Deciding on gifts for teens is hard enough, especially if you don’t know what kind of teen you are shopping for.  In this series of “Top 10 Gifts for Teens” hubs, I’ll discuss gifts for different personality types.  Most teens fall into these categories, Creative, Tech Minded, Trendy, or Athletic.  Of course there are multiples of crossovers and I’m sure some teens don’t completely fit in any one category, so I will be speaking in general.

Creative teens are those that enjoy art, creative writing, film, photography and music.  They have great imaginations and the world is an open canvas to them.  They’re most likely to turn their creativity into a lifelong career.

Unleash the artist inside that teen with this complete art kit.  Complete with easel, this kit allows for several different mediums to be explored.

This is one of the best point and shoot digital cameras on the market today.  It's a very powerful digital tool and I have made a more thorough reveiw of the camera here.

Rock Band Beatles is the latest addition to the fantastically popular video game.  It’s much more than a video game as it gets the users involved in group play to perform some of the Beatles greatest hit songs.  Bundles are available for the Wii, the Play Station 3, and the Xbox 360.

This miniature iPod is sleek and stylish.  It holds tons of the latest tunes and is small enough to conceal anywhere.  These are the iPods of choice for the trendsetter that needs multiple accessories.  The iPod Nano comes in a variety of colors and disc storage capacity.  The latest is the 5^th generation.

So the teen has expressed an interest in becoming a DJ.  Well here is an opportunity to let them get some experience with these portable DJ mixing consoles.  Designed to work with the iPod, they are also  compatible with some Mp3 players.  Soon your teen will be the hit of the party.

Here is an inexpensive way to allow the teen to make an expression with their photos.  Teens love pictures, taking them, displaying them, and sharing them. 

These stylish wall murals will keep the creative juices flowing in the creative teen.  These murals help with the imagination and can be an endless suply of inspiration.

Do you have a Steven Spielberg or George Lucas, how about a Sofia Coppola or Jane Campion?  Well with these flip camcorders you now have an opportunity to find out.  Teens are very much into making films, just check out Youtube.com and see how many teen created videos there are on the world’s most popular video site.  Flip camcorders are inexpensive, digital and often HD(high definition.)  Send your creative teen on his or her journey to stardom.

As stated above, teens love photos and these compact photo printers are an economical way to keep them happy.  Just think how creative they can be with their own photo printer.

Here are two winners for the vampire loving creative teen.  The first is the extremely popular Twilight Saga from author Stephenie Meyer  The second is a series of books inspired by the popular cable TV program called True Blood.  These are sure to be hits with any creative teen.

Top 10 Gifts for Tech Minded Teens

Top 10 Gifts for Trendy Teens

Top 10 Gifts for Athletic Teens