STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Maddie · Coach

Gift for a third grade girl with a broken leg?

Maat · Kenneth Cole

Board games

Flavored lipgloss or something for her hair or anything that will make her feel pretty, but is still age-appropriate

Movies

Homemade cookies

Is there some toy that all the 3rd graders have nowadays?

Metric · Gucci

coloring books (they have fairly artsy sophisticated ones now, not just Spongebob), word puzzle books, beading kits, cheap handheld video games, dvds.

Alegria · Kate Spade

I'm thinking crafty stuff that she can do like those lanyard bracelets, or beads,etc. Go to a Michael's or any craft store. They usually have kid appropriate stuff. When I was a kid I loved the barbie head where you got to do her hair and the barbie template that let you "dress" barbie with different outfits by rubbing crayons on the paper which was placed on top of he paper (hmmm, am I dating myself?). How about a drawing journal and art supplies including a book on how how to draw different things. If you have a teacher supply store nearby there are always lots of cool things there. Also...I would think something small like Polly Pockets that she can set on a bed tray and play with.

shopgirl82 · Chanel

i loved these fuzzy posters (black fuzz, white coloring space). they came with markers and you could usually get them at michael's craft store.

i like the thin markers from walgreens/cvs that have a colored lid, but the base is white. for thin markers they last a long time and they're inexpensive.

sorry if i'm being vague, i can't think of a better way to describe them.

blubirde · Chanel

Any kind of art project would probably be cool. A craft store would have tons of stuff for a girl her age.

I'd also get books. Check out a local bookstore and ask someone in the children's department what they're reading these days. Heck, Nancy Drew is still pretty awesome, imo.