65 COOL STOCKING STUFFERS FOR KIDS 2024

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WONDERFUL STOCKING STUFFER BOYS AND GIRLS WILL LOVE

I’ve curated a list of the 65 best stocking stuffer ideas for kids for Christmas 2024.

The list is full of toys, games, treats, gadgets and other stuff that boys and girls from toddlers through tweens and teens will actually LOVE, rather than things that will end up discarded in the blink of an eye. 

When I’m shopping for stocking stuffers, I always aim to buy things that kids will actually use. I feel very much the same about party bags for kids’ birthdays.

I can’t bear the idea of buying things that will get briefly looked at and then never touched again, just for the sake of stuffing a stocking full. 

With this in mind, I avoid cheap plastic junk and things that come in a tonne of packaging that aren’t actually very substantial.

I also avoid cheap games and, instead, go for road-tested classics or games proven popular through reviews or word of mouth. 

I also try to think of practical ideas for stocking stuffers, things that the kids actually need.

These might not be the most exciting things, but if you find fancy or special versions of them, it can be a great way of ticking two things off of your shopping list at once.

Socks are an example that comes to mind. Another is stationery. 

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65 Brilliant Stocking Filler Ideas For Kids

THAT FIRST MOMENT OF CHRISTMAS JOY 

In our household, Christmas stockings are left at the foot of each child’s bed once they are safely asleep.

We have bigger gifts ready and waiting by the Christmas tree, but leaving their Christmas stockings filled with little gifts on the end of their beds is a surefire way to ensure that kids get the first thrill of Christmas magic the moment they open their eyes on Christmas morning.

STOCKING STUFFER IDEAS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES

Finding great stocking stuffers for each child can be a real chore.

You’ve no doubt already spent time buying their main Christmas gifts, and sometimes it is hard to find the brain bandwidth to come up with a list of wonderful stocking filler ideas as well.

I also know from experience that it can be really hard to buy for kids once they get to the tween and teen years. I am also well aware that it can be really hard to find great ideas for boys of all ages.

So, I have put together this list of 65 really great ideas that will either give you the chance to buy things right now or will hopefully spark your own ideas.

With this in mind, I’ve divided the list into sections for arts and crafts, games, retro classics, STEM ideas, sweets and chocolate, pampering ideas and soft cuddly stocking filler ideas.

There are filler ideas that will work for boys and girls. There are ideas for kids of all ages, from toddlers through to tweens and teens. 

I’ve put links to a selection of things you can buy in each list, and I hope the ideas will help spark further ideas for you.

THE BIG LIST OF 65 CHILDREN’S STOCKING STUFFERS IDEAS

1. ART AND CRAFT STOCKING STUFFER IDEAS

Art and craft gifts make great stocking fillers. They can provide instant entertainment for excited kids, especially useful at times when you need to get on and prepare the main Christmas meal or simply want to sit and relax for a while on Christmas evening.

1. Superhero mask kit

2. Djeco paper planes origami kit

3. Personalised Save Our Oceans craft kit

4. Personalised coloured pencils

5. Sock Creatures craft kit

6. Munchkin bath crayons

7. Finger paints

8. Crayola Sidewalk chalk

9. Play-Doh Party Pack – tube of 10 small cans

10. Posca paint marker pens

11. Make your own space T-shirt with glow-in-the-dark stickers

12. Kinetic sand – it stays in shape!

13. Lego Dots message board

14. Balloon animal kit

15. Smencils

2. MINI GAMES MAKE GREAT STOCKING FILLERS

I know that it’s all about the tech for kids these days. But give your kids some fun analogue games and you might be surprised by just how much fun they have with them, without even noticing they aren’t staring at a screen!

1. Six Second Scribbles

2. Soundiculous

3. Qwerkle

4. Uno card game

5. Tangram

6. IQ Puzzler Pro

7.Pop Up Pirate

8. Articulate

9. Junior Colour Brain – questions with colourful answers

3. CLASSIC RETRO GAMES AND TOYS BRING A TOUCH OF NOSTALGIA TO CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS

How about a classic retro game from yesteryear? Here are a few true classic kids games that would work really well as stocking fillers.

1. Rubik’s Cube

2. Jenga

3. Slinky

4. Pick Up Sticks

5. Hot Wheels toy cars

4. STEM STOCKING FILLERS

There’s no reason you can’t pop a little educational something in as a stocking filler, just as long as it’s fun! Here are some ideas that are bound to be appreciated.

1. 4M Lemon Clock

2. Kidz Lab Crystal Science

3. Money Bank Robot

4. Glow in the dark Smart Putty

5. Outdoor Adventure Microscope

5. SWEET TREATS ARE ALWAYS A STOCKING FILLER HIT

Chocolates and sweets/candy are always a safe bet to add to a Christmas stocking, go for the classic gold chocolate coins or the more recent classic of a Terry’s Chocolate Orange or go for special Christmas editions of your child’s favourite chocolate or sweets. And there’s reindeer poop…

1. Chocolate Orange

2. Candy Canes

3. Hotel Chocolat Santa Drops

4. Cadbury’s Christmas Stocking

5. JellyBelly Jelly Beans 50 Flavour Mix

Jelly Belly Jelly Beans 20 Flavours Festive Gift Box

6. Reindeer Poop chocolates

6. PAMPERING STOCKING FILLER TREATS

It’s not just adults who dream of pampering goodies to land in their Christmas stockings, tweens and teens are very fond of skincare, lip balms and pampering beauty products and what kid doesn’t love a bath bomb?!

1. Spots & Stripes Boys Facial Wash

2. StarFace Hydro Stars

3. Florence by Mills Dreamy Dew Moisturiser

4. Percy Pig Shower Gel

5. 7th Heaven Unicorn Sheet Face Masks

6. Revolution Cherry Lip Oil

7. Lush Star Fairy Bath Bomb

8. Lippy Pals Unicorn Lip Balm

7. SOFT AND CUDDLY STOCKING FILLERS

Either cute and cuddly soft toys or snuggly socks and hats and scarves make brilliant stocking fillers. We have a tradition in our house that there is always a little cuddly toy popping its head out of the top of a Christmas stocking. I guess this year it has to be Paddington (heart emoji!)

1. Classic Paddington with red boots

Jiggly Pets Pink Noodle Pup

Kaloo Tendress soft fabric doll

Ty Nordic dog Beanie Baby

Squirrel Fair Isle Hat

Rockahula Cleo Cat Earmuffs

Totes Toasties Dino Slipper Sox

8. STATIONERY AND JOURNALS

Stationery and journals are always really safe options to put in Christmas stockings for kids. They always need stationery for school, you can make it more appealing by going for pretty or cool designs. Journals are a real thing at the moment, there are plenty to choose from, so I’ve selected some I know are really popular.

1. Paw sticky notes

2. Cat shaped highlighter pens

3. Galaxy washi tape

4. Wooden woodland stamp set

5. Transparent grid pencil case

6. All About Me Journal

7. The Story of Me Journal

8. Hey Girl! Empowering Journal for Girls

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33 Comments

  1. What amazing ideas!! Thank you!

  3. Great list, Alice! Pinned and tweeted so that I can refer back to this when shopping season rolls around!

    1. So glad you like Blair … I keep coming back to it year after year. Big big thanks for tweet and pin x

  4. This is so perfect! Exactly what I’ve been searching for! We do a $10 christmas that we adore but we do stockings for the kids in addition.

  5. What an awesome list! I never would have thought to put some of these things in as stocking stuffers, but they’re such good ideas. Thanks for linking up at Whatever Goes Wednesday. This was the most viewed link at last week’s party, so we’ll be highlighting it at tomorrow’s party. Thanks for always coming over and linking up. Your links are consistently in the top 10 most viewed. We hope you’ll keep coming back to party with us!!

  7. Great list Alice. Have pinned. Thanks so much for linking up to Thriving on Thursdays.

    Anne @ Domesblissity xx

  9. What a fantastic list of ideas! I definitely will be needing them. Thanks for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things where I’m co-host this week. Have a wonderful day!

  12. These are wonderful gift ideas, but how does a terrarium, floor cushion, or pair of boots fit into a stocking????? Do you use very large stockings for Christmas?
    —‘Becca

  14. Great list! Thanks for the ideas!
    Stopping by from the Gingersnap Crafts link party!

  15. So many great ideas! I love how you categorize all these stocking stuffers so I can find what I want to give. Thanks so much!

    1. Thanks for the pin and following the Christmas board – hopefully a whole load of more fun Christmas posts coming up in the next few weeks, Alice

  17. And there was me thinking I was the only person who put underpants, socks and a new flannel in their children’s sockings! (They did get other, fun things too)
    When I was little I always had a new pack of felt pens, I LOVED them and kept them in their packet in rainbow order till at least February!

    1. Aliens love underpants, kids love underpants 😉 We used to get felt pens as well but can’t claim to have been quite so organised x

  20. Thanks for the ideas! These will be especially helpful!

  21. some of those stocking stuffers were fantastic ideas 🙂

    Thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments

  23. Some really great ideas there *bookmarks for later* thanks so much! #magicmoments x

  24. Alice…I am in search of new stockings this year so I will definitely have to pick one of these for us to create out own. thanks again for linking up. I wish I had some christmas already to link up here. Soon. I cannot believe you are already working towards. Very impressed. 🙂

  25. I love the crafts portion! So sweet and easy to make. I will definitely incorporate some of these into my Christmasing!

    1. So glad you like them Kelly – am really looking forward to making a whole bunch of them myself, Alice x

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