How to Select a Gift for a 7-Year-Old Girl

Step into your second-grade party shoes as you search out the ideal present for that seven-year-old girl in your life.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Bookstore Gift Certificates
• Children's Clothes
• Birthday Cards
• Children/teen Gift Certificates
• School Supplies
• Basketball Hoop Poles
• Basketball Hoops
• Basketballs
• Kid's Makeup Kits

1. Ponder her point of view: Does she like to read? Play sports? Dress up? Tinker on the computer?
2. Browse a toy store, real or virtual, for something that looks like it might suit her tastes: A new mystery book? A backyard basketball hoop? A makeup kit? A computer game?
3. Trust your instincts, if you know her well. Choose something you think she's just got to like.
4. Check with her parents if you want the inside scoop. They'll know what's likely to please her - and they'll also know what she already has.
5. Be practical: Buy clothes or school supplies.
6. Give a gift certificate from a store you like, and she'll have a chance to pick out her own present.
7. Think long-term and make a contribution to her college fund.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure whatever you settle on is returnable, so you don't add to that stack of unused items in the garage.
• Check labels and packaging to make certain your gift is safe for a seven-year-old. You don't want to be an unwitting contributor to an accident.