Christmas Stocking Stuffer Ideas
If you are familiar with my posts, you will know that I absolutely cannot stand clutter and excess and useless articles around the house. With a large family, it is a constant battle to purge paperwork, junk mail, trinkets and knick-knacks, and item that are not of any value, sentimentally or practically, and yet you can’t seem to bring yourself to throw it away. Christmas can be a wonderful time and season to give meaningful gifts that loved ones will appreciate and use, but sometimes the trends and social pressure can push you into buying less-than-ideal gifts just for the sake of having something to give. Christmas stockings and stocking stuffers are one tradition that makes it easy to fall into this trap. I have tried to consider what useful, intelligent, practical, tiny gifts would be good for going into stockings. Here are some ideas that I’ve had and some of the things I’ve gotten to put into our stockings this year.
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A note on this – I have been doing a lot of Christmas shopping and price comparisons, and while Target did have one deal that was buy one get one 50% off for toys, overall the prices at Amazon have been the best – except books! I bought a bunch of books and I used abebooks.com (which has lower prices than thrift books) and eBay – secondsale has a buy three get one free offer which is really good.
Watches
Small, exciting to kids, and useful, watches are a great gift if your child doesn’t already have one.
This is a highly rated, budged friendly Kid’s Watch
If you are looking for multiple children, this is a good deal on a set of two watches, one boy and one girl:
Toothbrush
You always will need toothbrushes, so make it a fun Christmas treat! These character toothbrushes are great.
Battery Powered Toothbrush with Toothpaste
Earrings
Earrings are small and practical, as long as you don’t err by placing quantity over quality and buying a bunch of cheap earrings that are bound to get scattered and unappreciated. I would recommend finding a nice earring that will be special and significant, at a reasonable price.
These Earrings with Initials are very personal.
These earring come in different shapes like butterflies and stars.
These Heart Earrings are minimal and classy.
Wallet
A little wallet or purse can be useful and also a way to let your little one feel more grown up.
Vera Bradley Cotton Wallet (30+ patterns)
Puma Cotton Trifold Wallet (12 patterns)
Card Games
Looking forward to a week of winter vacation with your kids, bunkered down in the house together, it can be good to get a couple fun card games to stick in their stockings.
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chocolate
These are the best quality chocolates that I could find, in special holiday assortments. I am getting some of these to put into our stockings.
Lindt Lindor Peppermint Truffles ($0.79/oz)
Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate Truffles ($0.79/oz)
Ghirardelli Assorted Squares ($0.62/oz)
socks
As Dumbledore says, one can never have enough socks.
play doh
Here is a small set of tiny play doh, but you can find it for $0.50 each at Walmart.
cRAYOLA PRODUCTS
SCRATCH PADS
Very fun and unique, while also consumable, so you are not accumulating trinkets.
Rainbow Scratch Notebook Furry Friends
Rainbow Scratch Notebook Under the Sea
Rainbow Scratch Notebook Solar System
Want more crafty gift ideas? Check out this Arts and Crafts Gift List for Kids
wATER wOW
Depending on how careful your kid are, these can last a while, and they do keep kids entertained on car rides or waiting rooms without making a mess. You fill the pen with water, and they draw/paint with the water to make the pictures turn to color.
sTICKER pAD
My kids, especially my toddlers, really love doing stickers. I got these paw patrol sticker books for my littlest.
Mess Free Coloring Pack
These markers only color on the special mess-free paper, so the kids can’t color on the table or walls or car windows.
Mess Free Coloring Pages and Markers
This is a set of three bound pads instead of loose papers, and includes Blue’s Clues, Paw Patrol, and Baby Shark:
Pens or Pencils
This sounds boring, but when things are wrapped up nice and put into a stocking, they will be exciting to open no matter what they are, and pencils and pens are always going to be useful, so why not make it into a gift since you have to buy them anyway?
Paper Mate Felt Tip Colored Pens
Zebra Midliner highlighter, 5 sets of 5
Zebra Midliner Highlighter neutral pack of 10
Miniature Books or Notebooks
Kids love cute little books that coincide with their little hands.
Tiny Moleskine Notebook (these are really high quality, but tiny enough to carry in your pocket.)
Mini Composition Notebook set of three
Mini Classics book set (older kids)
Mini John Green book set (older kids)
Looking for more book suggestions? Check out these book lists:
Sensory Toys
Wacky Tracks pack of 6
Kinetic Sand pack of 4
Little Toys
Flashlight
Nail Polish
Nail polish is a cute and practical gift for any girl or woman. I prefer the insta-dry by Sally Hansen. It comes in a ton of colors. You can find it here:
(Or at any drugstore or Walmart.)
Chapstick/Lip Balm/Lotion
Make your girls feel grown up and feminine with some Burt’s Bees products.
Hair Brush/Hair sPRAY
Practical, useful, stuff you would need to have around anyway.
Lily England Brush and Comb Set
Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum
It’s a 10 Miracle Leave-in Product (this stuff is really the best.)
SCRUNCHIES, Hair Claws, Head bands
Mittens or Gloves
Mittens and Gloves are useful all winter long, and they are something my kids are actually excited about.
Headphones
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