Best gifts for teenagers who have everything in 2024
Here are the most unusual, unique and personalised options to buy your teenager this year.
At the best of times, buying gifts for a teenager can feel like a minefield. Getting the balance right between age appropriateness and something they’ll genuinely like is tricky.
This becomes even harder then, if your teen already has a lot of the basics when it comes to clothing and tech.
To help, we've taken a look at the latest trends and consulted the parents in our MadeForMums Top Testers Club for their recommendations for on what teen gifts will really push the boat out.
From unique gadgets like retro polaroid cameras and cooking gear, to personalised jewellery and one-off experience days, these products are guaranteed earn you some brownie points with even the hardest-to-please teens. We've also dived into TikTok to find the best items from the worlds of skincare, sport, Booktok and so much more so that, no matter their interest, your teen is well catered for.
Don't forget, that if you’re after a last-minute Christmas present for teens, the goodies from the best teenage advent calendars make excellent stocking fillers.
Best gifts for teens at a glance
- Bubble tea making kit, £10.99
- Jellycat Amuseable food range, from £11
- 100 Books Scratch Bucket List Poster, £12.99
- A Box of Stories Surprise Book subscription, from £12.99
- Rocketbook Mini Smart Notebook, £16.99
- Personalised Wire Frame Light Up Letter, £19.95
- Lakeland Mini Digital Ice Cream Maker, £19.99
- Personalised Enamel Snack Pot, £22
- Pressed Birth Flower Pendant Necklace, £30
- Pasta Evangelists Classic Pasta Making Kit, £30
- Oodie's, from
£65£32.50 - At Home: Fairy Light Kit, £38
- Benefit A-List Mini Makeup Gift Set, £39
- Nip and Fab Teen Skin Fix Deluxe Routine Kit, £39.95
- Sculpd Pottery Starter Kit, £39.99
- Zookeeper for the day experiences, from £46
- Pandora charm bracelet, from £55
- Ancestery DNA Kit, £59
- NASA Telescope 3, £59.99
- LEGO Wild Safari Animals, £59.99
- Football Team Home Shirt, from £60
- Adidas Samba, from £60
- Marc Jacobs Daisy Wild, £63.75
- INSTAX mini Polaroid Camera, £74.99
- FORZA Locking Football Goal 8ft x 6ft, £99.99
- 60 minute Young Driver Experience, £99.99
- iFLY Indoor Skydiving for Two, £104.99
- Hear My Song Experience, £150
- The Making of Harry Potter and Lunch for Two, £177
- Nintendo Switch OLED, £309.99
Best gifts for teens to buy in 2024
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- Clothes and beauty gifts for teens
- Tech gifts for teens
- Experience gifts for teens
- Personalised gifts for teens
- Gifts for teens who like art
- Gifts for teens who like sport
- Gifts for teens who like cooking
- Gifts for teens who like animals
- Gifts for teens who like to read
Clothes and beauty gifts for teens
Oodie Originals, from £65 £32.50
Available at: Oodie
Sizes: One size fits all
Oodie's are warm, fun to wear, and most importantly, come in a huge range of different designs so you can choose one to specifically suit your teen. From Pokémon to house plants to classic black, there's an Oodie for every interest.
Nip and Fab Teen Skin Fix Deluxe Routine Kit, £39.95
Available at: Nip and Fab
Age suitability: 12+
Beauty products are top of the Christmas list for many teens this year, with many MadeForMums Top Testers Club members saying, "My teen has asked for skincare." If you’re buying for a similarly beauty-obsessed teenager, it’s important to make sure any products are suitable for use on teenage skin.
Help them get into a healthy skincare routine from the start with the Nip and Fab Teen Skin Fix Deluxe Routine Kit. The kit contains a selection of the beauty company’s bestselling Teen Skin heroes, specifically designed to prevent blemishes and breakouts on younger – or more sensitive – skin types.
Adidas Samba, from £60
Available at: Adidas
Sizes: 8-16 Kids/3-13.5 Adults
Give your teen a gift that will let them step out in style, a pair of Adidas Samba trainers. Despite being this year’s must-have shoe, the Samba is an iconic style that has been around for decades and has vintage roots that can be traced back to 1950s German footballers.
Marc Jacobs Daisy Wild, £63.75
Available at: Boots
With a beautiful bottle and a light, flowery scent, this is the perfect fragrance for teens, one they'll happily display on their shelf with pride.
Benefit A-List Mini Makeup Gift Set, £39
Available at: John Lewis
Age suitability: 15+
With a mascara, brow setter, matte bronzer, smoothing pore primer plus sample of pore-clearing clay mask, this Benefit make-up set is the ideal introduction to makeup for your teen.
Tech gifts for teens
INSTAX mini Polaroid Camera, £74.99
Available at: Currys and Polaroid
These cameras print instant polaroid photos, plus they come in a range of aesthetic pastel colours, including blue, pink, sage green and more.
NASA Telescope 3, £59.99
Available at: Menkind
Plenty of teens have an interest in astronomy, so why not feed that with this fully functioning NASA Telescope?
Rocketbook Mini Smart Notebook, £16.99
Available at: John Lewis
This reusable notebook is insanely clever, it works by connecting to all your Cloud services so that anything you write can be uploaded to your phone or tablet. When you write using any pen from the Pilot FriXion line, your writing sticks to pages like regular paper, but add a drop of water and the notebook erases like magic.
Nintendo Switch OLED, £309.99
Available at: John Lewis, Very
If your teenager doesn't already have a Switch, then it is the perfect Christmas gift. It’s one of the most versatile consoles around with the ability to take your games anywhere in handheld mode and then dock them to your TV at home to play on the bigger screen. Speaking of games, as we covered in our best Nintendo Switch games list, there are a range of games available for all interests.
Experience gifts for teens
Hear My Song Experience, £150
Available at: Indytute
Let your teen step into the spotlight and record their very own music track with this Indytute experience. Taking place in a real London recording studio, your teen will get a 2 hour guided vocal recording session of their original song, then have the chance to record it to a bespoke backing track.
iFLY Indoor Skydiving for Two, £104.99
Available at: Virgin Experience Days
This is a once-in-a-lifetime skydiving experience that your adrenaline junkie teen won't want to miss. Ever wanted to know what it feels like to fly? Now you and your child can.
60 minute Young Driver Experience, £99.99
Available at: Virgin Experience Days
Let your teen take a spin around a race track on their first driver experience, supervised by an expert instructor.
The Making of Harry Potter Studios and Lunch for Two, £177
Available at: Virgin Experience Days
Let your young witch or wizard step into the magical world of Harry Potter by taking a trip to the Making Of studios in Leavesden. They'll see props, sets, costumes all from the beloved film series.
Personalised gifts for teens
Pandora charm bracelet, from £55
Available at: Pandora
If you’re looking for a jewellery gift that friends and family can add to every year, try a Pandora charm bracelet. This is an eternally classic and elegant item that can be personalised to your teen. There are multiple options to chose from when it comes to the bracelet, including gold-plated, rose gold and sterling silver straps in finishes including bangles and snake chains. Then, once they have the bracelet, they can add the charms of their choice.
Pressed Birth Flower Pendant Necklace, £30
Available at: Lisa Angel
These beautiful necklaces from Lisa Angel can be personalised with a pressed flower from the month of your birth. June babies for instance, will get a delicate red rose, December kids can enjoy a festive Poinsettia, all held fast by a delicate gold casing and chain.
Ancestery DNA Kit, £59
Available at: Ancestry DNA and Find My Past
What better way to let your teen catch up on their family history, than by letting them discover it for themselves? With the Ancestry DNA Kit, they can take a deep dive into their heritage and see where their ancestors came from.
Personalised Wire Frame Light Up Letter, £19.95
Available at: Not on the Highstreet
You can't go wrong with a snazzy bit of décor like this personalised light up letter. It's perfect if your teen is starting to develop an aesthetic taste, or looking to shake up their bedroom.
Personalised Enamel Snack Pot, £22
Available at: Not on the Highstreet
If your teen hates sharing food, don't fight it, lean into it with this personalised snack pot. That way you can pour them their treats and keep the rest of the packet for yourself!
Gifts for teens who like art
Sculpd Pottery Starter Kit, £39.99
Available at: Amazon
This easy make at home pottery kit includes 4 pounds of premium air-dry clay, a 5 piece sculpting tool set, white acrylic paint kit with 2 fine brushes, waterproof matte varnish, potter's sponge and a step-by-step guide.
At Home: Fairy Light Kit, £38
Available at: Indytute
With this home fairy light kit, your teen can really put their own spin on their bedroom. You'll just need to pick your own patterns and paper to decorate with, plus AA batteries, and the rest will be delivered for you.
Gifts for teens who like sport
Football Team Home Shirt, from £60
We're not going to make anyone angry by picking a team! But whoever you support, Fanatics have the home and away kit of every UK football Premier League team, plus European teams, rugby teams, NFL and more.
Available at: Fanatics
FORZA Locking Football Goal 8ft x 6ft, £99.99
Available at: Amazon
Score points buying your football-loving teen a Forza Garden Goal. This robust 8ft x 6ft goal and net is perfect for screen-free fun for junior players and is designed to be used outside in all seasons due to the weatherproof construction.
Gifts for teens who like cooking
Lakeland Mini Digital Ice Cream Maker, £19.99
Available at: Lakeland
Get them on the cooking craze early with this mini ice cream maker. It's easy to use and can produce ice cream, frozen yoghurt or sorbet in just 25 minutes.
Pasta Evangelists Classic Pasta Making Kit, £30
Available at: Amazon
This kit makes pasta making simple and fun, with six tools, pasta flour and instructions inside.
Jellycat Amuseable Food range, from £11
Available at: Jellycat
Jellycat has a huge range of adorable soft toys centred around a tonne of different interests, including plants, travel, sports and so much more. Our personal favourite is the food range like this Jellycat Popcorn, we think it’s the perfect sweet (or salted!) accompaniment for any movie night.
Bubble Tea making kit, £10.99
Available at: Amazon
Help your teen avoid the queues at your local bubble tea store with this DIY kit that lets them serve their own drinks at home. The TeaShed Fruit Bubble Tea Kit Gift Box contains 3 servings of fruit-flavoured tea, plus the flavoured popping boba that make up this popular drink.
Gifts for teens who like animals
Zookeeper for the day experiences, from £46
Available at: Virgin Experience Days
Virgin Experience Days has a tonne of animal experiences on offer. Whether your child loves meerkats, gorillas, leopards or lions, they can spend a day at a real zoo and look after the animals.
LEGO Wild Safari Animals, £59.99
Available at: LEGO
This LEGO kit is extra special as it's a 3-in-1. With the same bricks you can either make a Posable Giraffe, a Lion toy or a Gazelle family. There's just 780 pieces so each design is simple to build and take apart again.
Gifts for teens who like to read
A Box of Stories Surprise Book subscription, from £12.99
Available at: A Box of Stories
If your teen is a real literary lover, get them a book subscription. That way, every month a new set of books comes and you don't have to stress about what to get them. You can even base your subscription around genre.
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Sarah has worked as a writer for over 15 years, writing about parenting for Family Traveller, Baby magazine and 5 Minute Fun, MadeForMums and The Independent’s IndyBest.
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