Best Christmas gifts for tweens, as chosen by 9- to 12-year-olds themselves, from Jellycat toys to slime

Put Santa on alert - it's Deadpool figures, bracelet-making kits, laptops and, yep, slime sets that are topping tweens' Christmas present lists

The pros of buying a Christmas present for a tween (age nine to 12): they'll tell you exactly what they want. The cons: they'll tell you exactly what they want, and could very well change their mind 17 times before Christmas.

Time moves fast for Gen A tweens, who start as children with a love of Beyblades and end as teens who likely have a more expensive skincare routine than you. So, we spoke to several tweens to find out what they really want for Christmas (for now, at least).