Stocking shopping tomorrow. Help with ideas please!

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I’ve got to go into town tomorrow and then I have an hour or so to kill before I can get the bus back so I thought I’d do the stocking shopping. Will be nice to know they are done.

I just don’t know what to put it then. Have a 12 year old girl ( sure I’ll find plenty in boots for her) and a 15 year old boy. That’s who I’ll struggle the most with.

I will get the usual chocolate (nearer the time) sponge, shower gel, deoderant. Then my mind goes blank. Any nice ideas?

Do you have a shop called Menkind where you are shopping? They have lots great novelties for teens. Dependant what you put in your stockings what about gift cards, a book in something that interests them, any favourite snack food, a nice keyring, mini torch light, gloves.

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12 year old girl
Fluffy socks
Cool keyring for house keys or locker in School.
Lip balms
Nail varnish
A book or magazine
New purse

15year old boy
New Wallet
Book or magazine
Something for a hobby, ie football socks etc.
Favourite pringles and cereal
Voucher for Costa or somewhere like that.

For my 11yo DD
Face mask
Bath fizzer
Cream shower wash (peach one in Primark)
Lip balm
San Rio pin badges
San Rio beads
San Rio scrunchie

For my 16yo DS
Curly hair shampoo/conditioner
Shower gel
Card game (There's been a Murder)
Snacks from the Chinese shop that he likes

For both
Jelly tots/malteser tube.
Reece's Xmas chocolate
Chocolate coins
Candy cane
Sugar mouse
Can of drink
Xmas socks
Tamigotchi

For my older teen boy:

• always a pair or pack of new socks, I often buy a single pair from socksmith because I like their patterns
• from running shop, small ball muscle roller/massager
• Japanese sweets popular with ds and friends

Stocking shopping is the best bit! What are their hobbies? A lot of my DS's stuff is hobby-related.

For my 15yo DS...
VW campervan wash bag (school trips coming up!)
Tile mate
Resistance bands
Football grip socks
Shin pads
Novelty golf balls
Bottle of hot sauce
Lava bath rocks
Small spinning top
Some kind of puzzle book...not sure which yet!
Gaming voucher
Sweets
Chocolate

Other ideas/previous hits...
Marshmallow fork
Pop-a-cob
Soda stream syrup
Power bank
Multitool pen
Fitness dice
Keyring
PC cleaning putty
Highlighter pens
Guitar plectrums
Nice pen set
Touch screen gloves
Snood
Slipper socks

For DD...
Heatless hair curlers
Tile mate
Metallic outline pens
Silk pillow case
Bath bomb
Novelty loofah
Face mask
Earrings
Body butter
Tangram game
New Lottie Brooks book
Candy floss
Chocs

Other ideas/previous hits...
Origami paper
Hair wrap
Marshmallow fork
Baking bits
Keyring
Notebook/diary
Novelty Christmas necklace
Slipper socks
Pillow spray

I also have a 12 (next week) year old girl and a 15 year old boy.

Both always get coloured/patterned/novelty socks; choc orange; Pringles; shower gel (lynx, original source etc. just not Sanex that I usually get); weird flavour Kit Kats; small Lego kit (tradition!); book

Other ideas -DD
Hair bobbles/clips
Fairly lights
Stationery
Art supplies
Something for football
Small soft toy
Mug with "cake in a mug" recipe
Airfix kit
Power bank

Other ideas - DS
Guitar strings
Some kind of archery accessory
Power bank
Sketch pad, drawing pencils
Headtorch
Wooly hat
BakedIn baking kit

Also - hair turban for DD

Here are things I listed for my DS last year, he got some but not all

Lynx
Razor
Batteries
Super noodles
Choc orange
Stress ball
Fluffy bed socks
Trolley coin (gym locker)
Multi tool key
Clip key ring
Air cans (for PC)
USB stick
Sheet face mask

Japanese sweets (Amazon or Blippo kawaii)
Gym towel
Water bottle
Socks
Shower speaker
Vouchers (Greggs/Nando’s)

Nose trimmer
Nail/grooming kit
Protein bars
Beanie hat
Airpods cleaner

For your DD, TK Maxx have some good bits in, wet brushes, make up & nail polish (for approx £3 each). Shein is also a good place for little bits

Thanks all. I will have a read through now. Hobbies are football and the gym for the 15 year old. The 12 year old likes dance , shopping and girly things.

I’m confident I can get some stuff for the 12 year old. It’s the 15 year old I’m mainly struggling with.

Sports socks, toiletries for gym bag, bag for trainers for gym bag, water bottle, phone holder/charger,

Padlock for locker? Some gyms are bring your own. Resistance bands. Bath salts for muscle recovery. Travel toiletries or the travel bottles for decanting shower gel etc so can shower at the gym. Watch strap if he uses a Fitbit or the like.