The Definitive Kids Christmas Stocking List - Post Your Ideas Here!

[Enid]

Post Christmas stocking ideas for kids here please!

I will start it off after supper.

Oxfam have fab wooden toys and fair trade sweets and chocolates.

So, you got your Christmas topic hey enid? Are you happy now, are you, are you?

I will add:
Whoopee cushion, only 99p or something and endless amusement of the 'why don't you sit down mummy' variety
tiny books for littlies

LOL Bubble -I guess it is quite a "quiet" list (other than the fart putty which had more use Christmas Day than everything else put together!)

Enid. I'm a bit at you being able to buy beads/Polly Pocket type stuff.

I'm destined for a life of dinosaurs.

can I recommend (though tis pricy for a stocking) the game 20Q (basically an electronic 20 questions). It asks you 20 questions, you just press yes, no, sometimes, unknown and it guesses what you were thinking of.

This has provided hours of entertainment for my two and is perfect for a child who can read (to play it on their own) or slightly younger (with your help). Lots of friends who come to our house play with it for ages (especially the parents!).

Another good stocking thing last year was an electronic spinning top that counts how many times you spin it round - I thought this was great but forgot that uber competitive dh and ds would play it for hours on end to beat each others (and my) score ggrrrr V good for boys though!

Chamomile. Thanks for that.

Foxy. DS1 would love that. Do you know where I can buy it?

foxinsocks
Mummy got one of those 20Q last year in this house and its fab!!! Highly recommended!!

I did a sort of smash and grab in the Entertainer in Kingston last year so got most things there

I think I got the electronic spinning top off the web. Do you want me to look for it?

here's 20Q

dinosaur.

At least you maintain your rigid/bendy plastic shape. As a tube of bubbles I am resigned to spillages/being blown into eyes/ being half-heartedly refilled with washing up liquid and water......And then thrown away.

it's called I-top - here is the I-top Pro on amazon

tbh, it has loads of modes, most of which we never figured out how to use properly as dh and ds were too busy trying to outdo each other for number of spins (lol at the review where it says her husband took it off her children and the kids hardly got a look in!)

this is the one we have - it flashes the score up on the top as you are spinning it - you probably wouldn't need the more sophisticated one if you could find one of these

foxinsocks - you are so right. Bentall Centre from November onwards is hell. Maybe Edam has a point. We should get started now.

novelty drinking straw
packets of sequins/sparkly bits for making collages with

Letterbox have small fish/dinosaur or alien in a box, you add water and it swells up. Sounds crap. So DCs will love it. £2.50.

Santa never forgets the marshmallows.

And proper Sugar Mice.

Can't be arsed to read whole thread - has anyone mentioned 'bath tints'(the tablets that colour bath water)?

Genius thread. Well done Enid. I am in full Christmas preparation mode.

Any one else getting the playmobil Advent Calendar? I'm stalking them on Ebay like a panther watching a rabbit.

Last year DD got:

Satsuma
Little pack of 6 Angelina Ballerina Books
Heart shaped post it notes in glittery fairy bag
Chocolate coins (am upgrading to Enids Reindeer this year)
Bag of farm animals with trees/fences etc
Sparkly shakers for dancing
Penguin from Madagascar

Think that's it. For this year I'm stealing the lego idea, Enids Reindeer,whoopee cushion and the novelty straw.

Re 20Q. I tried it and it didn't get nipple.

The small Mr Men shaped bubble baths.

My DC's (all under 4 at the time) knew what these were. Their cousin, aged a whopping bloody great 8, tried to EAT hers!!!

Playmobil special
jelly lolly from Boots
selection box
"work" book (those ones to practise letters or whatever's appropriate
Little polly Pocket (DD only)
gold coins
craft bits
nice crayloa crayons
Hair bobbles and slides (DD again)
Pants/socks (a big hit last yr, honest).
Disney Tinkerbell notebook (lucky old DD)
stickers
tiny pack of gel pens

Need DS ideas actually. Liking Spiderman keyring and comics. Also tattoos.

Also Enid's barbie sister and bead threading (nooo that's DD again)

whats hawkins bazaar??

hawkins bazaar have a web site they sell traditional unusual and wooden toys and have a great range of bits and bobs for stocking fillers, clockwork toys bath toys wooden toys lovely stuff.
Mine got the dress up dolls and wooden puppets last year spend far too much lol at the grandparents and the lack of restraint.