Stocking fillers - what does Santa put in your DC's stockings?

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I'm desperately looking for inspiration for Santa. He is on a budget this year, so wants stuff that's relatively cheap, but fills up a stocking. Any help much appreciated!

choc coins
satsuma
mr men book
smellies
small toy
colouring book
felt pens

this year will be ds's first with a stocking, a friend is knitting him one for me :) hes 2.4 at xmas so he's getting

pair of socks
new toothbrush
tiny little chocolate bar in shape of an elf
bath toys
soaps in the shape of cars
and a beanie baby dog to top it off :)

This is DS's first year with stocking too. Also will be about 2 and a half. Filling it is more fun than buying the big presents. So far he has-

Box of crayons
2 strips of the same Peppa Pig stickers 9on sale at Sainsbury)
Beanie Yojojo and Nok Tok
Wind up turtle bath toy

His dad is going to add a couple of Takealong Thomas trains and other bits and bobs. I'm going to add a small bottle of bubbles.

DD (nearly 4)

new colouring pens
new colouring pencils
a whole bunch of tat little bits from hawkins bazaar
one of them magic flannels (expand in water)
choc santa
care bear

DS (nearly 1)

Magic flannel
first proper cutlery
wooden rattle
toothbrush
teddy

Some great ideas here. We do a lot of them too - like toothbrush, chocolate coins / orange etc. I try to make sure that there's something nice for the Christmas morning shower too - shower gel, fancy shampoo, etc.

Can I also suggest a Santa eco-torch. About £6 and my son (who was 7 months last Christmas absolutely loves it!

Daughters (age 21 and 13) will also get a starbucks card.

Oh yes - we do Starbucks cards or goodies too (eg their gingerbread syrup).

You can get loads of bits and bobs at the charity shop - great for Fairy Magic books and naff crystally ornaments which my dds adore.

my ds who will be 8 will be getting

lego bits (from daily mirror)
novelty sweets (home bargains)
mini notebook/pencils
marbles
choc coins
tube of jelly beans
yoyo
mighty beanz
tech decks skateboard
expandable flannel
toothbrush

dds who are 2+3

expandable flannel
toothbrush
novelty sweets
hair bobbles
hair clips
choc coins
mini books
flavoured lip balm
and im thinking of a grey me to you bear each

Quoththeraven If you are planning for your DS's stocking to be on his bed for FC to fill may I humbly suggest a matching stocking that you have already filled to swop for the empty one. saves creeping in to get empty one then trying to fill it when you are tired and emotional had a drink and then sneaking back in to replace on bed.

trumpton - my dds have always been scared of FC coming in their room so they leaves stockings outside the door

yy to stockings outside the door - Santa's always in a rush to get downstairs so he doesn't have time to go searching around dark rooms

I shouldhave thought of that when mine were small......It does seem strange to me that we encourage them to think it's ok for a stranger to come into their room and leave them presents in the middle of the night.

I remember a toddler group party when as FC entered with a ho! ho! ho! a little girl peed all over the floor in terror.

Santa in our house always just pops down the chimney and leaves stockings by the fireplace. When we've been away he's left stockings byt patio doors.

If you want a nice full stocking we have used Pajamas (from Primark) as a nice bulker outer, or once swim towels in Florida.

Main presents in our family come from people and are under the tree. We have often had to wake the kids to do stockings, as Daddy used to play the organ at church on Christmas day (probably not this year as daughter is singing PM).
I think Christmas is one of the few occasions when I'm not too bothered about a bit of unhealthy eating. But we do stop them eating for a bit before dinner (Church is good for that).

DH has just told me that he never had a stocking as a child.

He used to get one present from his parents plus other from his aunts etc.

I find that a bit sad and that may also explain why he never makes me a stocking - despite me doing him one every year

My sister and I didn't get stockings as children, but neither did any of our friends. I think it just wasn't part of the Christmas tradition where we lived. We both loving doing them for our own children though. :)

No, I never got a stocking either! But my parents loved me and got me lovely presents. I'm from another country and they didn't grow up with stockings, so didn't know to give me one. I'm doing one for my 2 year old. It's fun finding these wee things.

Mine always get
socks
toothbrush
bubble bath
expandable flannel
chocolate coins
satsuma
cadbury festive friends
tree ornament
stickers or sticker book

then this year they also have
barbie type doll (cheap one)
toy car
train for the trainset
jumping beans
grow your own something

Did my shopping today as had a child free day

Apple
satsuma
nut
Chocolate pennies
These 4 above every year the same
Bed socks
card game
pens
bath toys/rubber creatures
diary
chocolate snowman/father christmas
Key ring
child appropriate soft toy sticking out the top

We're trying to avoid sweets this year as they get plenty from family, school events etc. I found www.tickseed.co.uk to have some great relatively cheap (price wise !) and different stuff. Great little stocking fillers and craft items under £1 and some small science kits for nephews.

There's always Hawkin and stockingfillers.co.uk (same company) but some of their stuff is so overpriced. Asda have cheap stationary.

sara

I'm stocking up on reduced halloween stuff at the mo got ds a wind up skeleton and a pot of maggoty slime in morrisons for 50p, scream4ng ghosts etc all great fun and dirt cheap.

satsumer
chocolates
sugar mouse
tooth brush and
toothpaste (to combat the effects of the sugar mouse)
knickers
socks
hair bobbles and a few novelty bits - i got some nice bits from john lewis, inc., a gorgeous tin of nursery rhyme drinking chocolate (quite expensive though) www.muji.com
is also good and one of my favourites http:www.jellyandblancmange.co.ukhas lovely stuff

messed that last link up - it's www.jellyandblancmange.co.uk

Thanks for the Jellyandblancmange link, flyingboat

Notjher one to try is Shiny Shack

I have also got my 10 year old DD

make-your-own bouncy ball from Lakeland
mini decorated rubber duck
stripy toe socks from Hawkins
Jelly Belly bubble bath
A £1 million pound note
Loveheart plasters
Jar of fluff

I am going to get one of those choc oranges with popping candy in - when I see them on offer!

I'm still looking for nice knickers - never had this problem before but can't find any good ones this year - anyone help? Looking for something other than plain and have usually found nice ones in Next

After that I will stop!

In the past boys have had:

Dinky cars
Torch
ALWAYS satsumas/clementines
Choc coins
Mini books
Tube of sweets (on offer in quite a few places atm for £1)
Marbles
Golf ball - they love them.

This year, after looking round town with them, Santa is rumoured to also be leaving:

'Fart putty' - they thought it was hilarious! :o
Bubbles
Wooden flute
Bouncy ball
Crayons
A mini fudge square from Thorntons

Ideas he is thinking of niking from here include:

Toothbrushes
Bubble bath
Expanding flannel

Notjher another