Stocking fillers for kids at uni

[mylittleprince]

Kids not ready to give up stockings just yet but with them getting older it's harder. We have a rule of 10 presents in a stocking (to keep it fair!)

So far thinking alcohol minis, posh toiletries, designer pants. Will get a food gift card and put in a small box.

Trying to think of things that would be useful to take back to uni.

Any recommendations for any new small board games / card games to fit in stockings?

I don’t do alcohol in stockings as youngest isn’t 18 yet (month off!) but some wierd miniatures is a good one potentially

I try to keep to 10 or so items and a budget of about £25-30 each gift. My DDs are adult so have reusable bags with individually wrapped items. It is so funny to see them finding the same gift and unwrapping them together!

Each bag in total!

Some sort of multi tool
I bought my 2 the Sharkey"
Mini tape measure
Stainless steel straws
File tabs
Post its
The obligatory blu tac
Trolley token

Some great ideas on here for adult DC. Mine are mid 20s and still love a stocking.
My usual list.
Toblerone
Hair wax
socks
A miniature
Posh shower gel
I put little rechargeable headtorches in last year, they were a hit.
I like the idea of a reuseable bag to put everything in instead of a stocking. That way I can do one for the girlfriends as well.

@Trumpton (hello!) Bubble tea sounds interesting - any recommendations?

£3.50 in Sainsburys atm with Nectar card. Interesting flavours too 👌

Sainsburys TU grey beanie hat with integrated led headlight.

As well as the socks, toiletries, and sweets, Mine have each got a crocheted positive potato this year. Very silly but will make them smile. They each have a slightly different one - an emotional support pickle, a positive potato, a positive poo and a positive chicken. I got them for about 5 each from Amazon, after shopping around a bit.

Torch/head lamp.
Pillow spray.
Fancy toothpaste (Marvis).
Pants and socks (nice branded ones).
Fluffy cabin socks.
Nice shower gel.
Cards/pocket-sized games.
Mug with family meaning.
Fancy chopsticks.
Moisturiser and cleanser and hair product (usually split up beauty boxes).
Jar of marshmallow fluff.
Novelty shoelaces.
Fridge magnet or badge.
Perfume miniatures.
Bottle of hot sauce.
Non-UK confectionary.
Gloves.
Origami post-its.
Novelty pencils.
Notebooks.
Foldaway shopping bag.
Disco lightbulb.
Water bottle.
Satsuma.

A stocking stuffed with £5 notes, condoms and alcohol miniatures, a packet of nurofen and a bottle of full fat coke.

Egg cups and toy alpaca guinea pigs were hits last year.

Oh @Skap ! Hello!
We meet again!
I got single fruit bubble tea from Tesco £2.30 each.

I've just bought mine some headlights for his crocs from Amazon. But I try to keep the majority to consumable items.

Some great ideas here.

I've bought DD2 the tote bag and a couple of note books from the V&A Chanel exhibition - online via V&A shop. DC1 is in halls with limited facilities so I bought some of the microwave egg accessories from the middle of Lidl last week - silly egg cup, microwave boiled egg maker and microwave egg poacher. Means she can have avocado and eggs with her toast in the morning.

Trying to think of a few things not mentioned - apologies for repaets.

• Reusable place markers
• Extra long charging cord
• Chewable toothbrush
• Waiters Friend
• Dr Beckman's stain devils.
• Hair scrunchies
• Microfiber Hair Turban
• Book about card games (and card pack)
• Herbs and spice blends - waitrose do good cooks ingedients ones in lightweight tubs.
• Reusable wipes

I've also sent off a holey cashmere jumper to Turtle doves in exchange for a pair of fingerless gloves so one of them can have those.

Spares of anything they use a lot but regularly lose or break

Eg cheap earbuds
Charging cable
Torch

Big bottle of something they like, but is expensive - e.g. Marmite/Nutella/Nando's sauce.
Student recipe book
Recipe kits (e.g Simply Cook)
A Crimpit wrap maker
Electric candle (for halls rooms where real candles not allowed)
Perfume/aftershave

headlights for his crocs
Got to have some of those!

Lakeland chocolate melts for hot chocolate
Bath bombs
Cocktail sachets
Wrist warmers
Cashmere socks
Scarf
Oodie
Mini perfumes
Candles
Puzzle book

My dd says the stocking is the best part of Christmas so I try and chose things I know she will like. Dd doesn’t drink so no miniatures, she’s a bit quirky (ASD) and finding things are hard, luckily she’s a swifty so I will probably get her some kind on Taylor swift bracelet. Other things…..

A gift card for one of her favourite take aways.
Some of her favourite snacks (mini pot of Pringles, pop tarts, chocolate orange).
A fidget toy.
Lush lip balm.
A treasure hunt map thingy for the City she’s studying in.
Some alphabet beads (for making Taylor swift bracelets).
Sketching pencils
Chilli bottle (or similar).

I still put a bottle of matey bubble bath in for my two - throwback to when they used to get so excited about it when they were little!
Has made me smile to see how many dds will be getting beads for Taylor Swift bracelets. My dd is 21 and I ordered some for her the other day.

I got this for my husband last year, for the night time dog walk. It's brilliant!

Ds uses his laptop a lot for school and says the most useful present he's ever received was a multi USB connector that we put in his stocking last Christmas

How about some Jibbitz if they have Crocs?

I second more or less any kind of stationery - highlighters? Pens? Jazzy paperclips?

Something related to the subject they’re studying? E.g. As a music student I could always use more clarinet reeds!