Stocking Stuffers

515TeachNRun
515TeachNRun Posts: 6,497 Member
edited September 19 in Chit-Chat
As long as all these creative gift ideas are flying around, what do you all stuff the stockings with?

We have boring stuff: toothbrush, hair things, nail polish, candy, gum. :yawn:

Any fun ideas?
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  • 515TeachNRun
    515TeachNRun Posts: 6,497 Member
    As long as all these creative gift ideas are flying around, what do you all stuff the stockings with?

    We have boring stuff: toothbrush, hair things, nail polish, candy, gum. :yawn:

    Any fun ideas?
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Jammies! like shorts and a t-shirt all rolled up, or a camisole/short set. Little gift cards to places like Subway or Blockbuster depending on the age. $1 lotto tickets were a big one in my family even when I wasn't 18 lol.
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    For my daughters, I usually buy some cute hair barrettes, a pair of those fluffy socks, some candy, a small toy or two, pencils, and one of those big peppermint sticks.
    For my husband, a sack of coal and a pile of that fake plastic dog-doo.:laugh: :laugh:
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    $1 lotto tickets were a big one in my family even when I wasn't 18 lol.

    I got a scratch-off last year in a Christmas card...won $250!!
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    $1 lotto tickets were a big one in my family even when I wasn't 18 lol.

    I got a scratch-off last year in a Christmas card...won $250!!

    Wow!!! I wouldn't mind that present!! I think I'm gonna go buy a scratcher now :laugh:
  • jessmomof3
    jessmomof3 Posts: 4,590 Member
    For my girls, I got lotion, body spray, bubble bath, lipglosses, gum, a little chocolate, and a Webkinz.

    I also got the boring toothbrushes, socks, underwear, tights, stretchy gloves & hat. :wink:

    My Mom usually gives stamps and gift cards too. :smile:
  • JMAMA
    JMAMA Posts: 298 Member
    for my 21 month old son: those bright rubbery tonka mini trucks, a big bouncy ball filled with water and glitter (it's a big one that won't fit in his mouth), and capri suns and fruit snacks, and of course a couple of oranges...
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    Songbyrd, I like the idea with the pajamas. I think I may try that this year, WalMart has some cute girls' pj's on sale:happy:
  • age1389
    age1389 Posts: 1,160 Member
    For my three year old I got her some underwear, A kids CD. bath bubbles, mittens and mini figurines of Tigger,roo, darby and buster (she already has pooh and piglet)




    -Adrienne:heart:
  • 515TeachNRun
    515TeachNRun Posts: 6,497 Member
    Thanks for all the great ideas! I did pick up a book for each of them: Twilight for the 13 YO and Paula Dean's First Cookbook for the 8 YO aspiring TV cooking show host :tongue:
  • LightenUp_Caro
    LightenUp_Caro Posts: 572 Member
    My stocking was always a sugar high waiting to happen. I LOVED my stocking.
    I always got a key chain too, odd.
    Jammies, yes!!!! and slippers. Always a good idea. And those puffy socks with the no skid bottoms, i love those.

    When my parents gave me a car, they put the key in my stocking....i mean, it can't get better than that.
  • isadoraworkman
    isadoraworkman Posts: 205 Member
    I always give rolled up magazines in stockings...also gives some shape to the sock, rather than a lumpy mess. You can get magazines for folks of all ages. Mittens, scarves, pedometer, wine stoppers (for the over 19 set...or in the US...21?)
    A.
  • memaw66
    memaw66 Posts: 2,558 Member
    I have put little bottles of perfume or cologne, incense or small candles, my son plays guitar so I would put strings and picks.
    When I was a kid my mom always put oranges, apples, and nuts. I miss that.
    This year it's lottery tickets for the grown ups and small toys for the boys. I got my husband a lucky bell for his Harley .

    Memaw
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  • jackeh
    jackeh Posts: 1,515 Member
    well coal is really hard to come by around here durring winter .... so i tell my kids that if your bad that santa will put potatoes in your stocking.... so i make sure to throw one or two in the bottom :laugh: does that make me a bad mom:laugh:
  • age1389
    age1389 Posts: 1,160 Member
    well coal is really hard to come by around here durring winter .... so i tell my kids that if your bad that santa will put potatoes in your stocking.... so i make sure to throw one or two in the bottom :laugh: does that make me a bad mom:laugh:


    :laugh: :laugh:
  • Juliebean_1027
    Juliebean_1027 Posts: 713 Member
    When I was younger my favorite thing to find in my stocking was bath-tub crayons. They were the best! And I would always get one of those shrunken washcloths that you put in water and they expand. That was the best! I was a really simple child tho. :indifferent: :laugh:
  • Juliebean_1027
    Juliebean_1027 Posts: 713 Member
    well coal is really hard to come by around here durring winter .... so i tell my kids that if your bad that santa will put potatoes in your stocking.... so i make sure to throw one or two in the bottom :laugh: does that make me a bad mom:laugh:

    I love that! I'm going to have to remember this one!
  • 3babybeans
    3babybeans Posts: 8,268 Member
    As long as all these creative gift ideas are flying around, what do you all stuff the stockings with?

    We have boring stuff: toothbrush, hair things, nail polish, candy, gum. :yawn:

    Any fun ideas?

    No matter what you stuff it with, make sure its topped off with a big orange.

    My MIL stuffs them with fruit. I always get like 5 starfruits....I hate starfruit. :grumble:

    I always buy my husband some sort of hardware or tool for his stocking. Hammers, nails, screwdrivers, odd things like that he really enjoys for some reason. LOL
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member


    No matter what you stuff it with, make sure its topped off with a big orange.

    :huh:
  • jackeh
    jackeh Posts: 1,515 Member
    well coal is really hard to come by around here durring winter .... so i tell my kids that if your bad that santa will put potatoes in your stocking.... so i make sure to throw one or two in the bottom :laugh: does that make me a bad mom:laugh:

    I love that! I'm going to have to remember this one!


    Im glad you like it... its funny too cause christmas morning they open their stocking and i get comments like "Oh i bet this potatoe is from when i threw the snowball at school and hit that kid in the head":laugh:
  • PurdyMommy
    PurdyMommy Posts: 378 Member
    For my 3yr old....She got lots of Candy(chewy and choclolate), Lifesaver book, socks, Little petshop figurines, blowing bubbles, toothbrush, toothpaste and more Im sure!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I always got an apple, and orange, and mixed nuts in my stocking with all my other goodies. Always reminds me of Christmas, the combination of those items.
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    The food in the stock is interesting to me.
    One year my mom's new BF did my stocking for me...he put two shot glasses and a bag of dry rice in the bottom. :huh: That guy was an idiot.
  • pettmybunny
    pettmybunny Posts: 1,986 Member
    Our kids get some candy (we've cut back a little on that each year... This year it's bite sized reese's), shower puffs, Yu-Ghi-Oh cards, a book, a couple of little dollar doo-dads. My husband is getting snowblowing goggles in his this year, then he can quit whining about how I didn't get him anything off his list... Big baby :laugh:
  • Sarandipity
    Sarandipity Posts: 1,560
    DVDs, christmas ornaments, and definitely the scratch lotto tickets (Bingo or Crossword). Even if you don't win they are still fun to play.

    The year I turned 19 my dad filled my stocking with those little mini bottles of Alcohol. Great way to commemorate the year I turned legal :happy:
  • 515TeachNRun
    515TeachNRun Posts: 6,497 Member


    No matter what you stuff it with, make sure its topped off with a big orange.

    :huh:

    We always got an apple, orange, and nuts too.

    But to understand the orange, you should read Frankie's Oranges, a children's book by Patricia Polacco (sp). I LOVE that book!!! :cry: (even though it makes me cry!)
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    For the guys, car door lock deicers! Socks for the gals, candy for all, and it wouldn't be Christmas without the traditional Chapstick in your stocking!
  • PhotographerOfNature
    PhotographerOfNature Posts: 452 Member
    Great ideas! Any more???
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Great ideas! Any more???

    Target used to sell these little plastic animals, and they still might...they're made by a German company and are very heavy-duty and well made. They have dinosaurs and farm animals as well. When I was little I loved little toys like that, just a couple and you can play pretend for hours! A disposable camera is cool too, only about $5 and they can take pics of Christmas or school. Or a home-made coupon book for a day of no chores, or getting a special dessert, or something cute like that.
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