How to Select a Gift for an 8-Year-Old Girl

Enjoy yourself as you search out the perfect gift for that special eight-year-old girl in your life.

Things You'll Need

• Bookstore Gift Certificates
• Birthday Cards
• Children/teen Gift Certificates
• Pool Toys
• Movie Tickets
• Savings Bonds
• Baseball Bats
• Baseballs

Instructions

1. Consider her interests: Does she like baseball? Ballet? Books? Search out something that will help her develop her passions.

2. Indulge your inner child: Browse a toy store, real or online, and find something that you think might please her: A kid's magnetic poetry kit? Inflatable pool toys? Electronic memory games?

3. Go for an old favorite like Twister or a cool, new hi-tech watch.

4. Talk to her parents if you're at a loss. They'll know best what's likely to make her happy - and they'll also know what she already has.

5. Take her out to the movies or a children's museum. You'll get a one-on-one visit, and her parents will have a lightened parenting load.

6. Give a gift certificate and she'll be able to choose her own present.

7. Look to the future: Buy a bond for her education fund.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid adding to that stack of unused items in the garage - make sure whatever you get is returnable.

• Check labels and packaging carefully - whatever gift you choose must be child-safe.