Last fall, I shared an AWESOME list put together from your suggestions of things to put into stockings that won’t end up as clutter.
This year, I’ve been sharing some ideas for Clutter Free Stocking Stuffers over on my Facebook page for the last month or so. It’s fun to think of things now that might not occur to me during a frantic trip to the store on December 24th. And, of course, it’s a great opportunity to put out lots of Amazon affiliate links, as I’ll be doing in this post now . . . (Though, of course, most of these things can be found in any store.)
Please note that these are suggestions. Each one must be examined according to the person whose stocking it will stuff. For real. While one person might think loving thoughts about you while she sharpens her kitchen knives, another might find that knife sharpener in her overly cluttered drawer and think altogether different thoughts about you.
Clutter is oh-so-personal.
Stocking Stuffers for Women (or men)
(If you stuff your own stocking, it’s a great chance to replace some of those kitchen things that need replacing.)
Stainless Steel Kitchen Utensils
wooden spoons
New (stain-free, unripped) Kitchen Towels
Stocking Stuffers for Men (or women)
Anything from the list above that you didn’t have room to stick into your own stocking.
T-Shirt
Bear Claw Telescopic Back Scratcher 
Razor, shaving cream
Nail clippers
Cellphone Car Charger
Stocking Stuffers for Kids
Uno 
Gamewright Little Hands Playing Card Holder
Towel hooks like these (I got plastic ones at Dollar Tree that have worked beautifully for years now.)
Warm hats and gloves
Don’t forget there are many more ideas in my post from last year. Click here!
--Nony
Kitchen scissors! I would have never thought of that, but I also know nobody who has bought a new pair from the one they’ve had for ages. Its perfect!
I’m going to put homemade beard moisturizing oil and mustache combs in the stockings for my men this year 🙂 My husband always wears a beard (only seen him with no beard twice in five years!) And it gets dry and scratchy in the winter so I think its a perfect solution 🙂
That’s a great idea!
Now that our children are grown, our tradition of Christmas morning stockings, is the only gift exchange we do.
That way, whether home or away, the tradition can continue. And as we add in-laws & hopefully grandchildren we can send stockings to them too!
Some of my favorite clutter free stuffings include:
gift cards, esp; Subway & gas cards
flash drive
movie size of their favorite candy
lip balms
eye make-up remover (Mary Kay is especially appreciated)
small first aide kits
tiny flavored vodkas (yes, I’m that kind of mom)
print from Christmas past (like babies first Christmas, or ’70’s awkward family photo)
rubber bag type ice packs (everyone really loved them last year)
and I always buy a little somethin somethin for momma’s stocking!
The “Yes, I’m that kind of mom” part made me laugh out loud!!
If you have any sewing ability, and your family are as gadget-mad as mine are, you still have plenty of time to sew up some tablet rests – basically it’s a bean bag for your ipad /kindle/whatever, that allows you to position it on the table handsfree. My version is an adaptation of one I bought a few years ago for Secret Santa, and it’s just a square based pyramid, about 7or 8 inches at the base, and filled with bean bag beans. Alternative for kids who use them in the car – a tablet bag that velcros onto the seat head rest in front, to stop them hunching over the way they do when they have them on their laps.
Our kids are 12-21yo, but all will be home for Christmas. The kids started buying stocking stuffers for each other several years ago, so I don’t really have to worry about FILLing their stockings. {usually they are over-flowing even tho they are not small – think we get carried away?!} So this year, one DD has already asked for a rechargeable hand warmer {she was out in the COLD on Saturday!} I checked it out on amazon and am thinking I will put one in each stocking! (they are not cheap) …then try to resist impulse buying of more… But usually I do consumables -fave candy, nice lip balm/lotion, socks, essential oils – And yes, I usually stick a few things in my own stocking too!
Essential oils, I love them and use them daily but never thought about using them in stockings. I gave my DD a diffuser last year, thanks for this idea!
I put personal items in the stocking each year and my grown children love it. Prices are so high nowadays that shampoo, razors, anti-perspirant/deodorant and such things are almost extravagant items. So I have list of what they all use and that is what I fill their stockings with. They get something useful that they need and I don’t feel like I’m throwing away money.
The other thing always put in their stockings are new toothbrushes.
Love this idea!!
Always so helpful – Thank you for sharing and caring!
May you have a wonderful Holiday Season –
Merry Christmas!
This isn’t exactly a stocking stuffer idea, but when our boys were in their teens we were on a strict budget one year and couldn’t afford to get them much. We hit upon the idea of a ‘food box’ – got a large free cardboard box and filled it with things like sugary cereal (which we didn’t buy normally); a case of their favourite pop; their favourite boughten cookies, candies and junk food; etc. They loved it and begged for the same gift every year until they moved out. We figured we had to feed them anyway and these things weren’t things we normally had in the house so they thought they were treats.
My in-laws gave us (hubby and me) a Christmas Box each year. It had many items collected from their numerous (250+ nights per year) hotel stays like shampoo, body wash, little coffee/hot tea supplies. Also interesting small food supplies, paper products, and tons of other small-ish items, that we either definitely needed (toilet paper) or would never buy for ourselves (chocolate covered fruit). We LOVED the Christmas Boxes and honestly, now that they have passed on; that is one of the things that I miss most at Christmas.
Scratch off lottery tickets!! Teenagers especially think they are fun and they are only a couple dollars a piece. Tweezers, nail brushes (the kind for cleaning under your nails), sticky notes, pocket calendar, magnets, and bath bombs!
Travel size shampoo, body wash, hand sanitizer etc. A sewing kit to go in a purse. Lego minifigs. If you have a Bricks and Minifigs store locally, they will have display cases full of them (and some can be quite pricey!) This year I got Minecraft figures for the 13 year old grandson and Spiderman for the 7 year old. One year I found a Shakespeare figure and got it for my son. I got Mickey and Minnie for my daughter-in-law, who is a huge Disney fan. For your sewing person, a thimble (good one can be expensive – mine was $50, but there are cheap ones for occasional use), a pack of needles, spool of thread (my DIL gets me a spool of my favorite quilting thread).