Stocking fillers (which aren't plastic tat)

[lyinginthesundrinkingbubbles]

Could I start a thread on this please?

Good ideas especially for children. Useful things that I won't throw in the bin within a few weeks and don't cost a fortune.

So far I have:
Water bottle
Socks
Stickers
Pens and pencils
A knitting Nancy
Top Trumps
Annual

But any brilliant ideas out there?

Age of dc?

Dds (9/10) like lip balm, nail varnish, key rings, socks, comedy knickers

Depends on the age of the child. But DD who's 6 1/2 is getting

Chocolate coins
Another bit of chocolate/tube of sweets
Knickers
Socks
Singing soap
Novelty toothbrush
Felts
pens
Notebook
Colouring book
Stickers
Nail polish
Fairy lights for her room
Mini craft kits from Hobbycraft
One of those creepy Ty teddies with the big eyes

Boys- 7 and 9.
But was trying to start something generally helpful for people.

Personalised jar of Nutella
Deodorant (obviously depending on ages)
Hair accessories
Hair comb (I bought a brilliant ghd one for my dds last year) something like £5 on LookFantastic
Siku tractors/diggers etc for boys
Gloves
Toothbrush
Bookmarker
Tube of smarties
Nail varnish
Tights
Hats
Lipgloss

Sorry about all the gender stereotyping

Earphones
Big bag of popcorn for a film night and second hand DVDs from charity shop (pads the stocking out nicely)

bath bombs
yoyo
chocolate gold coins
makeup
fun socks
some sort of head band or hair tye
pencils
smiggle stuff

I was looking for a thread like this! My DS is 2 so need some stocking filler ideas!

Stationery: notebooks, stickers, coloured envelopes, erasers, crayons, pens.

Toiletries: expanding flannels, bubble bath, fruity shampoos, deodorant.

For teens: candles, joss sticks, nail polish, hair mascara, coloured hair wax.

Food: mini boxes of treat cereal, imported American sweets, mini jars of choc spread or Speculoos spread, chocolate coins.

Other stuff: those coil shoelaces, new pants and socks, mini metal puzzles, wooden animals, magazine, book, DVD, sweatbands, printed out photos, mini photo frames.

Novelty socks / pants
Bubble bath / bath bomb
New toothbrush (my DC are v young and luckily still get more excited about unwrapping than what's in the package)
Sticker / puzzle book
Stationery (Mine love having their own pritt stick, sellotape etc)
Small Lego pack or minifigure (this year I've got them the ornament baubles)
Palm-oil free chocolate (thinking of the orangutans )
DVD

Was going to start similar my self!! So far I have DVD, sweets/choc, hair comb, glasses cleaning wipes as dds get very mucky at school, lego mini fig, socks and a book. But stuck after that and it doesn't seem overly fun!!

I've got all my little boys presents and we have mostly avoided plastic apart from playmobil but I've just been looking for his stocking. I'm getting him a wooden boomerang, solar paper, a waterwheel kit , socks , bath bomb , a little wooden box with trick opening and a magnetic wand with diffetent coloured sort of coins you can pick up with them.

Mini cereal boxes - always feel like a treat!
Anything foodie - grenadine syrup for making orange juice into a mocktail / personalised Nutella / dried mango or pineapple / little jars of jam

socks / food flask / bamboo toothbrush / bar of soap / expanding flannel / pack of cards / microwave popcorn /

wooden yo yo
magazine rolled up
Those Christmas tree things that grow flowers when you put water on them

Bar of Christmas soap from Lush.
A book.
Crossword/word search/sudoku book.
A purse/wallet.
Can of fizzy drink if this is something they don't have regularly, and so is seen as a treat.
Ice cube maker that does fancy shaped ice cubes (may be viewed as plastic tat!).
Tube of Pringles.
Hat/gloves.
Character socks/pants.
Dominoes game.
Hand cream.
Gel pens/post it notes/highlighters - try Paperchase as they usually have them in funky designs!
Pack of handbag tissues - Boots usually do some with a Christmas design.

I love the pringles and can of pop idea.
Mine would view that as an absolute treat!

And they still haven't quite worked out new vs second hand so the DVD idea from the charity shop also a winner......

For the last couple of years, I've got my DD (6) a mini bottle of strawberry scented antibac hand gel. No idea why but she likes it. I think it makes her feel grown up.
I also get her some pound shop /TK Maxx cheapy makeup - just tinted lip balm & glittery eyeshadow - yes I know, but it's for wet weekends in only. I'd sooner buy her face paints but she's allergic.
Children's peel-off nail paint.
Bath chalks
Pretty hair clips in the sale from Accessorize. Seem to hold up much longer than other brands.
We got a basic box of these colouring pencils for DD a few years ago, but they are so good that we eventually ended up buying the rest of the set.
A yoyo - we got a nice wooden one a few years ago.
Wind up torch - Mountain Warehouse have a plain black one in the sale at the moment. I've seen more colourful versions available in the past, DD has an animal one.

I always recommend Lanka kade wooden animals at £2.50 each they are great value free delivery always at www.littlefootprint.co.uk and there is a black Friday code BFF for 25% off

This is my list so far. I love a stocking!
Tiger is good for some bits, they do really great small water colouring books that come with a little paint brush that you fill with water.

Kids stockings
Bath toy each
Silly Xmas toy eg music maker (you can get wooden ones, needn’t be plastic tat)
Giant balloon
New socks each
Chocolates
New flannel each

DS,4
Rain stick
Duck noise maker
Gold marbles
Drinking bottle
Jelly to make
Coco pops mini
CBeebies magazine
Fun cookie cutter

Baby, 1
New beaker (which she needs)
Bee toy from Babipur

Dvds
Can of pop
Chocolate coins.
Funny socks
Blue tack
Audio book collection on cd
Book
Small Lego set
Chocolate orange
Party poppers
Fun snaps
Spud gun (for reason below)
And off course a potato or 2. (As Santa takes a present every time they are naughty and replaces it with a potato.... obviously don't do this if you think it would upset them.. but mine think its really funny)

Boys here 8 and 5. Some ideas from this year and last:

Bath bombs
Schleich animals
Tatoo kit
Whoopie cushions
Voice changers(massive hit)
Rubix cube
Growing crystal type things
Moon balls
Plop trumps
Socks
Lego keyrings for school bags
Small modelling kits of big Ben/tower of London
Socks
Match attacks
Chocolate.

Blu tack
Pants
Socks
Toothpaste
Pencils
Sticky tape
Note pad
A magazine
Satsuma
Nuts
Hair bands
Stickers

So far my girls are getting:

Travel alarm clock
Cube notepad
Chocolate coins (the palm-oil free ones from Oxfam)
Nail varnish
Book
Sylvanians small thing eg tea-set
Card game
Sweets

So far I have ds’ 7 and 9

Lush Christmas bath bomb
Pants
Top trumps
Rubber from tiger
iPad charger from tiger
Notepad
Novelty pen from tiger
Glow in the dark glider from Hawkins
Squishy pineapple from Hawkins
Chocolate orange
Tube of smarties
Little Harry Potter sorting hat

I’m doing away with plastic tat as well. Between my 2 (girl 11 boy 7) they have amongst other things:

Socks and pants (a firm tradition whether like it or not and always character ones)
Top trumps
Lego blind bags
Bath bombs
Notebooks and pens
Posters
Sweets