthday card, a candle, or dump a small toy or a brooch. Today, there are so many accessories sold in handicraft departments that this gift will be different from the standard.
How to congratulate my sister?
Sister is a very close and dear person. With her childhood passed, growing up.You can give a more emotional present to your sister. Depending on the age of the donor, the sister can give the same gifts as the parents. Sisters and brothers communicate with the girl more closely and can know more about her desires than sometimes her parents. Perhaps this will be a gift for spending time together, because attention and participation are worth a lot.
When choosing a gift, the main thing is to take into account the interests and desires of the birthday girl. Make yourself a list of possible gifts, gently tell the stories associated with these gifts, and follow the reaction of the sister. For example, you can say that someone from your friends was presented with a surprise, and then you should see how the birthday girl will react to this. Still, all people are different, and there are those who like certainty.
Carefully observe the girl, her reactions and behavior, and you will be able to understand what is closer to your sister, and then you will certainly not be mistaken with a gift.
In the next video you will find examples of gifts for a girl of 11 years old.