What's going in the stocking?

[ArriettyMatilda]

So far it's just socks for nearly 3yo dd. I am sure she'll be thrilled I'll get the traditional chocolate coins and a satsuma but I am really stumped for ideas. Obviously it can't be huge gifts and I don't want to get things that will be discarded before Christmas day is over! What are you putting in your dc's stocking and how old are they?

I have a 2 year old and 4 year old boy

Play do pots
Character Felt tips
Rolls of stickers
Hats, scarves and gloves set
Books
Crazy sand individual pots
Character bubble bath
Audio book on cd each
Dvd each
Dinosaur in an egg
Bubbles

And i will buy big tubes of sweets and put them in too

Mine are having a large stocking and less items but bigger presents under the tree

I saw some multicoloured bags of chocolate coins in the Co-op the other day, make a nice change from gold ones.

Please could someone tell me where the magic flannels are from as I hunted high and low last year and no joy!

I have made awful mistake of buying TOO BIG stocking so I am going to have to really bulk it out this year with chocolate orange, tubes of sweet etc..

for older dd 9 - this year will be lots of card games and magic games from Djeco. Perhaps a story CD as well.

Younger is much easier!! any tat really...novelty toys and so on.

I wrap some things and let others be.

So do you do stockings and Father Christmas gifts?

We do stocking with tat and asked for gifts and then presents from us and family later.

We do stockings and a main gift from FC. All other gifts under the tree from us and family.

Thanks Bella :) Four months is hard. DS liked ribbons etc at that age (still does). He has one on a stick which I swirl around and he loves. Bubbles are a big hit too and at that age he loved Lamaze toys. Some little socks?

Ooh and black and white books?

Elizabeth most supermarkets sell magic flannels, usually with soap rather than regular flannels though. Boots and wilkos have them on their websites.

Thanks fam, great ideas!

THANK GOD FOR THIS THREAD.

DS1(nearly 4) is getting: a train for his wooden railway, a Playmobil person, 3 X Schleich animals, hot wheels car, slinky, giant magnet, magnifying glass, touchable bubbles, toothbrush timer, chocolate coins, a Paw Patrol character.

DS2 (16m) is getting (so far): magnetic cars, ELC clicky toy, pull-back Thomas, spunning light toy, light-up bath toy, Schleich elephant, bath mirror, nursery rhyme CD, choc coins, Playmobil 1.2.3 helicoptor.

Brilliant thread. I had no idea what to get DC, then thanks to this thread remembered we have a Tiger store locally. Checked their web site... Think I've sorted the whole stocking now :-)

Some great ideas here, thanks everyone! Today I have bought an Oball (see pic) and a cuddly rabbit for DD2 (will be 9 months), and some hair clips for DD1 (will be 2 and a half). Also some dinosaur bath squirters that they can have two each of.

I've really enjoyed reading everyone's ideas here. I think dd will be getting a character toothbrush, hair clips/bands (as we are always losing them), dvd, torch, magnifying glass and possibly some schleich animals if I can face starting another collection of a certain type of toy. I might get her a car or a train too. Part of me can't help but feel she has enough toys and really doesn't need anymore for at least another whole year. Luckily her stocking isn't huge and I may bulk it out with craft stuff and useful things.

Elizabethtailored I found magic flannels in the large pharmacy in my town last year. Dd was distinctly underwhelmed when we made it grow. However she does really like that it has the gruffalo on it. I may just buy a novelty bath mit or a character flannel.

Famalam13 dd was one for her first Christmas and I remember putting in shakers, a penguin cuddly toy and a light up ball. There was definitely more but I've forgotten!

I will be wrapping them, it's half of the fun! We have been doing a stocking and one slightly larger present from Father Christmas. And then she's still had a mountain of presents from us. I think I will try to rein it in this year as she will be three and so more likely to remember. I don't want to set unrealistic expectations and we can't fit anymore junk in out flat

Equimum your stocking for your eldest sounds perfect for my DS. Any chance you could just make 2?

We actually reuse stuff that's already in the house, so some things in our stockings are the same every year. Every year the kazoos and Swanee whistles from the music box get wrapped up and appear in stockings for a game of Swanee kazoo, and so a set of finger puppets which we use to improvise a puppet show in bed on Christmas morning.

Could someone please give a link for the tiger shop so many people have bought from??? Thanks!

They don't sell online,alas.

My mum always brings stuff from her local Tiger when she comes to visit.
uk.flyingtiger.com/en-gb/about

They have changed their name to Flying Tiger.

Oh thanks for that!!

DS is 3, DD is 5. Mine always get

Character socks
Character pants
Kinder egg
Big chocolate coin from Starbucks (don't know how this one started )
Fruit shoot
Small cuddy toy
Character cutlery
And then a few small toys each.

I love doing the stockings.

The Works and Tiger are both brilliant for stocking fillers, poundshop usually have a few gems too.

My kids got given absolutely beautiful but huge named stockings. Which of course they love and want filled.

Foam swords, umbrellas, and boxes of Star Wars/Frozen cereal fit the bill. Maybe a huge bubble blower for dd. A requested cuddly animal so ds and dd will play adorably together for a bit. And a set of Lego or similar in the hope that ds will go assemble it and let me have a lie-in...

DS1(11)

Lego creator set
Small Lego city set
Giant cola bottles (B&M)
Jelly beans
Kinder Santa
Choc coins
Smartphone tripod
Smiggle sharpener
Plush phone holder
Ninja highlighters
Tiny hand bookmarks
Ripley's 2017 book
Skateboard tool
Skateboard stickers
LED skateboard Bluetooth speaker
Loreal men toiletry set
Bluetooth headphones (B&M)
Sticky note pad
Flashing ball pen
Manga pens
Dan TDM plush

DSD(11)

Plush phone holder
Unicorn slippers
Korean lip balm set
UFO bath fizzers
Unicorn tangle brush
Colour changing nail polish
Jelly beans
Kinder Santa
Choc coins
Giant cola bottles
Smiggle purse
Plush alpaca
Nail foil set