What is your 12-15 year old DD asking for the holidays?

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Mine has Doc Martins on her list.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm getting a google slides presentation soon. Will let you know.

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My twin dds are almost 13. One asked for one book and her own private stash of mocha latte coffee. The other one hasn’t asked for anything yet. Apparently we don’t dream big in this household. They also have a December birthday, so I’ve got people breathing down my neck, asking for suggestions. I will be watching this thread carefully.

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My DDs will turn 12 and 14 around the holidays. Neither could think of anything to ask for. I got them each a Comfy. Other than that, we were considering doing just one big gift each. Possibly a Chromebook or laptop, since the school ones haven’t been great. Other possibility is a Cricut for the crafty one and a guitar for the musical one.

[Anonymous]

Starbucks gift card, clothes/sweats from aerie, a new dance bag, makeup from sephora/stuff from lush, lululemon leggings, cozy blanket, leotards.

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Anonymous wrote:PPs - do you have more detail/specific recommendations in both the Rolife kits and LED strips lights?

How hard are the Rolife kits to assemble and how is the quality?

What kind of adhesive is used for the strip lights? It makes me nervous to think of peeling paint when removing them.

Thanks is everyone for all the great ideas!

The Rolife kits are incredibly detailed, with tons of cutting and gluing. Each plant has individual leaves, or strips of leaves, to cut out and glue into the “pot,” upholstered furniture has cloth to glue onto the wooden frame you assemble, most kits have some sort of lights to wire up to a battery, etc.

The greenhouse has been the hardest so far for my daughter, because once you’ve completed all the interior stuff, the “glass” has to go over it all and fit precisely on the base, which has some overlapping parts that are tough to assemble exactly square. It also has a zillion fiddly little leaves to cut out. I’d recommend starting with one of the other ones, until you get the hang of them.

It’s not hard to get the hang of the techniques, and most of the instructions seem OK, if a bit awkwardly worded, but there’s lots of precise cutting and gluing and it definitely requires attention to detail. The included glue tends to be really stringy and my daughter got pretty frustrated with it, so I recommend looking at the “customers also bought” items on Amazon and picking up an extra bottle of clear model glue. Sharp detail scissors and good pointed-tip tweezers are also really helpful, and maybe an exacto knife.

But the nice thing is that even if they might look a little messy and crooked up close, from a little distance away, with their lights lit up, they look gorgeous. Highly recommend for a girl who finds crafts and models relaxing. Mine was obsessed with Lego kits as a kid, and still really enjoys building them with the family, but I think these feel a little more sophisticated to her. They’ve been a great antidote to all those hours of Zoom classes this fall.

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Currently has an old, crappy phone, so will probably get a new one as a gift. That will blow the budget, so not a lot else! Makeup, fuzzy socks, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:My DDs will turn 12 and 14 around the holidays. Neither could think of anything to ask for. I got them each a Comfy. Other than that, we were considering doing just one big gift each. Possibly a Chromebook or laptop, since the school ones haven’t been great. Other possibility is a Cricut for the crafty one and a guitar for the musical one.

My DD (12) saved her money and bought herself a cricut. They’re tricky to use! Just FYI. Mine daughter has lots of patience and she still gave up on it!

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Wireless Photo printer (like this https://www.target.com/p/canon-ivy-mini-photo-printer-rose-gold/-/A-76149160?)

Bubble Tea Kit

Cooking Lessons from Cookology (online)

Clothes

Natural Makeup/Skin Care DIY kit (still looking for these....)

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https://www.tokidoki.it/collections/w-all

I bought a few items from this site- I have my fingers crossed that what I got is “cool”.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DDs will turn 12 and 14 around the holidays. Neither could think of anything to ask for. I got them each a Comfy. Other than that, we were considering doing just one big gift each. Possibly a Chromebook or laptop, since the school ones haven’t been great. Other possibility is a Cricut for the crafty one and a guitar for the musical one.

My DD (12) saved her money and bought herself a cricut. They’re tricky to use! Just FYI. Mine daughter has lots of patience and she still gave up on it!

Thanks for the tip. She says she used one at school and knows how, but I don’t know how much the teacher set up for them in advance. Which model did your DD get?

[Anonymous]

iPhone 12 (not getting it); The Instax cameras are still somewhat popular if they don't already have one. They also recently just got a printer for their camera photos where the prints look like the instax/polaroid photos.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DDs will turn 12 and 14 around the holidays. Neither could think of anything to ask for. I got them each a Comfy. Other than that, we were considering doing just one big gift each. Possibly a Chromebook or laptop, since the school ones haven’t been great. Other possibility is a Cricut for the crafty one and a guitar for the musical one.

My DD (12) saved her money and bought herself a cricut. They’re tricky to use! Just FYI. Mine daughter has lots of patience and she still gave up on it!

Thanks for the tip. She says she used one at school and knows how, but I don’t know how much the teacher set up for them in advance. Which model did your DD get?

I have a silhuoette studio cutter, which is similar to the cricut in what it does, but is incredibly easy to use, the software is pretty easy and there are lots of youtube videos and the actual cutting part is like a printer in a lot of ways.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DDs will turn 12 and 14 around the holidays. Neither could think of anything to ask for. I got them each a Comfy. Other than that, we were considering doing just one big gift each. Possibly a Chromebook or laptop, since the school ones haven’t been great. Other possibility is a Cricut for the crafty one and a guitar for the musical one.

My DD (12) saved her money and bought herself a cricut. They’re tricky to use! Just FYI. Mine daughter has lots of patience and she still gave up on it!

Thanks for the tip. She says she used one at school and knows how, but I don’t know how much the teacher set up for them in advance. Which model did your DD get?

Cricut Explore Air 2

[Anonymous]

Uggs and a denim jacket