Gifts for teens and tweens

Your craft-loving tween will have a blast adding a personal touch to her room with the DIY hanging lantern from Target's new Kid-Made Modern line ($17.99, target.com), available October 21. Everything she'll need is included to make this a great personalized gift or fancy new decoration.

Your music-obsessed teen will love rocking out to his favorite tunes with these portable Jam speakers from HMDX ($39.99, amazon.com). In six fun colors, these speakers can wirelessly play music from a smartphone, tablet, or laptop.

The Holiday Kisses Lip Shine box set ($25, philosophy.com) comes with four scents she'll love. In red velvet, frosted cookie, bubbly, and candy cane, these glosses promise to hydrate and soften lips chapped lips while providing a sheer shine.

Turn his iPod gaming experience into arcade-level fun with ThinkGeek's iCade ($99.99, amazon.com). Just connect any device and see game play blown up on the big screen. An old-school joystick and button controls hearken back to the days of Atari games.

Your teen will never want for nail colors again with the 14-piece Nail Cube from e.l.f. ($10, eyeslipsface.com). With a wide variety of festive and chic shades to choose from, she can try a new hue for every day of the week.

With the EQ bag from Dakine ($36, dakine.com) your teen can tote around all of his after-school gear in style. This duffle, as well as the girl’s version, comes with a detachable shoulder strap and is made from 100% recycled fabric.

Quirky is in, and your teen will be right on trend with these offbeat Twig Bobby Pins ($21, WoodlandBelle.etsy.com). In gold, bronze, and silver shades, these Etsy accessories will add a touch of whimsy to any ensemble.

Encourage a budding scientist with this kit ($19.99, thinkgeek.com or amazon.com), which comes with everything you need to build a catapult based on Da Vinci’s blueprints. Heads up: Once it’s built, this catapult can launch items over 14 feet!

Your teen will adore this colorful jewelry box from Mele & Co. ($19.95, hsn.com), with tons of room to fit all of her rings, bracelets, and necklaces. Complete with a mirror and snap closure to keep anything from falling out, this jewelry box comes in festive red, pink, light blue, and black and is available from HSN.

Got a budding audiophile on your hands? He'll be majorly impressed by how much SRS Labs' iWow 3D ($60, amazon.com) boosts the audio on his favorite device.