Cheap Stocking Filler Ideas!

[BabyofMine]

I found I spent almost as much on small stocking presents as I did on main presents for my little one last year and I just can’t afford it this year!

When I was young we got basically the same thing in our stocking every year. I remember we always got a pencil set, and chocolate coins, but I’m drawing a blank on what else!

I thought about a fun toothbrush but didn’t know if that’s a bit mean 😂

Any ideas to bulk it out?!

Go to the pound shop or home bargains get the toothbrush, a bathbomb, a bouncy ball and some marshmallows/flumps to add to what you’ve got, you can do it for less than £5

How about a new cup? A face mask? A pair of fluffy socks? A tube of their favourite sweets? Their favourite magazine,roll it up,they will think it's a telescope 🤣

These are the stocking fillers I'm doing for my 4 year old and 1 year old:
Kids cutlery (Asda have toy story and paw patrol)
Socks or underwear
Novelty toothbrush
Satsuma
Mini puzzles from the works (£1 each)
Drinks bottles
Novelty Face mitt/flannel
Mash'ems
Toy animals
Tube of fun washi tapes
Stickers

If that doesn't fill the stockings I'll have to add in some of their other gifts but we'll see!

I have bought almost new books from charity shops before, Bathbomb, lip balm,colouring books,socks, slinky etc.
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Chocolate.
Chocolate.
then more chocolate.

My mum very helpfully (….🙃) made my kids MASSIVE stockings. Ugh. New pants and socks very helpful for bulking them out but they still always look half full.

www.poundtoy.com has some great stuff - books, good toys etc. They also do tat but there is good stuff in there too.

Then, a shit ton of chocolate and a satsuma. Bought a giant choc coin, giant kinder egg and chocolate Santa each yesterday. Giant is the way to do when looking to fill a stocking 😄 Gets used up so doesn’t clutter up the house!

Oh and I think new toothbrush is a good idea. Buying things you would end up buying anyway is good financially (hence my pants and socks suggestion 😄) Bath bomb a good shout too. Bubble bath.

I go for ‘nice versions of boring stuff’ so my kids get socks, pants, bubble bath, and maybe hairbrush/toothbrush/flannel if they need them.

As they get older lip balm, batteries, charging cables, torch….

Plus Lego minifigure, chocolate coins, fruit and books/magazines.

Squirty foam shower gel is good - my two still love this in their stockings now at 9 and 12! Or Matey pirate bubble bath for little ones?
Sticker book?

Not sure on age but
colouring book
crayons/pencils
bubble bath
shaped sponge
tube of jelly tots or whatever they like
selection box

Shower gel (or bubble bath for little ones). Very useful for bulking out!

Drinks bottle are handy for bulking too

Hat and gloves.

Soft toy if they like them.

The Works have got some good stuff at the moment, glow in the dark stars £1, little set of dinosaur stamps £2, slinkies etc

So far I’ve got:
dinosaur toy: £1.25
set of 4 cars: £3
choc coins: 80p
socks: £3
and on the list:
squirty soap: £2
bath squirters: £2.99
crisps: 80p
satsuma: ?

We used to get inexpensive and “useful” stuff: pencils, magic flannel, etc

Each year i go to the pound shop and spend £15 on stocking fillers, it's easier for girls as you can buy smellies, makeup etc

My mum used to use blow up toys, and blow them up 😂 worked a treat.

In my girls, 10 and 13

Pants
Socks
Lip balm
Shampoo
Conditioner
Hair bobbles
Fun shower gel
Pencils
Pens
Pencil case
Note book
Sketch book
Reading book
Water bottle
Chocolates they want (kinder Bueno multipack etc) x2
Hair brush
Shower squishy pouffe thing
Pyjamas

When they were younger they'd get

Stickers
Colouring books
Cheap puzzles

Instead of shower gel etc.

My best tip though: use different wrapping paper if you have multiple kids. Then you're not trying to remember who's is who's 😂

Ha there is definitely a theme for "needed, but nicer than usual"

E.g. shampoo and conditioner, normally they have a bottle of each they share. In the stockings it will be ones that are specific for them.

Tubes of Pringles here! Along with other bits and pieces.

I got a huge box of stuff from poundtoy - they have loads ranging from a penny to a pound.

My DS is 3.5, and his stocking will consist of:

• A pack of 9 monster trucks from Santa (the only thing he's been asking for)
• Underpants
• Socks
• A pack of Kinder bars
• Pyjamas

And that's it. It's quite a big stocking, too, so I might have to stuff it with tissue paper or something for him to rummage around for the presents.

It's all very new to me as it's the first year he'll understand, but I'm trying to set the precedent early that he'll get one toy he'd really like from Santa, plus new pants, socks, pyjamas and a sweet treat and leave it at that x

Oh and a book! I forgot about that.

I got a hardly used book from the charity shop too for 50p. You have to search for the ones that aren’t dog eared but they exist!

We do a mix of practical, daft and useful.
Some past and present ideas are:
Spork
Compass
Pokemon cards
Bubbles
Bath bomb
Scratch card
Hot choc spoon
Wallet
Gorilla tape
Stationery
Skipping rope
Socks
Toothbrush
Small soft toy
Stickers
Character plasters (were the biggest success of that year's Christmas)
Nappies for a doll
Yo yo
Paintbrushes
Lip gloss
Glow sticks
Facemasks
Small jar of Nutella
Balloon animal kit
Shower gel
Expandable facecloth
Water bottle
Box of slugs
Magazine
Muc off
Mini lego kit
Hair baubles

A toothbrush isn't mean at all! I always used to get one. I remember feeling so excited about each and every present (our stockings were huge too) just because it had come from Father Christmas. My parents always had useful presents for us, not just fun ones.

Ohhh a box of cereal that they wouldn't normally have.

It's big, and takes up space but inexpensive.

Singing soap. Usually get it from bodycare or home bargains.

Chocolate coins.

Socks/pants.

A pen (crayons and colouring/sticker book if they are a bit younger)

Bubbles.

A book.

Mystery collectable bag - like the Lego figures