Do you stress out over what to put in the yawning openings of those cavernous stocking that are hung by the fireplace with care?
Yeah, a lot of people do. Once you have added the same old things five or six years in a row, you are ready to pay your kids to get their own stuff, right?
Well, you can rest easily because there is no reason to create a mediocre stocking ever again. Your entire family thanks you.
Try these ideas for really cool stocking stuffers.
- Band-Aids
- Bathtub Crayons
- Batteries
- Bubble bath
- Cell phone
- Chapstick
- Christmas ornaments
- Crossword puzzles
- Face paint
- Fishing lures
- Flash drive
- Flashlights
- Flower seeds
- Gel pens
- Gift cards to a favorite fast food place
- Gloves
- Hair bands
- Hats
- Jams and jellies
- Key chains
- Lottery tickets
- M & Ms
- Magazines
- Make-up
- Matchbox cars
- Mittens
- Money
- Movies
- Muffin
- Nail polish
- Night light
- Nuts
- Pez
- Play-do
- Playing cards
- Pop-Rocks candy
- Puppets
- Scarf
- Single serving box of cereal
- Small craft supplies
- Socks – make them cool
- Stickers
- Straws
- Temporary tattoos
- Thank you notes
- Tootsie Pops
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Travel games
- Video game controller
Leave some items unwrapped and wrap other ones to keep it interesting. You can hide a big gift and slip hints about where to find it in the stocking.
I like to add a single serving size boxes of cereal, a muffin, or other breakfast food to encourage my kids to actually eat something sort of nutritious in the mad chaos of gift giving. Use your imagination and get things geared to the recipients’ interests.
What are your best tips for stocking stuffers?
