Stocking fillers for adult DC

[Thighofrelief]

My boys get more and more difficult to buy for the older they get, 19 and 28 this year. Obviously the main present is cash but I want to fill a stocking each too. Last year I went overboard on the smellies and they were polite but I overheard them say "mum thinks we stink" (I do). So tricky, any ideas?

Also a small gift to give each of my parents at the table - not more than £20 each. They are in their 80s and very difficult to buy for!

And......I have one more problem. I don't drink but do like sherry trifle but I don't know anything about sherry or what type goes in trifle and I only want a small bottle, just enough for the trifle. Can anyone educate me please?

Any ideas please?

Cards against humanity or expansion if they have them
Designer underpants
Pen knife
Vouchers for whichever gaming platform they use
Money clip
Nice keyring

What do they like to do?

Parents- a Bettys cake in a tin.
What do they like- I gave an 80 year old a Donald Trump mask last year which caused a lot of amusement and has apparently been well used.

Leather belt for the stocking?

Edibles? Beer?

Chocolate, tin of celebrations or similar- bulks it all out.
beer or spirits if they drink, sainsbury's have loads of mini spirits at £3ish each or a range of beers
Bottle of favourite spirits

Christmas socks
Scratch card
Miniature alcohol and appropriate mixer
Magazine
Car air freshener
Miniature Christmas cake
Mug

Depending on your relationship with them, I have added glow in the dark condoms to my adult sons stockings.

Top trump cards

Food items always go down well

Can't forget the Lynx spray as it's now a running joke every year.

Brain teaser game

Pen

Socks (novelty and a practical pair)

Funny solgan boxer shorts

Lounge pants/Pyjama bottoms

T Shirt to go with the lounge pants

Chocolate, tin of celebrations or similar- bulks it all out

That must be a Truely huge stocking!

That must be a Truely huge stocking!

They are sacks that were and when they were babies , they are enormous, everything comes in the sack. I would guess they are about 160cms by 120 cms

@Reaa

What? For real? Glow in the dark johnnies?!

www.glow.co.uk/glow-in-the-dark-condoms-4-pack.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI99Cc2-Dj3QIVhhCRCh1UzwUdEAQYASABEgIwI_D_BwE#CONDOM4

Perhaps secretly hoping to become a granny as they look novelty rather than functional.

How’s about a wallet ninja? I got a nice one in Poundland the other day.

bottle opener

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, it's tough when they are your kids who are not kids at all! I think they would laugh at the glow in the dark johnnies - but my 86 year old Dad would even more so that's for him! Ye gads.

I love stocking filler threads !

this was the trump mask

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01IVEI1WA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?psc=1&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8

TruelyTruelyScrumptious
I am already a granny and no they not just a novelty, they came as part of an assortment pack from Durex.

It was not Durex, they were ONE condoms.

Small bottles of their favourite spirits!
Male grooming kit
Golf balls? (Or tennis balls in dp’s case!)

Adult stockings
Mini torch to go on key ring
Corkscrew
Metal card case for non contact cards
Gloves, especially the ones with finger pads for using phone/iPad
Thermal beanie hat
Warming hand pads
Pack of cards
Dice
Toffees/mint humbugs etc

Thighofrelief
If your dad has that kind of humour, would a pair of socks with the words "if you can read this" "bring me a beer" printed on the bottom of them be any good?

one of these unusual boxes between them both

Earphones. Always earphones.

Sherry for the trifle, the usual cooking one is
Harvey's Bristol Cream, but it's about £10 a bottle, so an alternative would be Sainsbury's Oloroso at about £8, which you could also use as an aperitif.
You don't often see miniatures of Sherry, but around Christmas in supermarkets you can get a range of miniature brandy, liqueurs like amaretto, or fruit gin like sloe all of which would work in trifle. They would be about £3 or £4 each.

AdaColeman - ah thanks, I could use a miniature brandy in a trifle do you think?

IdahoJones - of course, earphones!

Funny knickers, socks, lounging clothes.

I got one of them a personalised bottle opener one year and the other was so secretly jealous. So the next year I got it for the other one, by which time the first one had lost his and was secretly jealous!

Dad would laugh at the johnnies - I got him a silver thong one year. He was only about 75 then.

Yes that would work well in a trifle. Do you light your Christmas pudding? Brandy would work for that too, maybe you need a quarter bottle? Brandy will keep better than sherry if you don't use it all at one time.

In the past I have sometimes asked my neighbours for a glass of sherry to use in trifle! We all seem to have it for trifle or elderly rellies but everyone actually hates it themselves so someone usually has a bottle knocking around that they really don't want!