The thread where we all share our great stocking fillers ideas

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ie. the thread where you all give me great stocking filler ideas

Fire away oh wise MNers

Dds will be 3.6 and nearly 2 at christmas. They are both getting:
Peppa pig bath paint
Apron (gruffalo for dd1 and elmer for dd2)
Foam build your own plane kit
Magic flannel
Tiny playmobil set
Few little books
Choc coins
Sugar mouse
Cuddly toy on the top (not chosen yet)

Ooo I've just bought some cupcake holders for their lunch boxes!

I like to make sweet things for the stockings.

I make shortbread or gingerbread men/animals, and sugar mice for my DC and my niece and nephew's stockings - though some of the Dc are a bit young yet for the mice.

MIL makes her own candy canes, they are brilliant! They do look home made but that makes them better IMO, like the elves have made them. She used to always make them to hang on the tree, but now they appear as a surprise on her tree on Christmas morning, and one in the stocking of older DC too.

Place marking and will share mine later - although they will probably have been covered

My DC have been talking about a fish tank for Christmas, I've got a Sea Monkey kit each for their stockings instead.

Not cheap but cheaper than an aquarium!

Jelly bean uno, plop trumps, splat snowballs, 50 note chocolate bar - tesco, shower speaker for ds11, earphone detangler - M&S, mini pin art thing, drumstick pencils, small desktop drum kit, magic 8 ball, harmonica, mini helicopters - anything from Hawkins Bazaar really.

Oh and loads of american sweets - nerds, wonka bars

I go a bit overboard on stockings.

Hex bug (£3 mini one, he saw an advert)
Harmonica
Projector torch
mr men books (£1.50 each in Wilkos)
Glitter glue
Craft bits - googly eyes, pipe cleaners
Octonauts plasters
Octonauts cutlery (dinner set is a main present)
Tub playdough (usually make it at home)
Glider plane
Watch (animal snap on one £1.99 on amazon)
Kinder egg, Choc coins, chocolate teddy, satsuma, flannel, toothbrush

Oh and a Schleich animal of some kind.

I try not to buy 'stocking filler' type presents. Instead I put smaller presents into DD's stocking or consumables. This year I've bought:
Ariel costume
Scooby doo dvd
Chocolate coins
A torch (dd is desperate for one)
Bubble bath
Yo yo (again, desperately wants one)
Frozen hair brush
Puppets
A minion

DD is 3.5. I can't wait to see her face on Christmas day

Shamelessly place marking because you are all much more creative than me

Spiderman flashing yo yo
Chocolate orange
Toy story stickers
2 small playmobil sets
Glitter glue pens
Activity books
Ben 10 surprise bag thing
N few other bits can't remember.

Ds is 4

My DSes are 5 and 7 and their stockings will contain:

Blank notepads (99p store)
Felt tip pens (ditto)
Coco Pops variety-size box (parents would never allow such a thing)
Tube of sweets
Sticker book (Lego Harry Potter)
Lexo Mixel
Small activity book
Soft toy (this year it's Minecraft mobs)
Travel ludo/draughts (£1 from Amazon)
Yu-Gi-Oh/Moshi cards
Chocolate coins :)

Earphone detangler sounds brill!

And I must stock up on chocolate coins.

My kids seem to be older than most on here (14 and 11)

I think stocking filler threads are my favourite.
So far my ds's 6yrs & 4.5yrs have:

Noise squizzer magnets (randoms section in the entertainer)
Blank dry wipe flash cards
Lego movie keyring
Bobblehead monsters kit
Crazy soap (complete bargain at 50p in £stretcher)
Glow sticks
Flashing wheel (old school toy like I had years ago)
Bag of toy soldiers
Rubix cube torch
Flashing yoyo
Slime tube
Astronaut ice cream
Finger skateboard
Glow spinners
Rubberband ball (ds2 is mad about collecting rubber bands)
Brain Parp (random noise maker from Wilkos)
Chattering teeth
2x play doh tubs
Minion magic flannel
Turtle blow pens
The obligatory chocolate coins

I'm keeping my eye out for anymore bits and pieces as I go along :)

Boots have some good things too - fisheye camera, zip earphones, Shower radio, crazy golf stationery set - I too have boys!!

Am so envious of you all doing stockings for little ones!
I am really struggling with ideas for DH, and ds 20,19. & 14. I have underwear, PJs, smellies,tubes of sweets. They all have torches, army knives, all the pens and stationery you could imagine already. Am really stumped this year. The boys don't drink or play sports, everything they do is computer based. They do read, but have kindles. Not really into clothes. One of them likes to cook, one is musical. They want ps4 games for main present, ( luckily not grabby kids).
I don't want to drop the stocking tradition but need help!

auntysib garlic press, silicon molds for the cook? Guitar strings, reeds or sheet music for the musical one?

Scratch cards, gift vouchers for Starbucks.

I do a stocking for dh so if your 14 year old is male we can trade ideas
Last year included the chocolate sprouts from M&S, a compressed air keyboard cleaner from Poundland, one of the credit card style multi tools, a funny paperback and some smellies etc

Colouring book and fine tip pens
Benefit minis
NailsInc Nail varnish and Jack Wills nail files - all Boots
Candy Kittens sweets - made in chelsea fan - Waitrose
Lonely planet world photographic book - book people
Fat face pjs
Primark socks
Primark polar bear gloves
Downton Abbey dvd!
Kindle gift card
Book(s) - going to browse Waterstones tomorrow
Sport bottle and kit bag
Superdrug Zoella guinea pig make up bag
Glamour December magazine
Sheepskin heart cushion- White company - discounted
Small Photobook downloaded from pics on her phone

We still have her stocking and sack from when she was little, which is massive, so we have to fill this. Main presents go in these, hence the big list.

My DC had, for years, always had socks, pritt stick, chocolate coins and a chocolate animal and tissues in their stockings. They also now get tippex and lip salve, and whatever else seems to suit - one has got a travel sewing kit this year. They get about 15 things every year, which I can just about cram int their stockings.

And every Christmas morning, without fail, they are thrilled by the socks. And the bloody pritt stick. They expect them, but there are always cries of joy: 'Yes! My pritt stick! I needed a new one! I was relying on Mum Father Christmas!'

A coffee shop gift card is a great idea!

MehsMum I buy chocolate coins for my BiL every year - have done for 30 years. Every year there is a big cheer from the whole family when he opens them!

paper fan
head torch
bindis/ £ land princess rings
Lucky charms cups
Stick on earrings
Party Dress
Whoopee cushion
Annual

Google goggles
Nougat
Tickets
funky socks

Lush have a new FUN bar out for Christmas which I think is a fab stocking filler.FUN is soap/bubbles/multipurpose and in playdoh form-a nice sausage of modelling fun you can wash with!

The new Christmas one is a snowman kit,rather than the usual one colour.It's largely white with the rest being black and orange ready to make your own snowman soap/bubbles.

It's awesome (and fun for adults too!)