Cheap Last Minute Christmas Gifts for Girly Girls and Dancers

Girly girls love their clothes, accessories and bobbles, but none of it comes cheaply; and if the girly girl in your life just happens to be a dancer as well, dance class tuition alone is enough to break the bank. That doesn't mean, however, that the rest of the costs associated with maintaining a dancer can just be ignored. If you have a girly girl or dancer on your Christmas list, give useful gifts and stocking stuffers that will help alleviate additional costs, too.

There are many Christmas gifts to choose from when you are shopping for girly girls and dancers, and in a wide price range to boot, so you can easily find a useful girly-dancer Christmas gift within your Christmas budget.

Leotards
Leotards are required class apparel at most dance studios. Even for more modern and trendy dance classes like hip-hop or stomp-tap, students will be required to wear a leotard from time to time (for costume fitting days, assessments, etc.). If you are unsure about style and/or color, contact the dance studio and ask if there is a dress code or specific class requirement. In most cases, dance studios will require students to own a black leotard (possibly pink as well for ballet), so a black leotard is a good neutral choice for a dancer's Christmas gift.

Tights
Dancers go through tights frequently, and although tights are only a small expense as a Christmas gift when you are shopping, they are an item that requires frequent replacing and the cost adds up quickly. Purchase tights for dancers that are labeled and sold as dance tights. Wal Mart carries the Danskin line which are reasonably priced. Some children's stores will carry dance tights, or shop a specialty dance apparel store. Other name-brand dance tights are Bloch and Capezio. Tan tights are versatile and accepted by most dance classes as appropriate class apparel. Certain dance classes, such as acrobat, tumbling, lyrical, and others, require bare feet and for these footless, stirrup, or convertible tights are needed. Before purchasing dance tights as Christmas gifts, you may want to call the dance studio if you are unsure (or give tights with a gift receipt).

Of course, girly girls need lots of tights to wear with skirts and dresses, too. Christmas gifts of tights in fashion prints, heavy knits, and cable tights keep girly girls warm in winter months, and since they cost more, save girls money. Since tights are a small item, they are ideal for dancers and girly girls when given as Christmas stocking stuffers.

Warm-Up Clothes
Dance class clothes are skimpy in the warmth department, and while that may be fine when you're dancing, it's freezing on the way to class and until dancers get warmed up. Warm-up clothes, like wraps, sweaters, and pants, make ideal Christmas gifts for dancing girly girls. They are easy to buy last minute, too.

If the dancer on your Christmas list is a member of a dance troupe or dance team, they may be required to have a team warm-up suit from the studio. These can often be a large extra expense for dancers, and your Christmas gift of a required warm-up uniform will be greatly appreciated.

Accessorizing Apparel
Dancing girls often like to add their own style to otherwise routine dance class apparel, both for looks and for comfort. Dance skirts, shirts, and wraps are good Christmas gift choices for dancers that may also help them feel more comfortable in their dance clothes (by providing a little more cover-up and warmth). Leg warmers are useful dancer Christmas gifts that are small enough to be Christmas stocking stuffers.

Girly girls always love their accessories. Think belts and scarves for Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers for girly girls.

Dance Bags and Handbags
Of course, with all the clothes, shoes, and apparel that travels back and forth to dance class, a girly dancing girl needs a bag to get it there. Dance apparel shops, perhaps even the local studio, carry bags in many colors and styles to suit any age and style of dancer. A dance bag is an ideal dancer's Christmas gift.

Even girly girls who don't dance need a closet full of handbags for every outfit and occasion. A handbag is never a bad Christmas gift choice for a girly girl. Small handbags and change purses make great Christmas stocking stuffers, too.

Jewelry and Makeup
It goes without saying that jewelry and makeup are well loved by girly girls, and since they are small, jewelry and makeup are perfect Christmas stocking stuffers.

Dancing girls love the paint just as much, but a Christmas gift or stocking stuffer filled with jewelry and makeup can save a dancer money, too. Dancers often need very specific makeup for performances and competitions, and when jewelry is allowed, only small, specific pieces are usually acceptable. Inquire at the dance studio what a dancer might need. Chances are good that the dance studio carries the required makeup and jewelry or will order your Christmas gift and stocking stuffers for you. Nothing is better than having someone else take care of your Christmas shopping.

Gift Certificates
A girly girl's shopping is never done, and a dancing girl's expenses are never paid for. Gift cards or gift certificates are a no fail Christmas gift for girly girls and dancers. Call the studio and purchase a Christmas gift certificate that can be used for studio related costs like classes, shoes and apparel, or tuck a gift card for a popular dance supply in with Christmas stocking stuffers. You can shop online for useful dancer's Christmas gift cards as well. Purchase from an online dance supply such as danceweardistributors.com or discountdance.com.

Don't forget the hair! A Christmas gift certificate to a favored hairdresser will be quite useful at performance time for dancers, or any time for a hair-conscious girly girl.

Gas cards make good Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers for teenage, on-the-go girly girls and dancers. A dancer driving herself to class several times a week could be spending half as much again getting there.

Hair Products and Accessories
Given with a hair salon Christmas gift certificate or without, hair styling products, styling tools, and accessories are always in demand with girly girls and dancers. Find out if your girly girl or dancer has Christmas wishes of curling irons, straighteners, curlers, or other styling tools. Many will be small enough to give as Christmas stocking stuffers.

Dancers are almost always required to keep their hair up, and so are in need of elastics, bobby pins, bun covers, and other hair accessories. Again, a call to the studio will help you find out if your dancer has required accessories for a performance that you can buy as a Christmas gift or stocking stuffer.

Shoes
Shoes are a girly girl's best friend, and a girly girl can never have enough of them. Dancers, especially serious dancers and competitors, wear dance shoes out regularly. Shoes are a major expense for a dancer. Purchasing dance shoes as Christmas gifts for dancers will help them tremendously. As always, a dancer's studio will be able to tell you what style, brand (and probably size) of dance shoe to buy; they'll likely be able to order dance shoes for you, too.

Water Bottle and Snacks
Serious dancers could be spending hours every day at the dance studio. Filling a dancer's Christmas stocking with healthy snacks and a good quality water bottle will help ensure they stay hydrated and have enough energy to make it through the dancing day. The way little daily snacks add up, you could be saving a dancing girly girl some serious money in the meantime.

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Dancing girls and girly girls are high maintenance individuals. Since their needs are many, so too are your options for fast and easy last minute Christmas shopping and stocking stuffers. If you are truly out of time, a quick side trip online will fill your girly girl or dancer's Christmas gift and stocking quota. Helping girly girls or dancers by helping them pay for and buy the incidental essentials will surely make your Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers a hit.