There comes a time in every girl’s life — around the time when she stops wanting to share the details of her day at school and starts wanting to pick out her own clothes — when she begins campaigning for her very own phone.

And she does it with all the ruthlessness, tenacity, and savvy of the typical D.C. lobbyist.

So give it up, Mom. Resistance is futile. Cell phone? Hold out, please. Get her a Glam-A-Phone. The bright-blue number with flower-shaped touch-tone buttons is a ‘tween’s dream — and doubles as a craft project. It comes with oodles of sparkly gems, glitter, cut-outs, and even a feather boa, which your budding diva can use to doll up her new toy. She’ll be so busy decorating that she might actually forget to use the phone for its intended purpose (calling boys).

If you’re lucky it might delay the start of the Great Makeup Debate.

For a few weeks, anyway.

Available online at zippergifts.com.