My Secret Circle-Safe Social Networking for Tween Girls
December 1, 2009 by Elizabeth
Filed under Gifts for Tweens
Kids are more tech savvy than ever these days. As kids in the tween age range see older brothers, sisters and relatives getting on social networking sites, like Facebook and MySpace, they want to get into the craze. But, most parents won’t allow it – for good reason. Finally, there’s a safe, fun new [...]
ChicoBag Messenger Bags
November 23, 2009 by Elizabeth
Filed under Gifts for Teens
Andy Keller founded ChicoBag™ in 2004 after seeing the number of plastic bags littering a local landfill. His goal was to make a reusable bag that was easy to carry and use, and made use of recycled materials. ChicoBag’s mission is to reduce single-use bag waste by offering compact reusable bags and packs that are [...]
Lunchbox Love for Teens & Tweens
Say Please believes words are important, especially positive words. The tween and teen years can be difficult, and Lunchbox Love cards from Say Please make it easy to tell your child you are sorry, tell them how much you care about them, share love and encouragement. I’m especially thrilled to find their Lunchbox Love for [...]
What’s Tappening? Water Bottles
Eric Yaverbaum and Mark DiMassimo had an idea-start a campaign and website to educate people about the environmental impact of bottled water. They called it Tappening, and to finance the campaign, they created a line of BPA-free, reusable water bottles. Their first production run of 39,000 reusable bottles sold out in 36 hours after they [...]
Tooks Hats With HeadPhones
Combine a warm winter cap with a built-in pair of headphones and you’ve got the perfect winter accessory for tweens and teens! Tooks Hats combine stylish designs in a variety of colors and patterns with a pair of headphones attached on the inside with Velcro. The cord runs out a small hole in the back [...]
Blurt! Board Game
Blurt! would make a great gift for a tween or to give as a family gift! In this fast-paced game of word recall, players take turns rolling a die and reading the definition to a word from a card (for example, what word means “a partially dried grape?”) All players blurt out their word guesses, [...]
FaceChipz-Safe Social Networking for Tweens
November 16, 2009 by Elizabeth
Filed under Gifts for Tweens
FaceChipz were created by George Zaloom, a father of four girls who wanted to help them find a safe way to interact with friends online. They were too old for sites like Club Penguin or Webkinz, but not old enough for MySpace or Facebook. So, they put their heads together and came up with FaceChipz! [...]
Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider Adventure
November 16, 2009 by Elizabeth
Filed under Gifts for Tweens
Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider Novel (#8) feels ripped from the headlines, with a charity broker con artist raising millions of dollars in donations, only to invest them in a form of genetically modified wheat that has the power to release an airborne strain of virus so powerful, it can knock out an entire [...]
You’ve Been Sentenced!
You’ve Been Sentenced! by McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds is the first game to take cards with words on them and turn it into a funny, challenging game for players of all ages! Using a deck of pentagon-shaped cards with conjugations of words, famous names, familiar places, and wild cards, players race to form real [...]
Herculittles-The Tiny Little Magnet with the Herculean Hold
November 13, 2009 by Elizabeth
Filed under Gifts for Teens
Why are Herculittles a great stocking stuffer gift for teens? Because they are the perfect way for teens to display photos or reminders on the inside of their locker door, or to hang up artwork or a paper with a terrific grade on the refrigerator at home. Herculittles are tiny yet mighty-each one is strong [...]

