Every year I swear his stocking shrinks.
Here's all the gear I bought to stuff into his stocking this year:
Here's all the gear that didn't fit:
That's actually pretty good, if you ask me. I have ninja stocking stuffing skillz.
Here's a rundown on what actually made it in, and the prices:
Packs of Plastic Cutlery - I was hanging out with my brother last week when he poured himself a bowl of cereal and then began to rummage around in the back of a drawer, emerging with a plastic spoon he stole from the local frozen yogurt place. I come to find out he has entire collection of different colored spoons from the frozen yogurt place. The frozen yogurt place has since gone out of business. (Not because he was stealing spoons, I promise.) I decided to take it upon myself to enhance his collection with three packs of forks, spoons, and knives.
Price: $0.97 per pack of 24 pieces.
Plastic Cups - I found a pack of really cute snowman cups that match his skeleton cups from Halloween.
Price: $0.98 per pack of 4 cups.
Spikey Light-up Ball - It bounces. It flashes. It will hurt when he chucks it at his other sister. It's perfect.
Price: $1.00
Watch - When I asked him what he wanted for Christmas he told me he wanted a watch, but he didn't want a digital watch and he wanted it to have a soft band (not like mine). I had a bear of a time trying to find an easy-read analog watch that was small enough to not cause scoliosis. Finally I found a women's watch (shhhh!) that fit the bill. I chose to use it as a stocking stuffer instead of a present since nothing is worse than opening a really boring present and going "Oh, wow, it's greeeeat, thanks..."
Price: $9.98
Magnifying Glass - I don't think frying ants and plastic army men with a magnifying glass is still cool, but you never know.
Price: $0.94
Squirmles - These are supposed to be super-magical fake pets that wiggle and squirm and do tricks and flips and become your best friend. I have no idea if that's true, but they were cheap enough to take a chance on, especially considering I saw these in an aquarium gift shop for $8.
Price: $2.88 for a pack of 2.
Batteries - Ever get a present that required batteries and didn't come with batteries? Yeah, me too. These are crummy batteries, but at least enough to last through Christmas day.
Price: $0.97 per pack of 4, AA and AAA.
Modeling Clay - My baby brother is a very creative type and has been having a ball playing with clay at school lately. Problem with school clay is that they only let you use it once a week in art class.
Price: $0.97 for 4 colors.
Drinking Straws - They go with the cups. And come in super-crazy neon colors. They can be used to consume the lemonade.
Price: $0.98 for pack of 50.
Lemonade & Hawaiian Punch Packets - My brother loves lemonade, and these Wyler's packets are my favorite. I also threw in some Hawaiian punch mix because kids should be hopped up on fake sugar as much as possible on Christmas.
Price: $1.00 for 10 Wyler's Lemonade packets.
Price: $1.00 for 8 Hawaiian Punch packets.
Angry Birds Socks - Boys always need more socks. Always. Like, always. These socks have Angry Birds on them and actually feel like pretty decent quality.
Price: $4.97 for pack of 5 assorted designs.
Critter Clips - These are supposedly keychains. I don't know what they are or what they're supposed to be, but I thought they were cute (in a boy-acceptable way) so I bought them. I figure he can clip them onto his backpack.
Price: $0.97 for 2.
Reese's - There has to be candy in a stocking. This is a non-negotiable fact of life.
Price: $1.00 for 6 peanut butter cups.
Eyeball Magnets - I made some really cool googly eye magnets and threw a few into his stocking. I considered giving him the magnets and eyes separately and letting him make them himself, but I couldn't resist stealing some for my own fridge.
Price: $2.94 for 18 magnets and 12 googly eyes.
Including the stuff that couldn't be squeezed in, that brings us to a total of $40, which is very very doable considering there are $5 socks and a $10 watch in there.
What are your favorite stocking stuffers? Let me know in the comments!
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