Looking For Non-Toy Stocking Ideas

nordstrom has a super cute fingerprint kit. it comes with stamp pads to make your finger prints and then little stamps that add faces, wings, legs etc to your fingerprint to turn them into animals. we also like to do tickets to a sporting event or concert.

I do ornaments in the stockings. :)

Their favorite cereal with their name written on the box so it is just for them.
New toothbrushes.
Socks- always.
A coupon for a night out with Mom or Dad for Barnes & Noble... hot chocolate and one book.

I'm putting some Smart Wool socks in the kid's stocking this year for playing in the snow.

always new socks

Santa always bring toothbrushes to our house (probably should be the Easter bunny's department though!)

love that idea.

we do themed band aids, tooth brushes, socks, travel sized games for adults, hair do-dads, fun bubble bath stuff, and of course an orange.

I didn't read the other responses, so I apologize for duplicate ideas. That said, I always include these in my kids' (and my) stocking):
* a new toothbrush and tube of toothpaste
* packs of favorite sugarless gum
* fun fuzzy socks
* new fleece gloves/hat from Old Navy
Hope this helps!

I get a small pocket size moleskien journal and a pen every year.
I also like to put personalized thank you notes into each stocking (For the kids to write thank you for their gifts, etc. throughout the year)
This year I got some fun art supplies to put into my son's stocking.

-Smencils (really smell GOOD, made of recycled newspaper, regular pencil lead, not coloured)
-Card game like Mille Borne, or Uno
-Socks, hair supplies. Nice mittens, hat.
-Body shop stuff, especially the shaving cream for men.
-For a kid, a (cheap) watch.
-Glitter glues, craft supplies, stamps.
-Cookie cutters (also good for kids).
-Comic books. Pokemon cards or whatever cards they're into.
-New kitchen spatulas and nice wooden spoons. Measuring spoons and cups.
-A pocket knife. Key chain.
-Harmonica. Recorder.
-Miniature snow globe (my kids have always been fascinated with snow globes!)
-poster for the wall (rolled up, it fits quite nicely, albeit out the top...)
-Kid utensils (fork/spoon sets)
-Hockey tape (wait, that's my husband. Bet yours doesn't play hockey! Does he have a sport with a "consumable" item?)

stamps, hygiene items, DVD, ornaments, gift cards

Silver dollars
$2.00 bills
lip gloss
movie tickets
candy canes
personalized pencils
donation cards - if I donate to something the card that goes with it
felt hearts
Just some ideas !!

every year my dad puts in a funny card from american greetings. i love that every year it says "love dad" not love "mom and dad" just dad. it is his way of letting us know that he loves us.

K, so my hubby filled my stocking with lots of great things last year... here are a few.
Small scrapbooking supplies... like buttons, stickers, chipboard... and they were actually all in those little cute small jars! LOVED that.
A couple of shades of new nail polish
4 different $5.00 gift cards to my FAV places. One home decor place, a scrapbook store, a fabric shop, and a cute lunch place, that we love to eat at. It wasn't the amount of the gift card, is was that he KNEW I would go to those places, and thought that I would like a little "hubby coupon" when it came time to purchase. PS... everytime I used one of those $5.oo gift cards I thought of him. :)
Gossip magazines. He HATES them, and I NEVER buy them, but it was fun to get into my stocking and find about 5 different magazines, rolled up into each other. Like people, star, better homes and gardens...... just stuff he picked up, that he thought I would like. Plus when things settle down... I TOTALLY was flipping through those bad boys!
A sassy ring
A small level (yes a tool) ha, a little kit of those super small little screw driver things... you know that you unlock doors with, and get small toy screws out with?
Two free rentals at Blockbuster
Gosh... I know there was more... I just can't think of them. But it was the BEST stocking EVER... SERIOUSLY, I could have just gotten THAT, and been TOTALLY happy! :)
Hope these help at all.
~Shelley

My husband gets a bag of his favorite coffee grounds. This year he's getting a pocket magnifier that lights up too. Kids get the usual - small toys, things from dollar bins, but they are also getting book-lights too this year since they both love to read in bed. In years past I've included rolled up scrapbook paper and small punches in my daughter's stocking.

I am putting a mentos soda fountain kit in my teenager's stocking this year, and Smurfs in my own.

i didn't read what everyone else has said, but we like to give our kids a magazine. it fills up the stocking and makes for some fun reading on christmas day.

I found some great little craft projects at Micheal's last week. Some were painting related and some were coloring related.
I hope to do this when my son gets a little older (he is only 2 now), but have slips of paper for family movie night or a trip out to look at Christmas lights, pick what we are having for dinner, etc sort of things.

Exactly what I was going to write, Cathy. Each of my kids is getting a three-pack...we go through it like water around here!

Crazy straws are always fun for the little ones. Also art supplies. They seem to run out about this time of year at school anyway so it is quite useful. Decks of cards are a big hit in our house too. Not just regular cards but other kid games too (Uno, Rummy, Go Fish, etc.).

the girls have always been able to get into their stockings before Mom and Dad wake up. they wont touch the other gifts. So a small pocket game, deck of cards, one year they got Yak backs...remember those. Small recording chip in them...to play back what you say.
A gameboy game, small flashlight, electronic fortune cookie....now that they are older, cool pens and handknit socks.
This year the 15 year old will be getting a small digital camera to hook onto her backpack. They can't use their phones at school, but it is cool to take pictues of your friends.

hubby always get some chocolate covered coffee beans, he loves 'em.

This will not work for you but it might make some of the ladies who read this laugh. My mom has, since we turned 12 and still does even though Im 22 this year, puts a box of tampons in our stocking. And true to her saying, you'll always need these at some point.
We usually also get a little day out with just her somewhere special taped to the box. That could be fun for your kids. A special day somewhere of their choice just you and them!

Mini hole punch, mini stapler, staples amd mini staple remover. Found at office supple store or target. all 4 come in their own cute little plastic case. My 5 year old loves creating with his.