Stocking Stuffer Ideas

If you are just joining, many of my posts this month and last month have been about preparing for the holiday season, which for us is Christmas! Feel free to read back to November to see how far I've come since then. 

I personally have purchased only a few stocking stuffers, but it seems to be nearly the last item on my list this year. I have several ideas. Some of them are my own, the others were requests from my daughter's. When your kids are older they actually get to put some ideas on the table for those stockings! So helpful.

My girls actually have pretty large stockings. I have never stuffed them full. EVER. I don't think it's a requirement. If I did, I'd be broke and probably over run with too much junk. Well, there was always a little of that.

I was giving my sister ideas for her 9 year foster daughter today, and she thought I should write a blog post with stocking stuffer ideas. These aren't necessarily frugal, although some are. My main goal was to think of items that would get used up. Some of them are in there because they take up a lot of room. I'm not going to expand the ideas, even though there are numerous others out there. And likely plenty more geared toward boys. If you want to share any other ideas in the comments, I'm sure others reading would be glad to read them. We just might help someone out!

Here's the list I gave my sister:

Goldfish crackers

Fruit snacks

Candy bar

Mints

Gum

Sticker book

Socks

Jump rope

Cookie or brownie mix

Hot chocolate packets

Glow sticks (for New Year's Eve)

Lip balm

Lotion

Special bar of soap

Silly putty

Sticky notes

Small bag of chips

Nuts/peanuts

McDonald's/Dairy Queen gift certificate

T shirt

Stamps (use with ink, but postage for writing letters could be fun too)

Postcards

Kleenex Packages

Hair Accessories

Nail Polish

Scarf or ear warmers

Extra mittens

Kool Aid mix

Bag of marshmallows

Small buckets for storing pens and pencils

Hand sanitizer to hang on backpack

Do you remember what was put in your stocking as a child? Do you have a favorite item to put in a stocking? Share any other stocking stuffer ideas you have!