Stocking Stuffers Your Kids Will Love!
Yesterday I heard that stores are already running out of the best toys for Christmas. While I love finding meaningful gifts for YOUR parents & meaningful non-toy ideas, I also love to find creative gifts that the kids can laugh about, have fun with, and be surprised by… My stocking stuffer list isn’t any different.
What is different is while kids rush to make a Christmas list every year, you can really find unexpected things for the stocking. The stocking leaves lots of room for creativity. 🙂
Really unique stocking stuffers are one of the most fun holiday traditions we share as a family for the holiday. Today I’m sharing ideas & affiliate links to a few favorite stocking stuffers. 🙂
Stocking Stuffers for Kids
Yes, stocking stuffer ideas for our kids are always fun, but sometimes hard to come up with ‘out of the box’ ideas. Especially year after year! If you are looking to be a little more creative than the basics (candy, toothbrushes, etc…) then I hope these ideas spark some creativity for you too!
Ps- Santa knows that we (Mickey & I) add a few things to the stockings every year, so if their little eyes happen to see these things in our closet (the gift hiding place) – it isn’t quite as big of a deal.
Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Kids
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- Shaving Cream – your kids can use it to draw on the table or spray some in a baking dish and let them draw.
- Letters to each other. Have your kids write why they love each other and let them fill each other’s stockings with these notes before they go to bed on Christmas eve.
- All-natural peppermint Chapstick
- Hair Brushes (I love our WetBrush)
- Letter from Mom with the date that you wrote it. After Christmas, put the note into a box and save it with your Christmas things. Each year, pull the box out and read old letters with your kids.
- An Orange and a quarter (in the toe of the stocking – for good luck!)
- Awesome Chalk-Marker liquid pens!
- LEGO mini set (less than $5)
- Pocket pal mini-Notebooks
- Gloves (12 pairs for $15 – love this for as often as we lose gloves!)
- Reindeer Bell (right off of Santa’s sleigh) with a note from Santa.
- Child/Parent date-night certificates. Have them in envelopes and each month, the child pulls out that corresponding envelope and gets to see what date was planned for them.
- Magazines for kids – we like National Geographic for Kids
- A great book
- Nail polish – love this set!
- Bath Crayons (& even CLn body wash – it’s our favorite!)
- New water bottle (this one is awesome & holds up over time.)
- Flashlights on a rope
- Underwear
- Shark Socks
- Post-it notes
- Brain Quest Cards
- Jewelry kit
- Hair Chalk
- Play Figurines
- Travel mug
- adorable flavored Lip Glosses
- Ingredients for Peppermint Playdough and a note stating that ‘these are the things that you need to make playdough with your family.”
- Hot Wheels
- Applesauce Pouches (in lieu of candy)
- Color Bath Fizz Drops
- Scratch-off notes
- Wipe clean Learning Book
- Yo-Yo
- Movie tickets for the family
- Leg Warmers (get them free!) (teens can wear them on their arms)
- One on One Time Calendar
- Super Bouncy Ball
- Juggle Bubbles
- mini-Markers
- Kid Jewelry
- Frozen Stationery Set
- Hipzbag
- Glow sticks
- Sunglasses
- mini Yoobi Highlighters
- Yoobi Gel pens
- Amazon Gift Card with a note that says “I’m sure you are going to see some awesome things that you wish you would have asked for, in the next few weeks, so save this gift card and use it to buy it for yourself. Surprise!”
- Name Bubbles (perfect for backpacks, lunch boxes, jackets & more)
- Rubik’s cube
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Bethany Theisen says
Great ideas! Other ideas: stamps and ink pads, the little tablets that when put into water grows into something (animal for example) that is made out of sponge (can’t think of the name), washable crayons or markers, little stuffed animal.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
LOve those ideas! 🙂 (I know the sponge thing that you mean- they have them at the dollar store) 🙂
Emilou says
Mini slinkie
punch balloon (uninflated, of course)
hair accessories
cute Christmas sock made into animals (folded like the towels at fancy hotels)
Hot Wheels
Harmonica (and other small instruments)
dated Ornament (maybe something related to the child’s current interests)
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
oh so fun!!!
lauren says
-a coloring book in there stocking each year. You can find them for $1.
-at our Dollar Tree (not any dollar store, specifically Dollar Tree), ours always gets the cutest novelty candy
-Hot cocoa/chocolate packs. You can normally get a box for about 2 bucks or so 🙂
-themed snack cake (little Debbie for example has Santana brownies and several Christmas tree cakes)
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Awesome ideas!
Kathleen Allen says
My daughter is 24, she still loves getting stuff in her stocking. She loves cats and I have found mascara in a cat shaped container and Grumpy Cat grumpuchino drinks. Other things are gift cards for restaurants. Otherwise she never gets out to eat at a restaurant and settles for to much fast food.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
That sounds ADORABLE! (mascara)
Bonnie says
A couple years ago I did “bath” themed things in everyone’s stockings. Like those poofy things, little bubble bath bottles, lotion, a back scratcher, rubber ducks, etc. My kids are/were younger (2, 5, and 8 now) but they loved it and so did their dad.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Oh- so cute! 🙂 Our son (6) would LOVE a back scratcher!! I need to get that.
Amber Riggs says
Silly string, biore black head strips, Cologne samples (big lots sells them for $1), my son goes thru batteries like they are underwear so his stocking is half full of them this year, AZ iced tea, the quarter machines at our grocery store have tons of cartoon or sports stuff all year long, glow in the dark stars for the ceiling, fun erasers, Got Milk? Flavored milk straws, lint rollers- they also come in mini that fit in a purse or backpack
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Silly string- forgot about that one. That’s always fun!!
Nicole R says
Sparkle tattoo mini kits are great for the stocking! My boy love sparkle tattoos.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Oh that’s fun!!
diana says
we put live theater thicket every year from Santa in their stocking. We have gone to plays, musical, dance, live music concerts. If you contact your local Eagles
or Elks club a lot of time they have free shows to go to.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Great idea!! Thank you!
Petra says
So far this year I picked up for my daughter (8) hair chalk($10), a mini embroidery kit (of a kitten)($3), and a crochet hook($2) and a small ball of yarn($2). Last year she learned to knit, and I love sharing crafts with her that are also great skills that she can develop over time. rainbow loom bands was another one I didn’t see on her that I know kids have been into. I always find it more difficult to find things for my son (also 8), but he loves pokemon cards and lego. I noticed the smaller hexbugs are about $10, so I may get him one of those too. I love the idea of the parent coupons, I think a small book for each of the kids would be nice for some adventures and one-on-one time. Thanks for all the great ideas!
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Great ideas!!
Theres Just One Mommy says
Some terrific stocking stuffer ideas!
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Thank you 🙂
Jennelle Youngs says
Hair bows, sippy cups, swimming mermaid doll
Those are things in our stockings this year.
Robin says
Brilliant suggestions! I’m a grandma struggling to come up with ideas for kids ands grandkids. Thank you! Merry Christmas!
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Thank you! 🙂
Wanda says
I always include mini boxes cereal! That way if they are up early into their stockings they can have breakfast without waking us up! I also include glow sticks, ear buds (they always get lost) and new gloves.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Oh that’s hilarious & smart! 🙂
Jaime Fattler says
My mom always put those mini cereal boxes in our stockings and told us they were full-sized boxes of cereal for Santa’s Elves & they were special presents from the Elves!
Mara DeSilva says
I LOVE the Kids Lip Balms from Lemongrass Spa! It’s SUCH a better alternative to regular chapstick which has petroleum based ingredients.
Candace says
I have 3 girls so always do hair accessories, razors, toothbrush, deotorant, shave cream, bath and body works, gum, makeup remover wipes, make up,
Laura says
I got my children this year a Jacob’s Ladder, water ring toss games and a bird call.
Jenni Weed says
Items popular with my six kids over the years; Add to the list…
Large unicorn lollipops
Pocket Knives great for 10 and up
Key chains
Small LED flashlights
Gift cards to Cold Stone Creamery
funky socks
bandanas
Candace Pelham says
A gift card to the movies
alex says
I favour old fashioned toys , tin kaleidoscopes, mini wooden skittles, dominoes , rubber band powered boats, candle powered boats , wind up tin toys , wooden bird call , wooden acrobatic monkey . my son still treasures everyone of them
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
I think kids love these things, as well!! (& they last!)
Kelly says
Where did you get those at ????,,,,We happened to be at home goods and was checking out and their was this ole stuff I will say me and my husband I think bought it all then when we were doing the stocking we had the best conversation about the old days !!!!!!!!!!!!
Cindy says
Cracker Barrel and Field and Stream have great “olde” toy gifts. Lincoln logs, slinkeys, wooden planes etc. 😉 Call first. They don’t all carry same thing and sell out fast.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
Oh- good idea. 🙂
Julie says
My dad has always been in charge of stockings when I was kid and still now that I have my own kids. He has always put lottery scratch off tickets in our stockings. It’s always fun to see who comes out the big winner!
Patty K. says
I’m not sure if someone said it or not, but I always make sure to add a pack of Thank You cards.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
love that!
Beth Bishop says
Hi. I read your blog from all the way over in the UK. I love these ideas. My friend and her husband bought her kids guinea pigs one year for Christmas. They all love them dearly. A lot of our stocking fillers are non toys. This year the kids are getting electric toothbrushes and snuggly “movie” blankets as part of their stocking.
Becky (Your Modern Family) says
🙂 So fun!
Louise Thomas says
I love those ideas! Very interesting!!Great for all ages!
JC says
I always put new toothbrush and kid’s toothpaste in Christmas stocking and Easter basket. Santa and Easter Benny want them to brush!
Terri says
How about a water color set and paper or an activity book? or a scavenger hunt set up after they are in bed? We always got water colors and those chocolate gold foil covered coins with tooth brushes. How about a small game of jax or marbles (age appropriate) matchbox cars… I got my girls Monster matchbox trucks one year when they were about 4, they loved them. Play doh is often on the list too since they love that. Some great ideas everyone!
Hana says
I was feeling sleepy and your first stocking stuffer idea woke me up. I was like “shaving cream”?? Isn’t this blog post about stocking stuffers for kids? Then I saw how they can use it for drawing… that’s actually really creative. Nice list of ideas you have here.
Cindy says
My kids made greeting cards and thank you notes with these. 1) spray foam liberally into a cookie/baking tray. 2) drop 1-4 drops of food coloring into the foam, as many colors as you’d like. 3) using the back of a spoon, swirl around the food color until a pretty pattern emerges. 4) take a blank note card, folded in half (or make one) and carefully dip one panel into the colored foam. 5) allow to dry several hours. 6) Have your kiddos write notes inside of cards.
Deb says
Every year the grandkids get a new Christmas tree ornament, sometimes homemade, sometimes purchased. I have taught my granddaughter to sew, lots of ideas there. Grandson is learning guitar so ordered some customized guitar picks.
Becky Mansfield says
Great idea!