This list is gold. It’s taken me years to get here. I not only fill my kids’ stockings, but I also fill an advent calendar for each day of December. I have a braided yarn with 25 children’s mittens hanging from it for each child. Every day there’s a teeny, tiny little gift in one of the mittens! Then for Christmas, I need to fill their stocking stuffers! So, I need a lot of ideas.
Scan to see which ones work for your kids’ ages because some of these only work for teenagers or adults (depending on how you feel about buying lottery tickets for kids).
What am I missing here? Do you have your own favorites?
ARTS/CRAFTS:
- Beads
- Colored pencils
- Coloring book
- Markers
- Paint
- Paint brushes
- Rubber stamps
- Sketch book
- Stickers
CLOTHING:
- Beanie
- Bracelet
- Coin purse
- Crown/tiara
- Hair accessories
- Headband
- Keychain
- Leggings
- Necklace
- Pins
- Shoelaces
- Socks
- Sunglasses
- Temporary tatoos
- Tights
- Tote bag
- Underwear
- Wallet
- Watch
DECOR:
- Pillow case
- Poster
ELECTRONICS:
- Batteries
- Charging cables
- Headphones
- Phone case
- Phone stand
- Pop socket
EXPERIENCES:
- Donation to a charity
- Tickets to a movie, show, sports event, concert, etc.
- Gift card for trampoline park, batting cage, go carts, etc
- Gift certificate for a new skill like music, art, sports, etc.
- World map
FOOD:
- Beef jerky
- Cake pop
- Candy cane
- Cereal, individual
- Chocolate coins
- Clear toy candy
- Fortune cookie
- Gum
- Hot chocolate packet
- International candy
- International snacks
- Lifesavers
- Lollipop
- Mints
- Peanuts
- Reusable straws
- Spray whipped cream
- Sunflower seeds
- Whitman’s Sampler
HOLIDAY:
- Candy cane
- Chocolate coins
- Ornament
- Snow globe
MONEY:
- $1 bills scrunched up
- $1 bills made into origami
- Book of $1 bills
- Coins (shiny new ones!)
- Gift cards
- Lottery ticket
- Roll of quarters
MUSIC:
- Clay bird whistle
- Drumsticks
- Harmonica
- Recorder/Tin Whistle
OUTDOOR:
- Activity tracker
- Butterly/insect net
- Compass
- Fishing lure
- Head lamp
PERSONAL CARE:
- Bandaids
- Barrettes
- Bath bomb
- Bath oil
- Bubble bath
- Comb
- Eye mask
- Face mask
- Hair accessories
- Hairbrush
- Lip balm
- Lotion
- Nail file
- Nail polish
- Perfume/cologne
- Soap
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Travel bottles
READING:
- Bookmark
- Book light
- Comic book
- Magazine
- Pocket-sized book
- Tiny book
SCHOOL SUPPLIES:
- Calendar
- Erasers
- Glue
- Memo pad
- Multitool
- Pencil sharpener
- Pens
- Postcards
- Ruler
- Sticky notes
- Tape
- Thank you notes
- USB drive
- Scissors
- Whiteout
TOYS/GAMES:
- Activity book
- Balsa/foam airplane
- Bouncy ball
- Brain teasers
- Bubbles
- Card games
- Collectible/trading cards
- Dice game
- Farkel
- Finger puppets
- Glow sticks
- Hacky sack
- Hot Wheels
- Jump rope/Chinese jump rope
- Japanese kendama
- Legos
- Magic tricks
- Marbles
- Playdoh
- Play figures
- Pranks
- Puzzle
- Rubber ducky
- Rubik’s Cube
- Shut the Box
- Spinning. top
- Slinky
- Wind-up toys
- Worry dolls
- Yo-yo
For more ideas, have a look at our Pinterest Boards: – Stocking Stuffers for Global Kids – Gift Guide for Worldly, Multicultural and Global Kids.
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