Looking For Non-Toy Stocking Ideas

WOW!! Such great ideas from everyone.
Did not see tub crayons mentioned or the color fizz tablets for the bath. If bathtime is an issue, these can be fun. If not, they are still a blast!!
Mittens/gloves are fun-practical!
Merry, merry:)

A baggie of stuff to build the snowman. Hat, mittens, sticks, candy or buttons for the eyes and carrot for the nose. I put other little crafts in there so that the kids can make them and use as gifts or gift tags. They put beads on a wire and then wind the wire into a twirl (about 7 inches long) and a bow on top. Then another fun one for kids is the wooden ornaments they can either paint or use sharpie markers. We did shrinkey dinks too....we always got those as kids....window clings (they have those new cool gel ones now).

Another good one is a "book on tape (cd now)". I would have a friend or my brother record a new christmas book in their "elf" voice.

My girls love to get toothbrushes, especially my 3 year old autistic daughter. She likes to go to bed with one in each hand. My almost 6 year old likes the spin toothbrushes.

I but Simon would love a pocket sized wind up flashlight. It is so fun to read the ideas. Our family doesn't celebrate Christmas, but I love the the stocking tradition. Have fun stuffing...

Love this idea!

Some ideas I have are flavored chapstick, fun socks, activity pads(about half the size of a coloring book), electric toothbrushes, and new crayons.

This year I will get to everyone
1.SANITIZER
2.box of wipes for the car(dollar srore have gret one you can atach them to a car door).
3.tooth brushes
4.hair clip and coloring pages,large coloring pages
5.camera(my kids love to do pictures)
6.gel for hair(boys like that)
7.personal sticky notes
8.personal CALENDAR,with special dates for each kid
9.fun pajamas
10.CANDY'S

tickets to zoo, museums, chuckie cheese,...
Library card in a wallet with gift cards
Make the wallet stuffed with all these items and photos of the family. Really gown up for your young son

Hat/gloves/mittens (these always seem to get lost), a gift card to Marble Slab/Cold Stone/Baskin Robbins, chapstick, new hairbrush/comb, socks, fun toothbrush, art supplies, play-do, dvd's, i-tunes gift card, book store gift card, disposable camera and mini photo album, hot chocolate/marshmallows... I love stockings! =)

My family loves it when this Santa brings them new socks.

try things for school (hole punch),pencils,erasers,

Ali
A small craft project. Like the kind you find in the dollar bin at craft stores. I found a wooden ornament and marker set at Jo-Anns for my girls. Fits perfect in the stocking too.
Sandi N.

lotto tickets, gift cards, socks, ties, phone accessories, razor refills (for men, if they use a razor), air fresheners for your car (again, for the adult), yankee candles, computer games, customized coupon book.

Oh Ali, another cool thing would be to make a cd of all your sons favorite songs. My son adores Star Wars so we made a cd with the Star Wars themes from the movies and also included the Wierd Al songs Yoda and Star Wars: The Saga Begins. We put a few other songs on there that he likes. Now the cd stays in the car and he loves listening to it.

I have 2 boys - 3 years old and 10 months old. For the older one, I've got some art supplies, a card game, socks, toothbrush & toothpaste, underwear, a small recorder/flute; for the little one, I've got a sippy cup, soothers, toothbrush, tattoo bandages. They're still young enough not to care that they're getting mostly practical things that we would get them regardless!

mitts, socks, boxers
new toothbrush, deodorant, body wash, etc
My DS is always happy to see hockey cards.
He also gets excited to see Joe Boxer(s)

Post-It notes, band-aids, duct tape (my teen loves this), rubber bands, binder clips, flashlights, small notebooks, lip gloss, chapstick (this was a staple stocking stuffer from my childhood, along with a toothbrush), chocolate oranges, Pez, fun socks, mittens, coin purse, thumb drive, mug, gift cards, Chia pet-like things, nuts (cashews are all my dh wants for Chrismas), ornament...

Underwear -- fancy socks, funny underpants!
For little boys --- rope, carbiners
I got some smallish tools at Lowes the other day -- tape measure, a multi screwdriver, a "widget" (razor blade edge enclosed in a safety cover -- I always have one in my kitchen drawer
Kitchen tools -- new (clean, whole) rubber scraper, wooden spoons
1st Aid kits
Bathing goodies -- foot balm, bath salts, scrubbies
Special coffee, hot chocolate

Like the candy board game idea, Laurie. Hope they have Harry Potter.

A practical idea that almost everyone can use is a USB stick that they can hang on their key chain. Nowadays you can get them for $20.
For my college age son I always put together a little kit full of things that make life so much easier if you have them but he is too cheap to buy for himself because they are "optional" items... Chapstick, Bandaids and antiseptic cream, Tylenol, Q-tips, eye drops, nail clippers, scotch tape to name a few.
My high school daughter loves perfume and will haul around a bottle of it in her purse, so I try to find the travel sizes for her stocking. I also give her blank cards and a set of alphabet stamps from the craft store so she can make her own cards for whatever is coming up. This saves me a trip to the store everytime she has to go to a birthday party and her friends love a hand-stamped card.

I try to do practical things...for my husband--the pen brand he loves to use, notepads, his favorite magazine rolled up and wrapped, small bags of flavored coffee or hot sauce he loves

I myself like to put arts and crafts things in my childrens stockings. You can pick them up at Michael and ACmoore stores for pretty cheap. This gives them something to do later on after they are all played out with the new toys.

I'm SO getting each kids scotch tape - awesome idea!!!

Toothbrush for my 6 year old DS. I am hoping to find a Pokemon Spinbrush.