60 Best Gifts for 12-Year-Olds, According to Tweens and Parenting Experts

Tweens will love decorating their room with something that's uniquely theirs, like this neon sign bearing their name. There are so many ways to personalize it: You can choose the font, the color and the symbol at the end, along with the size, which goes from 16 inches to 50 inches.

They can take their artistic creation into the third dimension with this pen, which gives them an intro to the world of 3D printing. The artist gets to pick hot the unit gets, which puts them in control of how fast the plastic filament flows. It comes with three colors of ABS plastic filament to get them started.

Are they ready to make a movie like The Nightmare Before Christmas or Coraline? This comes with everything they'll need to get started, including a camera with microphone, animation software and a book with hints and tricks. Amazon reviewers say this is really for serious filmmakers — beginners might want to check out the easier-to-use Stikbot Zanimation.

The old marble run gets a huge upgrade with this set, which lets kids design a run, stack pieces and send a marble flying. Their engineering skills will be put to the test with 60 challenge cards that give builders prompts to work with. Ages 8+

Here's a game that's made just for them. During each round, two players will read a joke from the book and try to make the other one laugh. There are also prompts to make the whole thing even funnier.

There are more than 300 brain-teasers and riddles in this book — not bad for something that's less than $10! Who knows, maybe they'll quiz you, and you can give your own brain a workout. Ages 9+

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With this device, they'll be whipping up batches of cake pops in no time. It makes 12 cake pops at a time, and also comes with a fork for getting them in and out of the machine, 50 sticks and a cake pop holder so they can be displayed. You just have to provide the ingredients and let their creativity run wild.

This one lamp does so many things: As is expected of any lamp, it lights up, but it does so in a range of colors and at differing modes and levels of brightness. (Just tap it to turn it on, either for white light or color light, then change the brightness.) It's also a Bluetooth speaker, to help them play their tunes. It even has an AUX port to help them play music from other devices.

Okay, so they aren't into their piggy banks anymore. That's okay. They will love this electronic one that comes with a special code to get in (which parents can keep for themselves if they want!).

Let them switch up their hair looks without permanent hair dyes, which are hard to maintain. This set offers 10 different hues that wash out with shampoo and water, and Amazon reviewers call them easy to use and vibrant.

This little ball doesn't look like a sophisticated robot, but it's packed with a gyroscope, accelerometer and colorful LED lights. Kids can use drag-and-drop codes to get it to do games and challenges. It also comes in several colors. Ages 8+

When they need something to do with their hands, this is sure to do the trick (and get a smile while they're at it). Beads are suspended in a gel, and kids have the soothing sensation of pushing them around to augment the background picture. They can even print their own backgrounds. Ages 5+

If you have an artistic 12-year-old, give their projects a boost with this set of paint pens. They're less messy than real paint, the dye dries quickly, and they work on a variety of materials, including smooth wood, plastic, canvas, fabric, paper and clay.

This mystery box will keep them on their toes! It can be bent and flipped into a variety of shapes, revealing different patterns inside. Then, it becomes a brain-teaser to figure out how to get it back into box form again. Ages 8+

Help them sing in the shower (or listen to podcasts as the case may be) with this water-resistant Bluetooth speaker. It comes in six colors, suction cups to the shower wall and is easy to control, even with soapy hands.

This cushioned lap desk lets them do homework or use their computers in their beds. It fits 15.6" laptops, and has features that keep phones and papers from sliding off.

Ready to get them working on their memory and motor skills? This game flashes lights in a sequence, and players have to try to remember and repeat it. They can play this in a variety of ways, like in solo mode, head-to-head mode and silent mode. Ages 7+

Lunar fans young and old will appreciate this lamp, which comes 3D printed to look like the surface of the moon. You can customize it further by choosing one of four sizes, or shifting between the 16 colors of light.

When they're stuck inside on a rainy day, it doesn't mean they can't be active! This hover soccer ball glides over floors — and has foam bumpers, so it doesn't damage walls or furniture. You get two in a pack. Ages 3+

Whether they're using it as a backdrop for their TikToks or just as a cool enhancement to their room decor, tweens and teens love adding a pop of neon lights to their space. This comes with a strip of more than 16 feet of LED lights, and you can change the colors, brightness and mode.