How to Select a Gift for a 9-Year-Old Girl

Enjoy shopping for the perfect gift for that special nine-year-old girl in your life.

Things You'll Need

• Bookstore Gift Certificates
• Children's Clothes
• Birthday Cards
• Children/teen Gift Certificates
• CDs - Children's
• School Supplies
• Children's Software
• Children's Board Games
• Children's Puzzles
• soccer balls

Instructions

1. Consider the girl in question: Does she like gymnastics? Soccer? Puzzles? Board games? Computers?

2. Find something that will help her develop her interests.

3. Browse a toy store, virtual or real, and find something that you think might please her: A three-dimensional puzzle or a make-your-own bath gel kit.

4. Take a shortcut and check with someone who knows her well. They'll probably have an inside track to what will please her.

5. Give books, CDs or software.

6. Be practical and go for clothes or school supplies, or make a deposit in her savings account.

7. Go for a gift certificate if you're out of time or ideas.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure whatever you get is returnable.

• Read packaging and safety labels carefully to avoid giving an unsafe gift.