Stocking gift ideas for a 2 and 3 year old

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We're sorted on the 'big' presents but now thinking about their stockings. So far I have a pair of character socks, a fidget toy each, and some chocolate coins. What else could I get? My brain is frazzled at the moment as we've had a lot of stuff going on. Thanks!

Bubble bath
Book
Rubber duck
Crayons
Play doh

Small pots of play doh
Bouncy ball
Small cuddly toy
Stickers
Slap bands
Lindt chocolate Santa
Picture book
Hair stuff (if girls)
Funny socks
Gloves

Bubbles
Toy car
Bird whistle
Balloons
Small Cuddly toy

Magazine you could roll up
Spray foam for the bath
A satsuma

Shower gel, soap, nutella, bath bomb

Cereal multi pack
Bubbles
Stickers
Bath colour things
Magic towel
Whoopee cushion (self inflating)

For my 3yr old I have

Small colouring book
Mr man book
Knitted father Christmas
Tube of bubbles
Bouncy ball
Jigsaw puzzle in a tin
Colouring pencils
Caterpiller-shaped pencil case
Chocolate coins
Bead bracelets

Just looking for some Christmas hair clips and I'm done, as Father Christmas wraps things here and doesn't over-fill stockings.

We have toddlers, and I'm trying to reduce the amount of "stuff" in the house (ah, the futile battle..!), so in a bid to not add too much, we are doing:

• Small chocolate Santa or reindeer
• Box of raisins (they've never had these, as we always just get big bags and give them a few from it, so hoping it'll be exciting?!)
• Satsuma
• A £1 coin (because they think coins are amazing)
• A Smoothie cartoon (we rarely get them, and they'll be happy to get it for Christmas day breakfast)
• A book token (which my 3 year old will understand, but my almost 2 year old won't - but I thought it would be a good way to give them an "activity" to do in a few weeks when Christmas excitement is over)
• A bag of chocolate coins

It's not a lot, but they're still so young that I'm hoping it'll be exciting enough (given they'll be opening toys later too, so prob won't care too much about the small bits), and I'm saving the more exciting (and expensive!) Stockings till they're older.

Also, their stockings are pretty small, so hopefully won't look too empty..!

My 3yo DD’s stocking has
Nutcracker board book
Paints
Christmas Russian doll type thing
Hair clips
Chocolate coins
Sparkly shoes (she asked for these)
Jellycat ballerina elephant toy (asked for)
Antler headband
Bath bomb
Personalised marshmallow toasting fork
Pop-a-cob

Mine are getting:

Slipper socks
Bath bomb
Bamboo toothbrush
Bubbles
Stickers
Colouring pens
Playdough
Chocolate coins
Chocolate Santa
Torch
Satsuma
Candy cane
Fidget popper

Other ideas:

Bath sponge
Rubber duck
Book
Mini lego set
Mini orchard game
Hair brush/clips/bobble
Temporary tattoos
Nail polish
Lip balm
Teddy
Stress ball
Lol doll

We always do toiletries. Usually from lush as dd loves it there.

Also thinks like toothbrushes and toothpaste.

Do they have a Yoto box or similar? Maybe some cards for that or some small books?

Primark has £1 yo-yos
Fidget toys
Pencils
Felt tip pen

DD3 is getting in her stocking

Stickers
A few books
Soft toy pig
Schleich dolphin and turtle for the bath
Pink smarties
Kinder egg
Minnie mouse hair clips
Paddington tooth brush
Set of Sylvanian families
Bottle of flavoured water that has a unicorn on (her request)

Ds2.5 has in his stocking so far:
Farm colouring book
Colouring pencils
Tractor Ted mug
Small Chocolate Reindeer
Buttons tube
Schleich animal (goat his favourite)
Hot wheels Car
Rubber piggy bank
Toy glasses (as he is always wanting to wear everyone’s glasses).

Books - there are 2 New Julia Donaldson lift the flap ones - Squirrels Snowman and Cats Cookbook. They were only £3 on amazon recently.

Tub of playdoh
Bubble wand
Character socks

Oh and m&s Percy Pigs in a little bag

I've got my 3yo a small stocking, currently has -

Spider-Man beanie baby
Spider-Man water bottle
Iron man weird goo type figure
Couple of new hot wheels
Chocolate coins

Squishmallows mystery egg

Think that'll probably be it

schleich farm animal, satsuma, wooden jigsaw puzzle (Lanka Kade do some nice ones that are small enough for stocking), small cars/trains, soft toy

For DS3:

Lanka Kade wooden dinosaurs
Schleich baby elephant and giraffe
Schleich horse
Horse projector torch
Ice-cream cone of kinetic sand
Animal themed cutlery
Orchard Toys mini game
Magnetic wand
Bath bomb
Fidget toy
Chocolate coins
Small chocolate santa

"Magic" face cloth (expand when you put in water)
Stick on glowing stars for their bedroom ceiling and walls
Novelty bath sponge
Hand held disco light type toy (not sure what they're called but they're in Tiger)
Dressing up accessories eg. fun glasses
Fun drinking tumbler

I've got a 3yo who's a bit tougher to buy for than the 5yo!
I'm pretty much done shopping and have...
Chocolate coins of course
Unicorn eye mask
Skip hop water bottle
Socks
Hair clips
Two games from John Lewis; a guess the animal and wooden noughts and crosses

We love a bit of schleich too but they have a schleich advent calendar this year

Main presents are a nice doll with car seat and change bag, a Lego friends set and a big kids' torch plus some shared presents with her big sis (playdoh big set, peel off nail varnish, a workbench from Tesco and some walkie talkies).

A kaleidoscope went down well here at that age

Bath toys. We used to get soap crayons that wrote on the tiles, foam animals that you could stick on the tiles, sieves and jugs and tubes etc.

A soft cuddly toy

A picture book

My 2 year old is getting:

• chocolate coins
• chocolate teddies
• banana (he's obsessed)
• accessories for his main presents (so a wooden Thomas train and a baby bottle for his doll)
• bath crayons
• a little cuddly toy to poke out of the top

He has a truly tiny stocking. Most stuff goes in his Santa sack downstairs.