The 2016 Smarty Holiday Toy Gift Guide is sponsored by our favorite local toy store, Toys & Co in Cotswold. Find everything on your child’s wish list and then some at Toys & Co! And guess what? They will wrap every gift BEAUTIFULLY and oh-so-expertly – so you don’t have to pull an all-nighter on Christmas Eve! Check out Toys & Co’s 2016 100 Best Toys List – you’ll have everyone covered on your list!
This is our BIG week here in Smartyland – our annual holiday toy gift guide. We divvy ’em up by ages and our Smarty bloggers get to work helping Santa figure out who gets what.
We bring you our Gift Guide for Tweens & Teens (these terms are totally interchangeable!), by our Smarty tween & teen team, Smarty Ansley, Isabel & Ava – and a sprinkle of the #momsquad! We brought in the teen experts themselves for this bad boy!
It’s all about technology for the tween in your household…
If your teen is begging for an iPhone upgrade, the holidays is the perfect time to give it to him or her. P.S. We hear the iPhone 7 camera is getting RAVE reviews, kinda worth the upgrade.
Actually, anything with an “i” in front of it…start out with an iPad mini 4
OR go big with the iPad Pro
The Apple Watch is getting SUPER popular for all ages, tween and up:
Springfree Trampoline. This will be the BEST.GIFT.YOU.WILL.EVER.GIVE.YOUR.KIDS {besides a puppy}:
Fuji Instax Mini 70 – New this year is the sleek, modern Fuji Instax Mini 70. It’s a great hybrid instant camera – in both price and features:
GoPro – AMAZING, for any active teen who is a natural vlogger…
Knockerball – this is one of those crazy “out there” gifts, kinda like the hoverboards last year, only these won’t catch on fire. Kids LOVE these – Knockerball parties are the latest rage on the birthday party circuit. But you can actually purchase one, for a price. How cool are these though?!
ENO Double Hammock & Strap. If your teen is preparing to be a Camp Counselor, you should definitely invest in this necessity. Many tweens have ENO’s on their list just to hang in their backyard, stacked one on top of the other, like this.
Camp Under the Tree!
This is the best grandparents gift EVER. Whether it’s day camp like Camp Thunderbird, dance camp like Jami Masters School of Dance, or overnight camp like Camp Harrison, excotic camp like Moondance Adventures Camp, or even DOLPHIN CAMP at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys (how fun is this?!), they will all be a hit!
And for the fashionista & girly-girls…
A PINK sweatshirt, teens love these:
Adidas Superstars – the hippest sneakers on the teen scene:
Altar’d State – basically anything in this store! Move over Urban Outfitters, a new teen shopping destination has taken over SouthPark Mall. Think gift cards, candles, sweaters, scarves – they pretty much have anything and everything for your teen fashionista.
Kendra Scott necklace and earrings, her pieces are timeless and beautiful:
Jo Malone Peony & Blush Suede, well actually, any Jo Malone scent – they are the BEST!
Anything ivivva for girls size 6-14 – this is Lulu’s little sis:
Anything lululemon for the true teenagers:
For all of your gift needs, head over to Toys & Co!
You can find Toys & Co at:
www.toysandco.com
Cotswold Village Shops
Charlotte, NC – 704-365-7980
Mon-Sat 9a-9p, Sun 12p-6p
