"Stocking fillers" 18mo boy

[mrsHawk1ns]

DS1 will be 18mo by Christmas & I'm stuck for what to get as stocking fillers. DS2 is due in 4 weeks time and I've wrapped some of DS1's baby toys for him to go under the tree just for photo & DS1's sake really (not bothering with a stocking at a few weeks old!)

DS1 has I've just realised been a bit of a PFB so got loads of toys last Christmas & his Birthday in May, & we've just brought stuff as & when we've thought it would be nice for him to get a new toy totally spoilt and it's all still really relevant, and he still plays/learns from it all, not yet grown out of any of it.

With DS2 on the way my nesting instinct is trying to keep things nice & tidy & minimal so we haven't brought too much for DS1 this time round - just 2/3 largish boxed type items (so they look big enough & not stingy under the tree) and their accessories - so 6/7 presents under the tree. All other items have been given to family as suggestions as to what they might like to buy when they have asked what they could get.

last year DS1 had a big personalised Santa Sack made by MIL (their tradition has always been sack not stocking, which I'd never heard of ) but this year I don't want to use that as it's so big, I'd end up filling it with more pointless plastic crap when I'm already trying to keep things to a minimum, so I thought a nice small stocking. But what the hell do u put in a stocking for an 18mo boy?! I remember my stockings being full of hair clips, bubble bath, chocs, pink frills that kind of thing, not what a boy would like at all so am really stuck as to what to get DS!

sorry this post is really long & rambling & mispelt and has bad grammar but please help me!

[katienana]

my ds was 15 months lsdt Christmas. he got
finger puppets
bouncy ball
squashy monster
wind up snail
mini book
bubble bath
toothbrush

this year he will get similar plus a satsuma. will focus on stuff he can play with before we are ready to go downstairs. museum gift shops are good for little oddities that appeal to small boys. ikea also has some very reasonable small toys.

[MissLurkalot]

Sainsburys have cute Gruffalo socks in stock.. They have a little bobble on with the Gruffalo's head on.. Super cute. Cheap too.

[snappybadger]

When my son was about 18 months he got the following in his stocking:

Happyland farm animals
Sandra Boynton small book set
Toot Toot cars
In the Night Garden plush toys
Digger socks
A diecast bus
Thomas pull back toy
Thoma DVD
Dophin bath toy

[Lilicat1013]

This is what my son will be having in his socking, he will be nearly two at Christmas but most toys on there will work for a younger child

ELC Mini camper van
Megabloks toy car
In The Night Garden board book
Light up spikey ball (search sensory ball on Amazon)
vTech Toot Toot quad bike
Set of three Disney Cars Wheelies
WOW packs (RSPCA and Christmas)
Crayons
First Picture Trucks board book
New taggie

[unclerory]

Last year DS got satsuma, apple, chocolate, other sweeties, Schreiber figure, stickers, something crafty (can't remember what), a playmobil 123 figure, ball, socks, toothbrush, vests, pull back car, decorative hooks for his bedroom, brio accessory, luminous stars for his bedroom ceiling, bubbles, musical instrument (shaker or some such), finger puppets.

[ilovehotsauce]

Toy cars, bubble bath - stuff that turns the water crazy colours,small book, bubbles, chocolate, big boy stuff like pants and vests, Novelty slippers, Colouring book and crayons, stickers.

[eastmidswarwicknightnanny]

Chunky cars megablocks one's are good at £4 each n 3 for 2 in boots we got them for ds when he was about same age.

Carry colouring pad thing with crayons in back - pounshop n wilkos do them.

Bath crayons - although I hate them :)

Fun toothbrush think we got a hungry caterpillar one at that age

[Mrsgrumble]

Ooh great ideas here!

[mrsHawk1ns]

all brilliant suggestions that I should have been able to think of, I was just having complete mind blank! bubbles, flannel, books, bath toys, and sticker books will be the route I go down I think thank you!

[attheendoftheday]

Bath toys and musical instruments like bells and shakers are good.

[Jsa1980]

My DS is 18 months (today!) I've got so far
Playdoh
Milkybar buttons
Little Cars
A cuddly toy
Sticker book with removable reusable stickers
That's not my dragon book
Pj's

That will probably be it.

[BedPig2013]

Dd will be 22 months at Christmas and she's getting a couple of books (reused from last Christmas), tooth brush, flannel, bath fizz, rubber duck, crayons and paper and maybe a sticker book in her stocking, she's also only getting a couple of big presents under the tree

[waithorse]

Finger puppets.

[omama]

When ds was about that age we did bath toys, chunky crayons, few pots of playdoh, happyland figures, socks, dvds, soft toy that sort of stuff.

[MissLurkalot]

We've bought a Vtech Toot toot animal treehouse for our boy the same age, so we're buying the 3 pack of individual animal figures and popping them in his stocking

[anyoldname76]

Balloons, bath toys, slipper socks, torch, chocolate coins, magic flannel, I got mine a fart cushion aswell last year which he thought was hilarious

[jThompson]

CD of kids music or audio books.
Tumble tots dvd was great for getting out energy on rainy days here.
Bath toys & bubble bath
Crayons and colouring book or a few printed colouring pages
Little figures ( happy land, fisher price etc)
Board books