Fun 'old fashioned' stocking filler toys ideas please?

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For DD 10 & DS 12.
Got them pringles & haribo & chocolates & candy canes but the main thing they enjoy is little toys. Not too 'crappy/plastic tat/party giftbag' though.
Last year I outdid myself and they still play with their swanee wooden whistles and magnetic fuzzy faces.
In the past I've also given whopee cushions (split quickly), chocolate-pooping reindeer and wind-up racing elves (m-eh) and mini jigsaws puzzles in thest tubes (which I enjoyed more than them ).
Ideas v welcome please!

Sliding tile puzzle
Wooden trapeze toy
Bird water whistle
Juggling balls
Yo-yo
Cats cradle
Bouncy ball
Jumping popper
Magnetic racers
Slinky

Rex London is worth a look for this sort of stuff

Shut the box
Tower of Hanoi
Sliding puzzles

Look at Mader spinning tops. They are beautiful and they do different levels of difficulty so some would be a real challenge for them. I bought a set of 5 different ones and I can only do 3 of them. You can get them from Babi Pur and Yes Bebe.

Yo yo
diabolo
Rubix cube
Card tricks

Kaleidoscopes?
I got mine some from Rex London last year and they were a hit

I’ve just wrapped mine so can’t send a photos but home bargains do little matchbox puzzles in old fashioned boxes all different ones that mine like. We got a old fashioned box of tiddlywinks wine and a gyroscope as well.

Magic flannels always go down well even with my older ones.

I second yo-yos and spinning tops.
Not old fashioned but retro...tamagotchi?
I loved getting stickers in mine
Cards (I have Disney themed ones and have seen Harry Potter and other cool themes).
Skipping rope with a counter (I use one at 36 )
Mini cross stitch kit (bookmark etc)
Dominoes can be quite fun
A finger piano
Harmonica
One of those pens that write in lots of different colours
A few blocks of dye and a rolled up T-shirt or clothing item to tie dye.
A small artists mannequin
Retro macrame items or kit
A torch was often my favourite Christmas stocking present for reading under the covers or morse code messages - as was an invisible ink pen for writing secret messages.
Probably too old for your children but if anyone else is looking for ideas, a glove puppet or set of finger puppets and some play-dough and cutters.

Magic spring - those things that climb down the stairs
Diabolo - too big?
Hula hoop - you can get ones that click together from eight pieces although not sure whether that would be stocking sized even then
3D pin art thing
Mini etch-a-sketch
Game of jacks

Magnetic putty (isn't messy)
Moh Doh
Fidget cube
Fidget spinner
Put a tenner in a puzzle cube that they have to solve to release the money

Magic painting book.
Raisins or sultanas in a twist of greaseproof paper.
A satsuma.
Glitter glue.
Card game like Happy Families.
Plasticine.
Felt tip pens.

Magic growing Christmas tree
Magic wriggly worm

Magic tricks

Little flashlight (torch)

Dominoes, Bananagrams, pack of playing cards, Uno cards, model aeroplane, small jigsaws, kaleidoscope, binoculars

Card games
Mini jigsaw
Sugar mouse
Comic
Purse
Small soft toy

Fantastic, thanks all! Got some kazoos and looking into lots of these, mini etch a sketch for sure!

A matchbox mouse is very traditional I think :)

And yes this year I got my traditional stocking fillers from Rex London - got themed projector torches, spinning top sets, very cute play tickets (like for a pretend theatre), an adorable tin music box for DS age 3 and some beautiful wooden fairytale story dice for DD age 5.

Spud guns. My dd (18) bought them for her friends this Christmas.

Are you near a Home Bargains? They have a whole range of old fashioned stocking filler type toys. Shut the Box is £2.99 in there and lots of fun.

Thanks all! I want an old fashioned stocking myself now ...