Today is Day 1 of the 2016 Fancy Girl Holiday Gift Guide. This is our 4th year doing the guide, and this year it’s a little different. In the past, we shared gift ideas for girls with different interests (dancers, book lovers, swimmers, crafters, etc). You can go back to the lists here and shop from the ideas for your daughter.

This year, the lists are more personal. My Fancy Girls helped curate lists for girls their own age, and then next week we’ll share gift guides from some other Fancy Girls whose moms are some of my blogger friends. In other words, you could say this is the Real Fancy Girl Gift Guide! Today we start with my eldest Fancy Girl Maddy.

“Hi, my name is Maddy, I’m 8 years old and in 3rd grade. I like to swim, and I like to play outside with my friends. My favorite hobby at home is dancing, and I like to bake. My favorite subject in school is reading, writing, and math. I like to look at the stars at night and find “Orion.” I really like the colors blue and green. Every morning I like to watch the Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas. I like to read about American Girl dolls and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I love going to Vermont and Long Beach Island during the summer. And that is all about me!”

1. Singing Machine, Amazon
2. Amazon Fire Kids Edition, Amazon
3. Educational Insights Nancy B’s Science Club Microscope and Activity Journal, Fat Brain Toys 
4. American Girl Baking, Barnes and Noble 
5. kate spade journals, kate spade
6. Garmin Jonathan Adler vivofit 3 Bands 2-Pack (Bali Series), B&H Photo & Video
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Set, Amazon