Help With Gift For Girl

[iamjoy]

Do eight year old girls (if not tomboys) still like playing with fashion dolls? When do they start to outgrow it? I mean, I liked playing with Barbie well into my pre-teens, but maybe that was just another symptom of my wierdness.

I am visiting family at the end of the month, they have an eight year old daughter and I have a cute little booklet of "Movie Star" paper dolls with all kinds of funky outfits. Cool or babyish?

[KittyWampus]

1. How About A Journal?

[Maddy McCall]

2. Sounds very cool.

I loved paper dolls when I was a kid.

[proud patriot]

3. gift certificate to a book store

if not that Barbies are usually popular at that age.

She'll love the paper dolls book you have .

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. Oh, I think that's great

Eight's not too old for paper dolls. She'll love it, I bet.

if not, slip her some cash. She'll like that, too............. :)

[JI7]

5. the paper dolls thing seems like something she would like

whether or not she is into barbie. i think it's just something she can have fun with.

[MrScorpio]

6. At First I thought I saw "Help With Girl For Girl"

Yeah, I'd help with that

But it's not. C'est la vie

[friesianrider]

7. I wasn't a tomboy, but not a girly-girl either...

And I loved model horses. Not too many young girls don't love animals - especially horses. Breyer horses were always a welcome gift when I was in that age bracket :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. I teach 10 year old girls

and most of them still like dolls.

[Left Is Write]

9. I loved paper dolls as a girl.

It sounds like a fun gift to me.

[quisp]

10. My daughter just turned eight and was thrilled...

with the Bratz doll she got. But I got her a real CD/mp3 player and new pop CD (Avril Lavigne) and a classic "something she needs to listen to" CD (Springsteen, Born to Run).

She was happy with those too.

And if she's a reader the new Harry Potter book is coming out soon.

[TlalocW]

11. Nothing kids love more than

Savings bonds.

Or some spanking brand new socks.

TlalocW

[philosophie_en_rose]

12. Nothing beats money.

As a former capitalist piglet, I actually did like getting savings bonds and money to hoard.

Something fun would be a gift certificate or a book preorder. (You can preorder something like Harry Potter and it will go directly to her house.) Or a journal might be nice.