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  Selecting gifts for a teenager can be quite fun. It can easily take you back to your teenage years. This is an age that is full of exploration and excitement. Anticipation and a yearning for the new and unusual make them a joy to be around. Shopping for a teenager is both fun and rewarding. Novelty gifts for teenagers are a great idea and may spark their own creativity and individuality.
  
  

Novelty Gifts for Their Room

• A teenager's bedroom is her sanctuary. You can easily fill it with novelty items she will fully enjoy. Some gift ideas are: a fiber optic light that will create a soft rainbow of luminous light; or provide a feeling of tranquility with the soothing sound of a fountain. Bean bags and unusual furniture, such as an egg shaped plastic chair or hanging chair, adds seating for friends. Unusual ceiling lights and faux fur rugs are a big hit. Paint graphic bold designs on the walls and/or create a colorful headboard, unusual foot stools and benches. The latest high tech gadgets and equipment such as a music system or funky phone are sure to bring a smile. Decorated picture frames or a brightly colored bedspread with geometric patterns are accessories that go a long way in providing just the right look. Divide an area of her room by hanging strands of beads from the ceiling in a row.
  
  

By Nature Teenagers are Pranksters

• Teenagers love to play jokes on people; here are a few novelty gifts that will help them fulfill their quest. Whoopee cushions, hand buzzers, and magic tricks to impress, embarrass or surprise friends. Spiders in plastic cubes or plastic bugs, snakes, lizards or moving animals to evoke jumps and screams. To aid the teen in thoroughly repulsing and scaring family and friends, give them something like vomit, fake blood or a collapsible knife. Items that have recently come out, such as an illusion ball, are always a welcomed gift. Teenagers like to test the reactions of people. They also enjoy the interaction.
  
  

Fill their Need for the Unusual

• Teenagers seek individuality, but at the same time they want to be part of a group or part of something. So while they are trying to fit in they also want to stand out. One way of accomplishing this is in the way they dress. They love clothes and the latest and greatest shoes, jewelry, hairstyles and accessories. Teenage novelty gift ideas include: open fingered gloves (these are a relatively new item) or hats, scarves, sunglasses, jewelry, a variety of styles of belts and vests. Also good are hair accessories and appliances, or hair additives such as: colors, glosses or gels to let them achieve the perfect look. Body glitter, T--shirts and sweatshirts are also novelty items that are popular.