is it too early for a "what's in your DCs' stocking" thread?

[PontyMython]

I really like reading what's in everyone else's

DD (4.6)

• little play figures from various films she likes, all from ebay - Toy Story, Wallace and Gromit etc. If I'd thought about it, they would've been perfect for a fabric/wooden advent calendar, but it's a bit late now!
• cuddly Dangermouse and Penfold
• Science Museum 'instant photos'
• Little Einsteins xmas DVD
• mini Xmas jigsaw

DS (2.4)

• Happyland figures that were too small for the tree
• Disney snake figure (I think it's Kaa? From ebay again)
• mini snake colouring book
• cuddly Hong Kong Phooey
• ELC colouring cards and crayon
• Roary xmas DVD
• Roary mini library
• magnetic fishing

They are both getting a clementine, a toothbrush and a magic flannel (tradition) and also this year a train each (Brio style) with their initials on.

Also need something very small and chocolatey, any ideas?

They have some magic flannels in Boots on 3 for 2 - this year I've seen Peppa Pig, Chuggington, Cars, Zingzillas and probably a few more.

I got Peppa and Chuggington ones the other week. Then I realised I'd already bought snow white/bob the builder ones on eBay months ago

ponty - :o

thanks for that

Dd nearly 4
face paints set, Gruffalo money tin, bug catcher, sparkly hairband, little soft animal, chocolate reindeer

Ds nearly 1
little wooden train, squashy cars, Gruffalo money tin, socks, a biscuit (!! Christmas morning treat!!), small plastic animal.

Wrapped them already (not the biscuit!) to check they spill out the top of the stockings :)

DD 5.5 has got:

Space Balloons
Chocolate Santa
Decorate your own toothbrush and bubblegum flavoured toothpaste
Socks
Bubblegum
Moshi Monster Mash Up Cards
Giant Candy Cane
Slipper Socks

Oh, and a lego man head torch!

magic flannels in Sainsbury's too.

DD (2.4):

Happyland farm animals and Christmas set (wrapped individually of course).
Brio train and carriages (also wrapped individually) for her train set.
Was wondering if I could get away with wrapping track pieces from a Brio extension pack individually too!
Some of the little Lindt chocolate snowmen/Father Christmases (whatever I didn't put in her advent calendar) - think there are five in a pack, which should ensure she is totally hyper before breakfast.
A Smarties chocolate penguin (bag of smarties inside). NOT to be eaten before breakfast, or indeed Christmas lunch!
Lots of sparkly hair clips. Taken off multipacks and wrapped in pairs.
Small pack of mini colouring pencils. Tiny notebook with picture of 'cute' animal on front.
A couple of packs of mini neon post-its. I'll find them all over the house for weeks but she's obsessed.
A couple of mini tubs of playdoh from a party pack.
Lots of stickers.
Sparkly/patterned tights.
A clementine at the bottom that she'll feed to me segment by segment.

What are space balloons please? They sound like the sort of thing I need to know about!

Remembered a couple more -

dd1 a sparkly money box shaped like Jesus
dd2 astronaut icecream / a guitar shaped keyring which plays Hey Jude

DS2 (3ysr)
Wind up toy
Kinder choc
Torch
Fireman sam DVD x2

DS1 (nearly 6yrs)
Wind up toy
Kinder choc
Marbles game
Tiddly winks game
Superheroes x2
Torch
Mini book
Ninjago spinner

Was reading this earlier- saw 'chapsticks' on someones list and it made me think 'ooo chopsticks!' Found a 4 pack on amazon for £5, think they will love them.

Need more ideas for the 3yr old though pls!

"Its going to be a squeeze getting us all in our bed this year!" Er, you share a bed with 4 children including a 14 year old?

I think she meant when they all jump into their bed to open stockings together?! We kept that up as kids until I as the eldest was in my late teens/early twenties...often had just come rolling in the door from a wild Xmas eve night out...my mum started putting a can of irn bru in my stocking every year !

Loopy - I think she means on christmas morning!

Ds (5)
Scooby doo goo
Bike bell and bottle
Cars 2 bike horn
Kaleidoscope
Monster soft toy
Plate in shape of a penguin
Plasticine
Packet of googly eyes
Campervan from cars
Cars2 puzzle
Lego plane
Mini fishing game
Haribo
Socks
Buzz lightyear playdough
Wooden plywood building thingymajig
Magic set
Cars 2 art cylinder
Hughlighter in a star shape

Dd (15m)
Socks
2 little animals with wheels on
3 bath toys
Plate
Selection box
Little miss christmas book
Gloves
Mini aquadraw
Toy dustpan and brush

They'll both get toothbrushes/paste, fruit, sweets, a novelty sponge and some halos and horns bath stuff too.

Need to get dd a soft toy 'cause ds found her telltubby in the cupboard!

Space balloons are from play.com, I think science museum brand do a pack too. I paid 2 pounds for them. You get a small balloon pump decorated like a spaceship, then 3 rocket balloons and 3 saucer balloons, they are the kind you pump up and let go so they whizz around.

Hmmmmmm think I may have to reconsider how much ds is getting as stocking presents...

Asda sell space balloons too

Ds Erm 17
Mini smellies
Keyring
Choc coins
Tube of haribos
Cheap plastic watch eBay
Geeky glasses

Dd 10
Hello kitty slipper socks
Hello kitty electric toothbrush
Hello kitty toothbrush set
Lego men mini soaps
Lego men
Choc coins
Tube of pink smarties
Mr snow (mr man book)

I think that's it!

DD (5) gets a huge stocking to last her through the morning till she gets to open her one present under the tree after lunch

Hello Kitty drinking cup
Hello kitty purse and charm for her school bag
A couple of other charms for her school bag
Torch thing that projects stars onto the bedroom ceiling
glowsticks
pink bouncy sparkly ball
snapping shark game
hello kitty slipper socks
necklace and bracelet
mini pinball jelly bean thing
hello kitty lipgloss
bath pearls
farting putty stuff
Lion King DVD
magic touchable bubbles

need to get some Percy Pigs and a tangerine in there too.

loopy

Everyone gets in our bed to open their stockings, although DS3 will start Christmas Eve in his own room, there is a good chance he'll be in with us by the morning.

DS will be 3.11

Dinosaur grabber
Thomas magazine
Thomas drinking cup with straw
Snowball
I can cook Cbeebies book
Thomas 'Christmas Express' DVD
Meccano dinosaur

Thanks re space balloons - off to look on Play now.

Ooh lots of great ideas on here :) probably a good thing ours are all done as I'd be spending more otherwise! Will try to remember all these things for next year though.

Slight change of plan here though - couldn't find both of their stockings from last year, but they were small and not that nice anyway [last minute emoticon] - but DH found a huge stocking in the attic (?!?) today that is perfect - and it fits both of their presents in perfectly. Must remember to arrange them so they can take turns opening though.

Also means we can fit in a train set accessory (mine tunnel) for them to share, I hadn't really known what to do with it before but this way they can test their trains on it first thing :)

Ah! That makes sense now!

I had some space balloon type things when I was young :o fond memories of watching the spiral one whizz around!

Wingdingdong my DS has got the happyland Xmas set in his stocking, so cute isn't it :o

I had Bucket-family-from-Charlie-and-the-choc-family type imaginings!

I've just bought some of those magic bubbles - they look cool but I admit I'm a bit dubious!

DS is 5. His stocking is a football sock ( adult size)

Looks like it will filled with

light up bouncy ball
choc coins
box of tic tacs
Plastic plane glider
mini colouring book
magic flannel
bubble bath
spiderman tooth brush
lego mini fig
spinner
indoor mini frisbee

He doesn't like satsumas or there would be one of those in as well.