15 Frugal Gift Ideas for Teen Girls
Check out this amazing list of 15 frugal gift ideas for teen girls! Hint: it’s stuff they will actually love!
Being a teen is hard. It’s the weird in-between age, which makes it hard to know what they want.
They’re too old for toys, yet still want to play with them.
And they’re too young for more adult gifts, although they think they can have them.
So what do you get a teen girl for Christmas?
Keep reading for some amazing gift ideas for teen girls that they’ll actually love! (Even though they’ll never tell you that.)
Frugal Gift Ideas for Teen Girls
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Mani Pedi Gift Basket
Grab a basket from Dollar Tree and add items for an at-home mani pedi. Great ideas for this basket include:
- Nail polish
- Nail polish remover wipes
- Nail clippers
- Nail files
- Lotion
- Pumice stone
- Fuzzy socks
Wrap the basket of goodies in pretty cellophane and tie together with a pretty bow. All for under $10!
Blind Bags
My daughter is turning 14 soon and she loves blind bags. I have to admit that I kind of love them, too. Some of them are so cute! This one is the one my daughter is asking for this year.
You can find them for $15 and under on Amazon.
PopSockets
Teen girls are rarely seen without their phones in their hands. PopSockets make phones easier to hold (so they won’t drop them while scrolling and walking). And they can be used to hold the phone upright on a flat surface.
Most of them $10 and under on Amazon.
Bracelet sets
Stretch bracelet sets are very trendy right now, making them great gift ideas for teen girls. Kohl’s has a cute black and silver set on sale right now for under $15.
Or join the bracelet club at Elevated Faith and get 3 bracelets in a limited edition pouch every month for only $15. Plus a portion of their sales goes to charities around the world.
Join the Elevated Faith bracelet club here.
Photo clip lights
How cool are photo clip lights? They are string lights, but also clips for hanging things like photos and cards. Teen girls can put them in their rooms so they can hang photos of their friends, family, and pets.
$14.99 at Amazon or only $12.74 for Prime members.
Lip balm sets
You can never go wrong with lip balm, especially during the winter. Target has an adorable lip balm set for only $9.99. It looks like a book and has a cute little story on the inside along with 10 lip balms in holiday flavors.
Lotion sets
Ulta has an adorable lotion set that comes with 3 lotions, a zipper bag, and 3 hair pom-poms all for $15. And they smell like cakes!
Makeup mirror
Teen girls need a lighted mirror to apply their makeup. Amazon has one with 22 LED lights, touch screen dimming, and 10 times magnification for only $11.98!
Makeup brush set
Of course, teen girls going to need new makeup brushes to go along with their new makeup mirror. You can get a 16-piece set at Amazon right now for only $9.99!
You Matter Subscription Box
Send your teen girl a box every month that tells them that they matter. This box was developed by a school counselor who found that many teens were feeling alone, depressed, and suicidal. Therefore a box was created filled with encouraging and uplifting items to show them that they matter. What a cool idea! And it’s only $5 a month!
Sign up for a monthly subscription box here.
Coloring book and markers set
Coloring is for any age, not just for kids. (I still love to color!) Coloring books and markers make great gift ideas for teen girls. I love this inspirational coloring book (only $6.99) and these markers (only $7.89). Together they are still under $15.
Amazon Audible Membership
Sign your teen girl up for an Amazon Audible Membership so they can listen to books any time, anywhere.
Click here to get a 30-day free trial to Amazon Audible to try it before you buy it.
Or, if they’d rather read books on their tablets or phones, sign up for a Kindle Unlimited membership plan.
You can get a free one-month trial here.
Movie night
Give your teenage girl a movie night with her friends (or with you if she’ll allow it!). Place a DVD in a basket along with a bag of popcorn, and movie candy. You can find DVDs at Walmart on Black Friday for $5 and candy for only $1. Buy a box of popcorn from the grocery store and pop it yourself, then put it in a big bowl from the dollar store to save even more. All for under $15!
Selfie ring light
Teen girls love taking selfies and don’t even get me started with Tik Tok videos. (My daughter doesn’t like me right now because I won’t let her have Tik Tok. Insert eye roll emoji.) However, she does have a selfie ring light, which fits onto her phone. (It fits any phone). Amazon has these right now for only $9.99!
Gift cards
Gift cards are always the perfect gift ideas for teen girls. My daughter loves getting gift cards because she can go online and pick out whatever she wants for herself.
Choose a gift card from her favorite store, put it in a huge box, and place it under the tree for Christmas day. She’ll never guess what’s in there!
Do you have a teen girl to buy gifts for this Christmas? What are your favorite gift ideas for teen girls?
Saving this one, along with your other gift idea posts! Thank you for the help!!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you found them all helpful!
For me, picking a gift for my teen nieces is the hardest job ? So, thanks for the ideas!
Teen girls are hard to buy for! 😀 I’m glad you found these ideas helpful. 🙂
Teen age girls are so hard to buy for so this blog post has some really great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! I agree – my daughter is 13 and even though she has given me some ideas I’m still at what to get. LOL
Gift baskets are one of my favorite gifts to give! It’s so fun to personalize them to someone’s personality, and not too expensive either ?.
Mine, too! It’s so fun putting them together. 🙂
The pedicure basket was so perfect, but I really loved all of your thoughtful gift ideas!
Thank you so much! 😀
Perhaps I am too old – I never understood the point of Tik Tok and Mini Brands. I recently came across Mini Brands at the “As Seen on TV” store and it left me confused. Teens are really into these things? As a teenager, I was into video games, specifically PS2 games. And books. Its nice to see that mini pedicure baskets are still a thing, as they were back in the early 2000’s.
I’m with you on Tik Tok and minj brands. I don’t get it either. And honestly if my daughter didn’t show me these things I’d never know about them. ? I loved how much simpler things were back in the day. There’s just too much stuff nowadays.
Wonderful ideas Michelle, thank you! I’ll make a note of these for a few birthdays coming up too x
Thank you so much! Yes, these are great gift ideas for birthdays, too. ?
What great ideas! I have two teen daughters, so best believe I’m taking notes!
Thank you so much! ?
Michelle, would that ring light work for when I use my phone to take pictures of my craft projects for my blog??? Sometimes I have the hardest time getting the right light, no matter how hard I try.
Yes you can turn it around, too. I’ve used it for some of my photos because I have terrible light in my house.
Okay, I will have to try it! Thank you!
These are all such great ideas! I’ve never heard of blind bags before but they look so cool so I’m super excited to share them with my neice. She would be over the moon for anything on this list actually. Thanks for making holiday shopping so easy, CoCo
Thank you so much! My daughter loves getting blind bags. Honestly I had no idea what they were until she showed me. ? I’m sure your niece will love them, too!
Great ideas, Michelle! I have a few teen boys to shop for but the Amazon audible suggestion would be great for them ~ Thanks for the idea!
Thank you!! Last week I did a list for teen boys. And I agree that the audible membership will be great for boys, too.
I love the sound of those subscription boxes, I’m sure a lot of teen girls could benefit from something like that. These are all great ideas, I used to love the little sets I would get in my early teens x
I loved getting gift sets, too. I still love them although I don’t get them very often. I think subscription boxes are so cool!
https://youtu.be/MjUqfRrWwcM
These items are so aforadble! Thank you for the frugal gift ideas!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you found them helpful!
This is so perfect, just what I needed, I actually stopped in the middle of reading and bought my 12 year old granddaughter a couple of gifts. Thank you xoxo
Thank you so much! I hope your granddaughter loves her gifts! ❤️
The You Matter Subscription Box sounds so incredibly lovely!
Doesn’t it? I think that’s such a great idea!
Super ideas. Have pinned this.
Thank you so much!
Thank you! My granddaughters are 13 and 17. All I ever gift them is money. Christmas 2020 they’re going to receive a surprise bag of these items. Merry Christmas ?
That’s great! It’s hard to know what to get a teen sometimes. I’m sure they’ll love getting a surprise bag!
Merry Christmas!!
Good ideas for those hard to shop for teens.
Thank you! Yes, they can be difficult to buy for sometimes. 🙂
Teen daughters, yup, I have two of those. One likes makeup, the other is more into tech, so this list is perfect. 🙂
I have one teen daughter who’s into both so I know the feeling! 😀 Thank you!
Great ideas!! Love the blind box idea and you matter subscription, never heard of either before!!
Thank you! I think the You Matter subscription box is such a sweet idea!
Yea very cool for sure!!