Perhaps you’ve gotten the majority of your shopping done for Christmas, but you still need a few small gifts for stockings? I’ve got you covered! Today I am sharing a list of my absolute favorite easy and inexpensive stocking stuffers!
Can you let you in on a little secret? Stocking stuffers are my favorite thing to make or buy. There is something about a stocking stuffer that’s so much fun! Throughout the years, I’ve discovered many ideas for fun stocking stuffers including homemade goodies, purchased trinkets, and other fun gift ideas!
When we were kids, our parents always put a pomegranate in the toe of every stocking. So we would open every little gift, and then fish out our pomegranate. We never purchased pomegranates any other time of year, and even now, whenever I eat a pomegranate it makes me feel like it is Christmas day!
Side note: if you, as the mom, love stuffing your family’s stockings, but yours always seems kinda empty, might I suggest you stuff a friend’s stocking, and she stuffs yours? Laura’s done this for years! She shares all the details here!
Consumable Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Everybody
- A pomegranate
- A small jar of homemade Vanilla Extract
- A jar of Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix
- A jar of Homemade Italian Dressing Mix
- Annie’s Mac and Cheese box
- Juicy Juice 100% juice
- Pack of Gum
- Honey Peanut Bars
- A Can of Black Olives
- A Favorite Candy
- A few Chocolate Cookies in a pretty bag
- Packets of Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
- Cereal Bars
- A bag of granola
- A Small Jar of their Favorite Jelly
- Sunflower Seeds
- Chocolate Crunch Bars
- Beef Jerky
- Fruit
- Peanut Butter Honey Rice Krispie Treats
- Fruit Leather
Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Kids
- A homemade gift certificate for an Experience Gift
- Veggie Tales DVDs
- Card games like Blink, Old Maid, Skip-Bo…
- Regular decks of cards
- Mittens or gloves, hats, scarves, ear muffs
- Socks
- Fun bandaids
- CDs
- Books
- Hair clips and such for little girls (although I have no experience in this area!!)
- School supplies
Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Women
- Good quality pens
- A Butter is My Love Language Shirt
- Small (and pretty) note pads
- Kitchen Towels
- Earrings
- Lotion Bars from MadeOn – this stuff works miracles on my dry skin!
- Wooden Spoons and other Kitchen Utensils
- Warm Fuzzy Slipper Socks
- Flexi-Clip from Lilla Rose – because they’re beautiful and SO easy to use and inexpensive and pretty and…
- Chapstick holder for a keychain
- Sunglasses
- A nice hat or gloves
- A pretty scarf
Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Men
- A new tie
- A nice pair of socks
- Good quality beef jerky
- A back scratcher
- A grill scraper
- A magnetic wrist band to catch screws and nails
- This neat pen tool
- A pack of cards
- A fun brain teaser
- A bag of good quality coffee
- A head massager
I always put in funny socks. You can always find them this time of year at Dollar Tree.
I love shopping at Dollar Tree for stocking stuffers! So fun!
-Bethany (Laura’s assistant)
I bought a magnetic wrist band for my husband. I can’t wait to see of he likes it!
Yay! Hope he loves it!
-Bethany (Laura’s assistant)
Love these ideas! With a family of ten, the stocking stuffer cost can add up quickly. I like to do things like gum and chapstick and a favorite candy for the kiddos, plus a few other small things and I’ll buy a 12 pack of my husbands favorite gum and some hot sauce to put in his! Matchbox cars, play dough, and specials soaps are some other things I get too.
Love your ideas! We have a big family, too, so we have to keep stocking stuffers budget-friendly as well.
-Bethany (Laura’s assistant)
For my phone belt clip breaking husband, a 2 pack of the ones for his phone. I also put some lens wipes for his glasses.
For my crafting kids, paracord, and clips to make bracelets. Also pens and pencils.
For the grandkids, age-appropriate school supplies or small toys.
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing!
-Bethany (Laura’s assistant)