Stockings for Little Ones

DD gets small toys, toddler-appropriate snacks, mittens, socks (she thinks socks in her sock are hilarious), and a little candy. She'll also get clementines because she LOVES them. And maybe a pear, too. Stickers. Small books. Coloring/activity pads (Target and Michael's have them for little $) and washable crayons and markers (because Santa knows Mommy really hates taking WD 40 to the wall...), etc. It doesn't need to be overflowing. We also tuck in little things that might get lost under the tree, too.

toothbrushes and toothpaste, absolutely! i also do bath fizzies (walmart has ones with elmo on them, they change the color of the bath water and my son loves them) maybe a bath pouf, bubble bath. dollar tree is a good place to find little stuff. we don't do a lot of candy so i feel your pain :)

How little is little? Last year when Victor was 1, I put a couple wooden cars that he liked (they were at Target last year for $1, now they're at the dollar store)....some hersheys kisses and the peppermints that are soft and dissolve easily, a little board book, and some animal finger puppets.
This year: my boys are 2 and 5. They're getting the orange, apple, nuts, cherry hershey kisses, a couple candy canes, and a little Santa with skittles in him. For toys they each have a hot wheel, a little pack of cowboy/indians for little guy and a little pack of the green army soldiers for big guy, a bubble wand, some new map pencils and a little coloring pad, and some funny Santa/ELf socks. Big guy is getting a marbles game, and some dice that you toss to help you make up your own stories (a game the whole family can play easily), and a Foghorn Leghorn comic book, while little guy is getting glow in the dark stars for his bedroom ceiling (b/c he's always yelling "star! star!" when we're out at night), a harmonica, and a little board book. Oh yeah---they're both getting "pirate gold" that we found at a costume shop at Halloween time. They are all about treasures and pirate games, and when I was little (YES I WAS A NERD, I acted out everything I read)---I loved making a trap for a cyclops with "treasures" like mardi gras beads (which we have) and trying to lure a cyclops to us so we could get him. That would be ALL DAY fun with my little brother (but I was Sinbad). I figured I could pass on that game so it's not just pirates all the time, lol. Cheap but entertaining stuff.

Stockings can be EXPENSIVE to fill. I like your ideas, maybe fill in with a stuffed animal, book, pretty socks, some dollar store items. I think that would be enough to fill them...Merry Christmas!

I did socks and underwear last year, and believe it or not, the Yo Gabba Gabba underwear were my son's favorite gift! They beat out the guitar, and the V-Reader that was like Daddy's Kindle.

Mine always get a new cool toothbrush, character toothpaste, cool socks, cool undies, hats, mittens, xmasy candy, Target has the whole area in the front of their store with $1-$2 goodies too!

My 4 year old is getting little things like coloring book, book, stuffed animal, dollar store toys. My 10 year old is getting beef jerky (her favorite! Lol.), hex bugs (nano $5 at Target), some new ear buds, a webkinz, and a few little things like socks, candy, etc.

One thing I didn't see mentioned was fancy Band-Aids. Kids always want Band-Aids for this and that little boo-boo, and Christmas is an excuse to get the cute ones.

If you do the St. Nick stockings on Dec. 6th I like to put Christmas style pajamas in them so they have them to wear on Christmas.

We do books, movies, fancy toothbrushes, small toys like stuffed animals, crayons or markers, a candy or two--I get a lot of little things from places like the dollar spot at Target. Have fun shopping!

J.