the great stocking filler thread

wendyh

Poundstretcher today had MB Transformer 100 piece puzzles marked up at £2.99 but are £1.49. Great for my 4 year old.

mekprice

hi i got loads of pens, rubbers and other little bits, pedometer etc from tesco's yesterday. Started from about £0.18 great value.

Hunei

I start shopping for my mother's stocking (yes everyone in our family gets a stocking including my grandmother) during the summer and make use of the reduced sections in places like Asda, Tesco, Au Natural and Stationary Box.

I focus to on getting fun and silly things like stuffed chickens (Au Natural - 50p) and clipper board Keyrings (same store and price) but have also gotten things from the other stores mentioned.

I find that by starting early and not have any preset ideas i can get loads of cool stuff without spending a lot of money.

Have fun shopping for your stocking fillers.

choccyface2006

Asda have Ipod nano skins (clear & pink) for £1 each, I also got DD (14) a lovely pink dress keyring (£2), some options hot choc sachets (5 for £1) original source shower gel (£1), fruit pasille tube (2 for £2) to start her stocking off.

victory

poundland brilliant for stocking fillers, poundstore, boots have lots of little bits of shampoo,hair conditioner, scrunchies from 49p, other bits were kids shampoos,sponge bob square pants bath sponges xxxx

LJD1_2

bottle of red wine
bottle of white wine
bottle of rose wine
bottle of beer

do you notice a theme here? obviously for over 18s only!

For children mine love nothing more than;
any pens/notepads/pencils etc
little bottle of lemonade (as mine only have fizz for a treat)
favourite bar of chocolate
bubble bath
one of those funny bath things made of scratchy material to wash with?????
bag of penny rubbish from the 1p section of sweet shop
little mini cake
half a chewed carrot because rudolf has left it again!

Happy christmas!

pavlovs_dog

LJD1 wrote:

bottle of red wine
bottle of white wine
bottle of rose wine
bottle of beer

more of a present than a stocking filler, but last year for OH i bought him 20 different bottles of beer/ale - all different flavours/ingredients/brewed in different countries.

each bottle normally costs around £1.50, and its a lot more exciting than the crate of stella i was going to get him. will probably do the same again this year :think:

in his stocking i will be putting a haf sized bottle of malibu - indulge his girly side. he really likes it, but of course, it isnt macho to be seen drinking it in public

Chemgirl

My Mum still makes us a stocking to open when we first get up (used to be away of keeping us busy so they could stay in bed a bit longer). So now I always make a stocking for my boyfriend so he's not left out. Examples of what I put in stockings for him:
novelty socks (wilkinsons, hypervalue, poundstretcher)
cheap cds/DVDs (CDwow bargain bin/amazon/supermarket/fopp)
piece of fruit something different like a pomegranite
Mr. Men books with appropriate characteristic (good for kids and adults, £1.49 wilkinsons)
chocolate coins
mini cuddly toys
painted shot glass (£1 bought in a charity shop, looks brand new) could buy plain shot glasses and paint them
mini bottle of sparkling wine
favorite chocolates
nuts and nutcracker
Favour Cheque Book (just find a gift voucher template from the internet, I think I might have done on word or publisher, print them out, staple together like a cheque book with a piece of card on the front and put what favours you want, you could put chores or whatever you want, have seen ones in ann summers for £5, and these are virtually free see http://www.selfsufficientish.com/valantines.htm) Could also be a good mother's day present if your short of cash, do things around the house for your Mum.

Ideas that I'd like in a stocking for me:
puzzle books
chocolate
bath bombs (Lush/boots or if you live in Bristol there's a great shop in southville that is slightly cheaper than Lush and has the biggest range of bath bombs in bristol
Julianne-Louise
26 North St
Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 1HW
0117 963 5248
https://www.juliannelouise.co.uk
I would like anything from this shop)
books- fopp has lots of good books for £3 and sometimes £1
key ring with pound shaped attachment-can get from charity shops, my Mum loved this, uses it at supermarket, and can be used at gym
Loads of things in wilkinsons that are worth putting in a stocking, also look in charity shops then at least your recycling and giving money to charity, as long as the recipiant is not snobby.

Kids:
julianne louise also has exploding bath powder which kids would love, and sparkly bath bombs( in lush as well), once I was in there a boy of about 7 was begging his mum to get a bath bomb!!! they also have cuddly toys and fimo mini animals.
colouring books and pens
puzzle books like word searches

Sandra***_2-2

I always put a little torch in my kids stockings. Mum used to do it for us as kids so you can see what santa has got you with out putting the light on

rescuedogs

Sandra*** wrote:

I always put a little torch in my kids stockings. Mum used to do it for us as kids so you can see what santa has got you with out putting the light on

Tesco have nice yellow torches on special offer £1 each :T