The annual CSP Stocking Stuffer list is here! We absolutely love coming up with this every year. We try to list unique ideas, but we recognize that stocking basics are always appreciated, too – candy, cash, and foil! We would love to hear your ideas on what’s going in your stockings – post ‘em!!
For the kids:
Travel games like Travel Battleship, car bingo, or this Melissa and Doug Bingo game
Got Milk? Magic Milk Straws – a delish and fun way to get a little more calcium in the kids
Tooth Fairy pillow
Personalized pencils (Oriental Trading Company has them dirt cheap!) or Smencils
Playing cards or UNO
Matchbox cars
Slinky
Lego Minifigures
Disposable cameras
Snow hats that look like animals (seen these at Target, Gap, Hannah Anderson catalog)
Cool stickers
Magazine subscriptions (Highlights, National Geo for Kids, Ladybug, Ranger Rick, Your Big Backyard, YUM Food & Fun, etc.)
Harmonica
Goggles for summer (or a little fun in the bath tub on a cold winter day!)
Gift cards: Build-a-Bear, iTunes, Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s, TCBY, Yoforia, Pinkberry, Ben and Jerry’s
Charm Its – find them locally at Toys and Co. – totally remember having a version of these as a kid and LOVING them. (I actually still have them!)
Charmband and charms – another great charm idea! Find them at Toys and Co. also!
Earrings for those with newly pierced ears
Cute scrapbooking paper
Baseball or football trading cards (spotted them at Target)
Lego Mini-figures
Little science experiment kits (recently seen at the dollar store!)
Hacky Sack
For the ladies:
O-Glow lip gloss from Smashbox. It’s a universal color – love, love! Find it at Sephora.
Fragrance rollers (also at Sephora) – great way to check out a fragrance before committing to a whole bottle AND a great travel companion.
Fresh Sugar Brand lip balms – great colors and makes your lips so soft!
Leilu Lou lotions or candles – find them locally at Cottage Chic.
Laura Mercier Almond Coconut Milk Body Butter (“Heaven,” describes one CSP staffer)
Hanky Pankies underwear
A package of classes to Pure Barre – an awesome workout and perfect for those New Year’s Resolutions.
Any color Pashmina
Pretty pencil set from Vera Bradley (I don’t mind helping with homework with one of these!)
Gift cards: Spa services, Simply Fresh Home Meal Delivery, Barnes and Noble, Starbucks or Caribou, Michael’s, HomeGoods
For the hubby:
Scratch-n-win lottery tickets (so fun!)
Boxers
Tickets to a sporting event or concert
Body Glide, must have for an athlete!
Headphones
Fave cologne
iPhone hard case and bottle opener – hilarious and so very practical!
Jackpot Slots for iPhone and iTouch for your gaming addict
Tech-Ready Winter Gloves – love these!!
Gift Cards: Autobell Car Wash, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, Dicks, REI, Starbucks, movie passes, favorite restaurants
I also recently discovered the site www.uncommongoods.com – check it out for some really unique gifts!
3 comments
Awesome list!!
Great ideas!!
I have younger ones (2 and 5), and I got them each a pack of washable markers from Crayola that are shorter than the normal markers. I’m also getting each of them a pack of bendy straws, something they both love to use to drink their chocolate milk.