Kiki Magazine Giveaway

on March 15, 2011
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Earlier this month, I wrote about my love for Kiki magazine, a pre-teen magazine for “girls with style and substance.”  Kiki includes articles on fashion, books, crafting, travel, news, and other topics, and they feature real girls as their models.  Pretty cool!

 

Do you know a girl (intended for 8 – 12 year olds) who could use a positive influence like Kiki in her life? 

 

I’m giving away…

 

  • Kiki Canvas Tote
  • Kiki Tee
  • 1-year subscription to Kiki!

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Spring 2011

To enter, simply leave a comment describing what YOUR favorite thing to do was when you were a 12 year-old.   I’ll select a winner tomorrow evening randomly.

 

My answer – My favorite thing thing to do as a 12 year-old was to build forts in the wooded area in my apartment complex. :)  I also enjoyed dressing up for Renaissance fairs <—dork alert!

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I thought that dress (vintage!) was soooo cool.

{ 194 comments }

 

  • Joyce @ Flowing to Fifty March 15, 2011, 1:09 pm

    You WERE a dork! How cute is that??!! Adorable. Great imagination.

  • Shannon March 15, 2011, 1:09 pm

    Ooh, this would be great for my BBBS “little sister!” When I was 12 I looooved reading Babysitter’s Club. I remember thinking I couldn’t wait to be an adult so I could have more time to read BSC. Not sure why I thought adults had more free time, haha

    • Christine @ Bookishly Boisterou March 15, 2011, 3:02 pm

      I LOVED BSC. I think I had them all- I was constantly spending my allowance on new copies. I even had a few of the videos, haha. Those and Sweet Valley High.

      • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:42 pm

        Holla for BSC. Best books ever. My girls on the run troop all reads them still to this day.

  • Brittany (A Healthy Slice of Life) March 15, 2011, 1:10 pm

    I still think that vintage dress is so cool 🙂 and the braids they do at Renaissance Fairs is amazing, too!

    Yes, I know, I’m still a dork.

  • Amanda March 15, 2011, 1:10 pm

    This is such a great giveaway, and I can think of a few girls who would love something like this! My favorite thing to do when I was twelve was work at my parents souvenir store. I thought I was so cool because I had a job before I was 14, and my sister and I used to play “pretend” store all the time with the real merchandise and the real money (which probably wouldn’t have gone over so well with the rents…oops).

  • Sherri March 15, 2011, 1:12 pm

    I loved basketball – I would play for hours, even in the rain, and convinced my parents to send me to basketball camp. Once I got to high school, I was too scared to try out with the older girls, so I stopped playing. It’s on my list of “things to do” to start playing again, even if just for fun!

  • Meg March 15, 2011, 1:12 pm

    When I was a 12 year old, my favorite thing was to play catch with my dad in our back yard.

  • Maryann (The Balanced Bean) March 15, 2011, 1:12 pm

    Hahah that is cute! Hmm when I was 12 I spent all my time swimming, and I loved it 🙂

  • Alayna @ Thyme Bombe March 15, 2011, 1:12 pm

    Hilarious! I used to work at a Renaissance fair when I was a teenager and loved it! When I was a 12 year old, I think my favorite thing to do was draw in my sketchbook.

  • Sam (the neurotic yogini) March 15, 2011, 1:13 pm

    ahhhh! i LOVE the renaissance faire!!! 🙂 so cute!

  • Kelsey March 15, 2011, 1:13 pm

    When I was 12 I had just started running track and swimming and I loved it!

  • Jes March 15, 2011, 1:13 pm

    Great giveaway! My niece could really benefite from something like this… My favorite thing when I was 12, was going to doll making classes with my Grandma.

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:41 pm

      Doll making classes sound pretty awesome!

      • Jes March 16, 2011, 9:54 am

        It was definately interesting that’s for sure! At the time, I felt like a giant nerd when my friends would ask me what I was doing on Saturday! haha =)

  • Hannah Hawley March 15, 2011, 1:14 pm

    It was all about swimming and horse back riding for me! I know a few young girls who could really benefit from KiKi!
    I also had an orange tiger kitty when I was little and her name was Kiki!!!

  • Kristen March 15, 2011, 1:15 pm

    My little sister would love this! My favorite thing to do as a 12 year old would probably be helping my mom in the garden.

  • Sarena (The Non Dairy Queen) March 15, 2011, 1:16 pm

    At 12, my favorite thing to do was go to dance class and recitals. I loved tap dancing!

  • Holly March 15, 2011, 1:17 pm

    Ah, age 12. That was my “baking” stage. I wanted to bake any and everything. Caused quite an overload of baked goods in the house (and they all weren’t that good, believe me!)

    I’d give this gift to my “Little Sister” – I have her through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. She’d love this!

  • Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat March 15, 2011, 1:18 pm

    Aww this is really nice of you Caitlin! My favourite thing to do was probably some sort of craft… I was pretty big into making jewellery!

  • Maren March 15, 2011, 1:18 pm

    Actually, that dress is super awesome! I love it!! I do have two girls in my life that could really use this magazine. When I was 12, I was a babysitting addict!! I was obsessed with everything BABY!

  • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 1:19 pm

    Would love this for my 10 year old cousin. Does it go to Canada? My favorite thing to do as a 12 year old was probably reading (boooorrrrrrring) and playing flute in middle school band (talk about nerdy!)

  • Ashley @ Feeding Ashley March 15, 2011, 1:21 pm

    Aw you were so cute! I’d love to get that subscription for my little sister. When I was twelve I loved wearing make up and unconsciously pretending I was 20. I was in a big hurry to grow up. I also loved to read, I think that was my favorite thing.

  • VeggieGirl March 15, 2011, 1:22 pm

    Favorite thing to do when I was 12 was to ice skate and dance. SO much fun back then, and I still love it today.

  • Allison @ Food For Healing March 15, 2011, 1:23 pm

    I used to love going for walks around our small town, acting cool with no rules.. haha not quite.

  • Ash @ Good Taste Healthy Me March 15, 2011, 1:24 pm

    When I was twelve I loved chatting with boys on AIM. I obviously was so crazy cool (not!).

  • F. Plvan March 15, 2011, 1:24 pm

    Climbing trees!

  • Holly @ Couch Potato Athlete March 15, 2011, 1:26 pm

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was going to the mall and going to stores like Contempo Casual 🙂

    I would so love to win this prize!!! I have a 10 year old cousin who would benefit so much from this magazine.

  • Kierstan @ Life {and running} in Iowa March 15, 2011, 1:26 pm

    Great giveaway! We have friends with a 12 year old and I think this would be a great magazine for her. She is hardly on the heavy side, but her parents both make comments about it to her that I find kind of mean…something like this might help to build her confidence!

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was to play hide and seek with all the neighborhood kids!

  • Michelle @ Living Learning Earning March 15, 2011, 1:27 pm

    This is such an awesome giveaway! I have a 9 year old sister I would LOVE to give this to. I might do that even if I don’t win 🙂

    Hmm, when I was 12… I think I was just getting into dance and trying out for the dance team at school. That was a lot of fun!

  • Jill March 15, 2011, 1:29 pm

    When I was 12, I loved to play video games and I loved to play basketball! 🙂 What a great prize! Love your website!

  • Jo @ Jo In the Kitchen March 15, 2011, 1:30 pm

    I loved to read! I read all the time, even while walking. Yep, I was “that girl” in middle school. It worked out though, I missed out on a lot of drama.
    Great giveaway!

  • Maddie March 15, 2011, 1:37 pm

    My sister-in-law is 10 and this would be perfect for her! I love the idea of the magazine! I remember reading 17 and knowing it was MUCH too old for me. I’m glad there is a great outlet!

    When I was 12 I loved being in plays and playing pretend. My friends and I would put on shows all the time for the pretend audience. There were never any scripts, it was all done of the fly, right from our imaginations! (Improv at it’s finest I guess!)

  • Courtney (greeneyedrunner) March 15, 2011, 1:37 pm

    SO CUTE!
    Ah, when I was twelve-soccer was my entire universe. My mom works with young teens-I’m sure they are ALL very deserving of that subscription 🙂

  • Alex March 15, 2011, 1:38 pm

    When I was 12? Well, given my pre-teen angst, I’m guessing my favorite thing to do was look brooding and sulk in my room…but that’s only a guess… 🙂

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:41 pm

      hehehehe

      i feel ya.

      • Alex March 15, 2011, 10:43 pm

        Now I’m getting my payback – a 9 year old daughter who already does the same thing! Karma’s a b*tch!

  • Rachel March 15, 2011, 1:40 pm

    My childhood completely revolved around horses. So when I was 12 you would find me either riding horses, pretending to be a horse (running and jumping over obstacles), playing with by Breyer horses, pretending my bike was a horse, or reading about horses. I stayed active (something too many kids today are not), but I was totally obsessed! While I’m still obsessed, I just stick to riding horses.

  • Jenna@frombostonwithlove.com March 15, 2011, 1:40 pm

    I was totally focused on either playing soccer or reading long books cover to cover in one sitting. Too funny!

  • Beth @ Beth's Journey to Thin March 15, 2011, 1:41 pm

    My boyfriend’s daughter is 10 and this would be PERFECT ofr her.

    When I was a 12 year old, my favorite thing to do was eat! haha that might be part of the problem. 🙂

  • Lizzy @ runbakerace March 15, 2011, 1:43 pm

    That dress is cool!!! I would totally wear it now 🙂

  • Annette @ EnjoyYourHealthyLife March 15, 2011, 1:45 pm

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was dance!! 🙂 I like your dress

  • susan March 15, 2011, 1:46 pm

    my favorite thing to do when i was about 12 was beat all the boys in my little town in basketball! HA!

  • Jen F. March 15, 2011, 1:48 pm

    My favorite thing to do as a 12 year old was to ride my bike from my country home into town to the pool to hang out with my friends all afternoon!! I have a 9 year old daughter and I think this magazine would be great for her to read!

  • Kindra C March 15, 2011, 1:48 pm

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was draw! I thought I would be a fashion designer one day, so I’d draw all these crazy outfits 🙂

    I so want to win this for my 8 year old niece 🙂 She’s already self-conscious about things and it breaks my heart, because she’s the sweetest, cutest girl I know!

  • Nicole March 15, 2011, 1:48 pm

    I’m entering this in the hopes of winning for my teenage sister! My favorite thing when I was 12…dancing around the house 🙂

  • Kim T March 15, 2011, 1:50 pm

    I remember 12 as the year i was trapped between being kid and being a teenager. I still really loved playing dolls with my sister, but was terribly embarassed to be seen in public with my parents. I did a lot of drawing and watching movies in my free time.

    I’d love the subscription I have an 8 year old and a nearly 11 year old daughter.

  • Ilsa March 15, 2011, 1:52 pm

    At 12 my favorite thing to do was write melodramatic poetry about stuff I never experienced because I was only 12. 😀

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:40 pm

      *like

  • Alison @ Around the VeggieTable March 15, 2011, 1:52 pm

    When I was 12 I was pretty into music–I played piano and sang in the choir. I also remember being really into school, but also passing a LOT of notes in class 🙂

  • Lily's Health Pad March 15, 2011, 1:52 pm

    When I was 12, I was reading Sweet Valley High books, hanging out at the local “Swim Club” (swimming pool), and eating Airheads and Laffy Taffy like it was my job.

  • Sarah A. March 15, 2011, 1:55 pm

    I LOVE the dress!!

    When I was 12, I loved getting my friends and going on a bike ride to the Walgreens a couple of miles away. We thought it was the coolest thing ever to be able to bike somewhere without our parents, and we would buy little cheap things everytime we went because it made us feel grown up. I remember usually buying flavored lip gloss!

  • Jessica March 15, 2011, 1:56 pm

    When I was 12, I was super into soccer and also playing the cello! I was such a nerd! 🙂

  • Vanessa March 15, 2011, 1:57 pm

    When I was 12 I loved being a Girl Guide and doing cool stuff every week. That was before wearing a guide ‘uniform’ got really uncool

  • Allison March 15, 2011, 1:58 pm

    My “little sister” with BBBS is 12 and she would love this giveaway!

    When I was 12, my friends and I were often choreographing dances in one girl’s game room to Shania Twain, Deana Cater and Donna Lewis songs. Then we would have a big production for our parents…big hair and all.

  • Carly March 15, 2011, 1:59 pm

    I loved riding my bike when I was 12. I now unfortunately haven’t been on a bike since I was 15!

  • Melissa March 15, 2011, 1:59 pm

    I would love this for my cousin. At age 12, I loved hanging out with my best friend, Holly (BFF! LYLAS!). We had many a sleep-over…watching movies, looking at teen magazines, doing each other’s hair and nails and taking walks around the neighborhood. (We were also in band together) We had so many “private jokes” and we are still friends today even though we live hours apart so sometimes random references to those jokes will manifest themselves and we will randomly text each other for a good laugh 🙂

  • Christy March 15, 2011, 2:02 pm

    When I was 12 I lived on my bike or in the pool. What a great giveaway! I would love to win for my niece.

  • katy {of} katy loves. March 15, 2011, 2:06 pm

    When I was 12 I loved riding my bike around my neighborhood and playing with friends outside or some Nintendo 64. Oh goodness, memories. This is a great giveaway, my little cousin would love this!

  • Erica March 15, 2011, 2:06 pm

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was to have sleepovers with friends where we’d stay up all night watching movies then make pancakes for each other the next day!

  • Mary March 15, 2011, 2:09 pm

    Dancing it was 🙂

  • Jodi March 15, 2011, 2:11 pm

    My absolute favorite thing to do was ride my bike down to my elementary school (which was right next to a farm and our town library and a couple of baseball fields so it was all open). I would wear my walkman (yup, a walkman – dating myself) and swing on the swings for hours as high as i could and daydream about stories i wanted to write or what i would do when i grew up and watch the horses. It was the best.

  • Rebecca March 15, 2011, 2:13 pm

    I loved making friendship bracelets and playing outside!

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 3:51 pm

      Friendship bracelets forever.

  • Eileen March 15, 2011, 2:14 pm

    I loved to read and watch tv

  • Cate March 15, 2011, 2:16 pm

    I loved hanging out in the “secret” fort that I made under our front porch. I loved to read there.

  • Ali March 15, 2011, 2:18 pm

    This would be perfect for my niece!
    At 12 I think one of my favorite things to do was buy teen vogues and the Betty and Veronica comics and just draw different fashion illustrations and outfits for Betty and Veronica. I also was desperately in love with Josh Hartnett, so I watched any and all his movies! I wonder what happened to him…

  • Trisha March 15, 2011, 2:26 pm

    When I was 12 you could find me playing basketball and volleyball and just living outside playing whenever I could! And I watched Boy Meets World, of course 🙂

  • Kelly March 15, 2011, 2:27 pm

    As a child being raised by my dad,my favorite thing to do at age 12 was watch ophrah! I was a major latch key kid! That is why I am trying so hard to help my daughter be involved in as much as she can! This magazine would be perfect for her!:-)

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:40 pm

      I was a latch key kid too 🙂

  • Amanda March 15, 2011, 2:28 pm

    Riding bikes with friends to the local frozen yogurt place.

  • Erin @ The Grass Skirt March 15, 2011, 2:29 pm

    My stepdaughter is turning 8 in a few months and would love this. I worry about all of the garbage she is exposed to and want her to stay true to who she is and never lose her unique personality. When I was 12, my favorite thing to do was film funny skits with my friends. We were crazy! 🙂

  • Clare March 15, 2011, 2:30 pm

    My favourite thing to do at 12 was ride my bike to the mall to buy those giant ‘lipsmackers’ and blue-eyeliner (worn on the inside rim of your eyes, naturally). SO cool.

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:39 pm

      Did you do the white eyeliner? So hot.

  • Jessica M J March 15, 2011, 2:33 pm

    I had lots of favorites but the most memorable would be “cruising” the town with my best friend on rollerblades.

  • Cathy K March 15, 2011, 2:37 pm

    when i was 12, i loved to watch sports on tv! baseball, hockey, basketball, wide world of sports…i was a real sports junkie in those days!
    this kiki (my nickname!) would be thrilled to check out the kiki mag with a young friend!

  • Jen @ keepitsimplefoods March 15, 2011, 2:38 pm

    That dress is hilarious! Great old photo!

  • Jess March 15, 2011, 2:38 pm

    My little sister is 12 and she’s already making weight comments. She is the tiniest little, petite thing. I always speak up when she starts getting down on herself.

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was definitely go to the mall with my friends. We would get all dressed up to go. Funny how that changes as you get older.

  • Brittney March 15, 2011, 2:41 pm

    Wow, how’d you get that guy to put tights on?? Impressive Caitlin, impressive…

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:39 pm

      Heh my mother made him do it.

  • Amanda March 15, 2011, 2:43 pm

    When I was 12, I spent most of my time worrying about fitting in. I could have used something like Kiki in my life.

  • Jenny @ Love Eat Run March 15, 2011, 2:43 pm

    I loved playing basketball! I was a little gym rat. All of my friends were cheerleaders and boy crazy and I was in the gym running around in shorts and a tshirt playing basketball with all the guys they were giggling over. Can you say Tomboy?!

  • lauren March 15, 2011, 2:46 pm

    When I was 12 I was reading a lot! I was also riding my bike around the neighborhood to my friends’ houses!

  • TanyaS March 15, 2011, 2:46 pm

    My 11 year old daughter needs this magazine in her life. We had a chat last night about her bragging about how popular she is.

    When I was 12 I loved figure skating in the winter and fort building in the summer in the bushes behind our yard. I was just getting interested in makeup and remember getting my first horrible green eyeshadow the summer before grade 7.

  • Jessica March 15, 2011, 2:48 pm

    my friend’s daughter would love this!

    When I was 12 my favorite activity was riding my bike to neighborhood alleys and looking for agates, which I would collect and bring home, wash and put in glass display jars. 🙂

  • Jenn March 15, 2011, 2:55 pm

    I think at 12, I still loved to play school! We would buy old textbooks and set up a school house. No wonder I’m a teacher now:)

  • Amy March 15, 2011, 2:57 pm

    I coach a girls running club and would love to use this prize as a giveaway! When I was 12 I loved playing soccer and playing in the creek catching frogs and minnows! Thanks for the opportunity!

  • Dee March 15, 2011, 2:59 pm

    I would love to win this for my cousin’s twin 11 year olds to share. When I was 12, my fave thing was always digging into to some book for hours uninterrupted. Which, is kinda STILL my fave thing to do!

  • Lindsay McAlester March 15, 2011, 3:00 pm

    I played a lot of soccer when I was twelve. It was a fun sport to share with my coach aka my dad. 🙂

  • Jess@atasteofconfidence March 15, 2011, 3:01 pm

    My favorite thing was to swim! I was just joining my competitive team:)

  • Tracy March 15, 2011, 3:03 pm

    Basketball!

  • sarah March 15, 2011, 3:08 pm

    I loved doing ballet when I was 12 years old. Thanksfully I now dance as my job. However, Id love to win this contest and give it to my 12 yr old cousin Natalie. There are many girls in her school bullying her and she’s the sweetest girl in the world. She stays strong and ignores them but that magazine is exactly what would help her and brighen her day.

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:38 pm

      Aww poor Natalie. 🙁 I’m sorry to hear about her struggles.

  • Sherry March 15, 2011, 3:12 pm

    What a great giveaway! I think my favorite thing to do when I was 12 was to go up north to my grandmother’s with my family on the weekends, holidays, and summer break to spend HOURS outside every day on my bike with my friends. It was awesome!

  • Leslie March 15, 2011, 3:12 pm

    I used to build stick forts in my yard with my sister (we were serious tom boys). This magazine would be perfect for my mom’s god-daughter, sh’es a middle-child and I sort of always feel like she needs something to make her feel special, I’d love to give her this as a present.

  • Deanna March 15, 2011, 3:12 pm

    One of my favorite things to do when I was 12 was playing Cabbage Patch Dolls with my friends.

  • Kristin March 15, 2011, 3:13 pm

    When I was 12 I was a bit of a nerd and had an amazing teacher. I loved to draw and write and she encouraged me to enter a city-wide bookmaking contest. I wrote & illustrated a book about an elephant, and I wound up winning the contest and my book was displayed at the public library for a month!

  • katecooks March 15, 2011, 3:13 pm

    fashion always comes back around…that dress is totally in style…i’d wear it right now!

  • Kellie March 15, 2011, 3:13 pm

    I would love this for my daughter. I actually saw this magazine at Mother’s Market the other day. I loved going to the mall when I was 12. I never bought anything, just walked around with friends.

  • Sara March 15, 2011, 3:22 pm

    I think my ten year old sister would really benefit from a magazine like this! When I was twelve, my favorite things to do were reading and riding my bike. Things haven’t changed to much!

  • Fit Chick Britt March 15, 2011, 3:24 pm

    I want to win this for my little sister! When I was 12 my best friend and I would skate in circles around the driveway listening to aqua and chumbawumba. We were so cool!

  • Cait March 15, 2011, 3:26 pm

    This would be SO fabulous to win for my cousin who is 12 and def could use some great advice through KiKi (and giveaway items!) My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was to climb trees, ride bikes and play Power Rangers (can you say TOM BOY?!) haha!

  • Kara March 15, 2011, 3:31 pm

    This would be fantastic for my goddaughter, who is 10! At the age of 12, I was reading Sweet Valley High books. I was so obsessed and couldn’t wait to be old enough to drive a Fiat and rock long blonde hair like the Wakefield twins!

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:38 pm

      OMG I loved SVU, when they go to college.

  • Bernadette March 15, 2011, 3:34 pm

    My daughter is the perfect age for this magazine! When I was 12 I was just happy being outdoors but my favorites were my bike or swimming!!

  • Michelle March 15, 2011, 3:34 pm

    At age 12 I was such a tomboy! My favorite thing to do was ride my skateboard and bikes with a playing card between the spokes (I swore it sounded like a motorcylce). We also would play roller derby…I loved to skate with my best friends Gary and Chucky!

  • Lauren March 15, 2011, 3:41 pm

    When I was 12 my favorite thing was dance class. I took jazz, tap and ballet.

  • Lauren March 15, 2011, 3:42 pm

    I was a dork as well when I was 12 and spent amazing amounts of time reading every book I could get my hands on 🙂

  • Natalia - a side of simple March 15, 2011, 3:43 pm

    Oh this would be so great for my little sister! She’s turning 12 in May 🙂 My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was most likely to ride my bike around our property and pretend it was a horse. True life.

  • Yuki March 15, 2011, 3:55 pm

    My favorite thing to do was to watch a movie with my family at night time while enjoying some treats. It was such a nice ritual 🙂

  • carrie March 15, 2011, 3:55 pm

    I loved crafting of all sorts! Anything I could get my hands on! I try to inspire others to explore their creativity by making now!

  • Kara March 15, 2011, 3:55 pm

    I’d love to get that for my friend’s daughter, who is a very mature 7 🙂

    My favorite thing to do as a 12 year old was to ride horses! It’s all I wanted to do and I LOVED jumping, the higher, the better!

  • Leila @ spinach and skittles March 15, 2011, 3:57 pm

    Oh my, I know SO MANY girls I would love to share this magazine with – my entire middle school! Magazines are the gateway to reading for a lot of reluctant readers, and the majority of girls want to read Girls Life, Seventeen & People, yet my copies of Logan (http://www.loganmagazine.com/ – check it out!) are sadly neglected. I’ve been wanting to subscribe to KiKi since reading your post..but winning a year’s subscription would be even better!

    When I was 12 my favorite thing to do was go on walks with my friends. We would walk for hours around my neighborhood, chatting about everything. It was the only way to get away from my little brother and his pesky friends 😉

  • Deb March 15, 2011, 4:00 pm

    When I was 12, I loved to roller skate! My sister and I would skate at the rink and around our cul-de-sac with our radio blaring. I ‘m sure our neighbors loved it too.

  • Megan@Dirty Dishes Daily March 15, 2011, 4:02 pm

    When I was 12, I loved playing hide and seek with my brother and sister. We lived on my grandparents’ huge property and there was so many great places to hide. It was a blast and it would literally take up our whole day.

  • Westy March 15, 2011, 4:16 pm

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was to go down to the beach and surf. Growing up on Kauai, we are lucky to have the beach just 5 minutes from our home. The best part was after the beach, we would go to the store to get ice cream. Aww…to be 12 again…

  • Beth March 15, 2011, 4:16 pm

    Hands down my favorite things to do when I was 12 were read and swim!

  • Becca March 15, 2011, 4:22 pm

    that dress IS cool!! i want it!! 🙂

  • Stacie @ Imperfectly Healthy March 15, 2011, 4:23 pm

    My niece would love this giveaway! My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was read and sing! I still enjoy doing both! 🙂

  • Florence March 15, 2011, 4:39 pm

    I loved reading and going to swim practice everyday–it was good to be part of a team 🙂

  • Kim March 15, 2011, 4:40 pm

    My 9 year old neice would definitely benefit from some positive girl materials!

    My favorite thing to do when I was twelve was to walk with my friend to the library. We’d pick out a bunch of books, then take them back to her house and read under the huge tree in her yard. That’s how I spent my summer!

  • BeckyH March 15, 2011, 4:44 pm

    I met my best friend when we were 12 years old. We were in grade 7, and my first memory of her was she she sneezed on me, yes, sneezed on me ! Gross ! That sure got us talking, and since then we haven’t stopped. Our favorite thing to do was spend the day listening to bad 90s music, talk for hours, write notes to each other (while we were in the same room), and talk about our crushes.

    Sixteen years later we are still best friends, but instead we talk about our goals, our dreams, our work and occasionally about our husbands =P

    If I win, I have the perfect little girl who would love this magazine. My 9 year old cousin Kaylee, who I can only hope has a best friend like mine some day =)

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:37 pm

      This is super cute. 🙂 I love the story of how you met your BFF.

  • Denise March 15, 2011, 4:46 pm

    My favorite thing to do at 12 was roller skate! my daughter will be11on March23 and her favorite thing to do skateboard outside or set up our ENTIRE basement as a school room and play teacher(and she is STRICT!!) I know she would really enjoy KiKi!

  • Katie @ PEACEBEME March 15, 2011, 4:51 pm

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was play soccer! I would give this magazine give-away to my 11-year old cousin. 🙂

  • Lisa (bakebikeblog) March 15, 2011, 4:56 pm

    What a wonderful giveaway!! I was all about sports when I was 12! And camping!

  • Allison @ Happy Tales March 15, 2011, 4:59 pm

    That dress is really pretty!! Hm, when I was 12, I was all about playing tennis!

  • Baking 'n' Books March 15, 2011, 5:00 pm

    Amazing. I would love to give this to my niece.

    Um – 12? Can’t remember! Jump over puddles on muddy trails or be with my dad and sister fishing…

  • susan March 15, 2011, 5:01 pm

    When I was 12, I was totally happy when reading Trixie Belden or Nancy Drew…neither of which my daughters will touch with a ten foot pole. Sigh.

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:37 pm

      Nancy Drew is where it’s AT!!!

  • Allison @ Happy Tales March 15, 2011, 5:04 pm

    Meh, I’m only so-so on potatoes. I’d rather have a sweet-potato! Ryan on the other hand is a potato FIEND and will eat them in any shape or form. I am printing our your recipe and making these for him as a side sometime soon! He will loooove it.

  • Tracy March 15, 2011, 5:05 pm

    When I was 12 I loved to video myself and my friends acting out commercials. I laugh every time I see them! Also, we would sing and dance to Disney tunes, like Aladdin songs!!!! I will gift this to my sister if I win, she is 14!! 🙂

  • Ali March 15, 2011, 5:15 pm

    12 years old…wow, that consisted of learning how to deal with other girls as I was a slow started and liked to climb trees, play forts and build sand castles. While other girls my age were wearing make-up, crushing on boys and trying out 12 year old fashion. I hope I can remember that time so I can be there to explain it to my daughter, no 15 months 🙂

  • Kandi March 15, 2011, 5:22 pm

    When I was 12 I still loved barbie dolls! What a great giveaway!

  • Tricia March 15, 2011, 5:26 pm

    I was a theater kid through and through. Throughout elementary school and junior high I did 4-6 plays/musicals a year. Most of which were lead roles with singing parts. It kept me busy… but it was my place to shine. I got to be so many different characters.

  • Allison G. March 15, 2011, 5:44 pm

    When I was 12, my favorite things to do were singing (still love to do that!) and listening to my Phantom of the Opera CDs.

    Hope I win so I can give this to my cousin! 🙂

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:36 pm

      Hollar for Phantom of the Opera!

  • Renee March 15, 2011, 5:45 pm

    When I was 12 I couldn’t wait for summer so I could spend everyday at our pool with my childhood friends. Oh, the wonderful memories made during that summer. 🙂
    Great giveaway! I have a little sister who would love this.

  • Ellie @ The Mommyist March 15, 2011, 5:46 pm

    I lived in a beach town when I was 12. It was great. We spent our time at the beach and running around town with sand still in our bathing suits. There is something about a beach town that inspires all parents to give their child complete freedom to rome, just like the old days.

  • Nikee March 15, 2011, 5:48 pm

    This would be great for my daughter! When I was 12, I loved to read!!

  • britt will be fit March 15, 2011, 5:48 pm

    summer time with my friends!

  • Kate (What Kate is Cooking) March 15, 2011, 5:49 pm

    When I was 12, I was obsessed with NSYNC 🙂

  • Laurie March 15, 2011, 5:53 pm

    When I was 12 I was obsessed with my friends. I was on the phone, the kind with a cord for hours every day. My dad couldn’t believe that I would see them all day at school and then have to come home and talk some more.
    I bought the last Kiki magazine after you mentioned it. Sari would LOVE it.

  • Katie March 15, 2011, 5:56 pm

    I’m a 7th & 8th grade teacher, so I have quite a few girls who I think could benefit from a Kiki subscription!

    When I was 12, I loved writing creative short stories on our computer. I’m afraid I would force my mother to read my endless works about teenage angst on a regular basis 🙂

  • CupcakeNat March 15, 2011, 6:04 pm

    At 12 years old I was buying Malibu Musk at Payless Drug Store, zipping up my Five-Star binder and eating anything I wanted. Man, I miss that 12-year-old metabolism!

  • Kiskustar March 15, 2011, 6:18 pm

    My favorite thing to do as a 12 year old was to dress up as Sporty Spice and dance/act as Spice Girls with my friends. Good times.

  • Lisa M March 15, 2011, 6:20 pm

    I just got my first dog at 12!!! I spent many hours training & playing with him..

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:35 pm

      Aww you were the kid that actually did all the work with her dog that she promised her parents she would do!

  • Kim @ Kim Lives Healthy March 15, 2011, 6:27 pm

    I’m hoping to win this for my 10-year-old niece who is the only girl in our extended family and could use some positive female inspiration!

    My favorite thing to do as a 12 year old was to listen to techno music on my 5-CD changer, turn on my rotating disco ball lamp in my room and have dance parties with my baby brother 🙂

  • jess @ upsanddownes March 15, 2011, 6:35 pm

    Oh my! I’d love this for my classroom- i teach fourth graders 🙂 anyway, my favorite thing to do was actually…read babysitters clubs books and pretend I was mallory and had my own club. Yup. true story.

  • Teresa March 15, 2011, 6:45 pm

    I was still huge into baby dolls so that is what I loved to do, play mama! My best friend and I would hide them in our bookbags to walk to each others house so the boys in the neighborhood wouldn’t pick on us lol

  • Maria (RealFitMama) March 15, 2011, 6:46 pm

    OMG!! As a 12 year old I was totally into sitting in my bedroom with my friends and blasting NKOTB as loud as possible, scream along with the words and dream of being married to Joey McIntyre. I had the bedding, over-sized buttons, posters, book covers, bags and even the Christmas album. Just call me a dork now. 😉

  • Megan March 15, 2011, 6:48 pm

    This would be perfect for my little sister =] When I was 12 my favorite things to do were play soccer and basketball, I’m pretty sure that’s all I did!

  • Josephine March 15, 2011, 7:01 pm

    When I was 12 my favs were talking on the phone to my BFFs, reading the Babysitters Club & Goosebumps and watching Power Rangers and Sweet valley high. Oh those were the days!

  • Sarah March 15, 2011, 7:18 pm

    My little sister would love this package! When I was 12, I actually created my own website to display my poetry, writing, and art. I learned HTML and everything! I was a much bigger nerd than you, Caitlin! I also asked for (and received) a scanner for my 12th birthday so that I could scan in my photos for my website. So funny…

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:35 pm

      That is super cute. The GOTR girls told me today that being a nerd is cool 🙂

  • Zo March 15, 2011, 7:39 pm

    Oh boy. At 12 I was wearing my fingerless black lace Madonna gloves (we all had them) and discovering the joys of Duran Duran. That dates me!

    My boyfriend’s daughter would love this.

  • Katie @ Healthy Heddleston March 15, 2011, 7:43 pm

    I loved bike riding at 12!

  • Laura (Starloz) March 15, 2011, 7:50 pm

    oh boy, 12. i dont really remember it. i’m pretty sure i was a tomboy riding my bike around. living in the bush. oh boy, so much has changed.

    i personally love the vintage dress!

  • jennyh March 15, 2011, 7:51 pm

    This would be great for my Niece Emma, she just turned 8 and entered her “tweens” and her Mom is working on starting a girls on the run chapter! When I was 12 I loved to make up dance/gymnastics routines in my basement w/ my BFF Jenn 🙂

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:34 pm

      Yay for GOTR 🙂 Tell her mom I say thanks.

  • Tania March 15, 2011, 7:58 pm

    My daughter would love this! When I was 12 I spent every minute I could volunteering at the Wildlife Safari (a zoo minutes from our house.) I handed out food at the petting zoo,chopped veggies,did animal encounters, socialized baby animals that could not be rehabilitated. I would have lived there if they let me! That year I became a vegetarian, which lasted 12 years!

  • JenS March 15, 2011, 8:03 pm

    This wouldbe great for a friend of mine’s daughter. She just turned 11 and I see much of myself at her age in her struggles (shy and unsecure). When I was 12, I either had my nose in a book (Baby Sitters Club!) or rollar skating around the neighborhood/rink. My mother always worried I would combine the two at the same time 🙂

  • SarahDS March 15, 2011, 8:15 pm

    I think my pen pal/flower girl/dear family friend, who is ten years old, would love this. When I was 12 I loved playing MASH, dressing up and having photo shoots, reading (holler to all the other Baby Sitters Club lovers), and exploring in my family’s orchard with my brothers and cousins.

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:33 pm

      Hollar1

  • Julz March 15, 2011, 8:35 pm

    My favorite thing to do when I was twelve was play video games!

  • Taryn March 15, 2011, 8:55 pm

    My favorite thing to do at 12 was reading. I only wish I had more time to read 14 years later!!

  • Jolene (www.everydayfoodie.ca) March 15, 2011, 9:05 pm

    My favourite thing to do as a twelve year old was to get slurpees and go for walks around the neighborhood with friends, visiting, laughing and having a good time.

  • Maryea {Happy Healthy Mama} March 15, 2011, 9:08 pm

    When I was 12 years old, my favorite thing to do was play basketball.

  • Gina @ Gina Eats Beans March 15, 2011, 9:13 pm

    When I was 12 my favorite things to do were ride my bike, play the game of Life, and be with my best friend, Mandy, who is still my best friend to this day, 13 years later!

  • Megan March 15, 2011, 9:32 pm

    I loved to lip sync and choreograph dances for me and friends. We made our own poodle skirts and entered the school talent show “singing” Lollipop and the Shoop-Shoop song (It’s in his Kiss) by Cher from the Mermaids movie.

    • Caitlin March 15, 2011, 9:33 pm

      Aww this is super cute. I used to choreograph dances, too!

  • Katie R March 15, 2011, 9:42 pm

    When I was 12, I loved to read. Whenever my fmily went anywhere in the car, I’d bring a book (or three), and I wouldn’t look up until we arrived at our destination or I had to go to the bathroom 🙂

  • Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin March 15, 2011, 9:43 pm

    You and I sound super similar when we were 12! I loved building forts in the woods too! Also I was a total bookworm and always had my nose in a book. 😀

  • Steph March 15, 2011, 10:27 pm

    My niece would love this! When I was 12, I loved going roller skating with my friends. I went a few years ago, and was surprised by how much of a workout it was – it definitely wasn’t that hard when I was younger!

  • Angela March 16, 2011, 12:09 am

    When I was twelve, my little sister and my best friends all would climb this tree in our neighborhood and we all had our “niche” where we carved our names. One day the “stupid” boy who had cooties (who we all had a crush on) who lived near us found a grasshopper and he threw it in the air and let it fall and hit the ground and ultimately killed it. My sister and friends and I were all so sad that he killed it that we decided to have a funeral for it. We all carried it to our tree, said prayers, sang songs, and set it up in the tree for its burial. It was a very sad, sad day…but makes for a great memory!

    While we did not have funerals for grasshoppers everyday, this is just a taste of what our childhoods were like!

    • Caitlin March 16, 2011, 9:18 am

      Aww poor grasshopper!

  • Cati @ crave and create March 16, 2011, 12:10 am

    When I was 12 I liked to listen to jazz music and practice my trumpet…because being a geek is awesome. 🙂

  • Jenni March 16, 2011, 12:14 am

    Hahaha, I have never commented on the blog before but I also used to love the Renaissance fair and I had to share! Awesome!

    • Caitlin March 16, 2011, 9:19 am

      Renaissance fair for life.

  • Marissa C March 16, 2011, 12:31 am

    Read! Loved the Little House on the Prairie Series.

    My youngest sister (13) could use a positive influence like this–she is trying to grow up way too fast. Downside of being the youngest of 5.

  • Leah March 16, 2011, 1:18 am

    My favourite thing was reading… My daughter (now 8) will probably be either drawing or dancing when she’s 12!

  • Audrey March 16, 2011, 2:12 am

    When I was twelve, my favorite thing I can remember doing was having a sleepover with my best friend, Hanna. No matter which house we slept at, mine or hers, we always had fun and would eat the best foods! Our moms always pulled out all the stops (chocolate chip pancakes, homemae lasagna, taco night!) that we certainly didn’t get on regular weekends.

  • Lee March 16, 2011, 6:44 am

    My favorite thing to do was swim- I was one of those kids who could spend hours in the ocean or lake. Now that I’m teaching GOTR here in Boston, there is definitely one girl in particular who I know would love this.

  • Lindsay March 16, 2011, 8:35 am

    This would be great for my niece Ellie! She’s 8 and starting GOTR this year for the first time. When I was 12 I was all about horses, trail riding, lessons, dressage, if it had anything to do with riding horses, I was there!

  • Amy March 16, 2011, 9:48 am

    I’m a counselor and I work with junior high girls, so kiki sounds perfect for them. When I was 12, I loved hanging out in the yard with the other kids in my neighborhood every day, until our parents forced us to come back in.

  • Ali March 16, 2011, 10:37 am

    My 9 year old daughter would love this!
    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was bring home a giant stack of teen romance novels from the school library and read on the couch all weekend. So nerdy, but so much foreshadowing of my life now as a graduate student that has to read all the time 🙂

  • Amanda March 16, 2011, 11:33 am

    I havent thought about Sweet Valley High in so long! Amazing books at the age of 12. I have an 11 year old who would look at me like I am crazy if I asked her to read those now. I remember at 12 reading to my younger cousin in our tree house and sitting on our tire swings daydreaming until our older cousing got mean one day and cut them down while we where sitting in them.

  • Amanda March 16, 2011, 11:35 am

    Oh and how could I forget reading Tiger Beat. KNOTB where and always will be my favorite. I guess I will never grow up.

  • Kaley March 16, 2011, 12:33 pm

    My favorite thing to do when I was 12 was math team! How terrible?? I wish my mom would have stepped in and had me participate in a cooler activity! I now have a 11 year old sister who is much cooler, and on the math team!!

  • Amber K March 16, 2011, 2:09 pm

    I don’t really have a ton of memories from back then, but I do remember laying on the tire swing with my walkman sitting on my lap around 13 after Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill came out 🙂

  • Amanda @ The Beauty Notebooks March 16, 2011, 3:08 pm

    When I was twelve, I loved biking “up the street” (really up the street and around the corner) with my twin brother to hang out with some neighborhood kids. I also have always been a bookworm and read so many books that year! Now that I’m in college I miss having time to read for fun–and I’m an English major!

  • MarathonVal March 16, 2011, 9:29 pm

    I loved to read…. can’t remember what my favorites were at that time, maybe Sweet Valley High?!?

  • Halley (Blunder Construction) March 17, 2011, 10:56 am

    Just catching up… laughing at your Renaissance days… 🙂 thanks for sharing!

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