Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids: Christmas 2009

Cherie Bowser
Are you looking for the best stocking stuffers for kids? Here are some of the best stocking stuffers that you can buy for your kids Christmas stocking that they will sure love.

Best Stocking Stuffers for kids #1: Coal Candy

Coal candy is one of the best stocking stuffers for kids that is a lot of fun. Whether they are naughty or nice, coal candy is a delicious edible treat that they will love. You can usually find some at your discount store around Christmas or you can find it on many place online and in different flavors. Candy Crate offers coal candy for $26.89 for a 5 pound bag of licorice flavored coal candy or black cherry flavored coal candy. The Candy Warehouse offers coal candy that is made with milk chocolate with a black candy coating to make these resemble the looks of coal for $29.50 for a 5 pound bag. If you would like individual coal candy in a bag that says "coal", Miles Kimball has a great coal candy that is cinnamon flavored for $7.99. This makes is one of the best stocking stuffers for kids.

Best Stocking Stuffers for kids #2: Stickers

Stickers is another one of the best stocking stuffers for kids. You can find stickers in all sorts of their favorite characters. Smile Makers has an extremely large assortment of stickers that you will be sure to find the stickers your child will love. Some of the characters that they have include Barbie, Animal Planet, Scooby Doo, Elmo, Wizards of Waverly Place, Toy Story 1 and 2, Fairies, dolphins, Spiderman, Madagascar Penguins, Marvel Heroes, Camp Rock, Bolt, Star Wars, Tinkerbell, and the list goes on and on.

Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids #3: Bubble Bottles

Children love blowing bubbles and bubble bottles are one of the best stocking stuffers for kids. There are many places you can find plain bubble bottles, but why not find some Christmas bubble bottles. You can find many of these are your local party supply store or you can shop online. Century Novelty has Christmas head bubble bottles for $0.49 each. The are really cute and if you are shopping online at Century Novelty, you should check out the mini Christmas pinball game to add to your stocking stuffers for kids.

Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids #4: Silly Putty

Silly putty is definitely one of the best stocking stuffers for kids. Many adults can remember getting silly putty in their stocking at for Christmas. You can find silly putty at any of your local discount store or you can purchase the silly putty online. Games and Jigsaws have the silly putty that you can purchase for $1.79. Kids can do many things with the silly putty, including pressing the silly putty on a colored comic in a newspaper to get the photo on the silly putty. What fun memories!

Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids #5:Barrel Of Monkeys

Barrell of Monkeys are one of the best stocking stuff for kids that they are sure to enjoy. You can find the Barrell of Monkeys at any discount store or online at Games and Jigsaws. Games and Jigsaws have the Barrel of Monkeys that you can purchase for $3.99 and are indeed one of the best stocking stuffers for kids.

Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids #6: Coloring Books and Crayons

Coloring books and crayons are sure to put a smile on any child's face and is one of the best stocking stuffers for kids. Dover Publications has so many coloring book, it will be difficult to choose. Some of the categories are ABC's and 123's, American History, Angels, Fairies and more, Sea, inspired by the bible, prehistoric times, holiday, going place, and so much more that you can purchase online.

Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids #7: Battery Operated Toothbrush

What child would not want a battery-operated toothbrush? A battery-operated toothbrush is one of the best stocking stuffers for kids. You can find many of these at your local discount drug store or anywhere where toothbrushes are sold. There are many fun battery operated toothbrushes. You can find some fun kid power toothbrushes on dentist.net. They have tooth tunes musical toothbrushes that include Corbin Bleu, Ashley Tisdale, and Cheetah Girls. They have tooth tunes junior of the Lion King, Transformers, and The Jungle Book. There are many that cost $9.95. They also sell the kids Crest spinbrush for $5.99.

Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids #8:McDonald's Gift Card

Children love going to McDonald's to get an a happy meal, an ice cream, or to just play on the playground. A McDonald's gift card is one of the best stocking stuffers for kids. You child will love seeing a McDonald's gift card on Christmas morning in their stocking.

Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids #9:Candy Canes

Candy canes are definitely one of the best stocking stuffers for kids. Not only can you purchase candy canes in peppermint, but they also come in many other flavors. You can find candy canes everywhere at Christmastime. Hammond's has a very large variety of different flavored candy canes. Some of the flavors are natural apple, bubble gum, butterscotch, cotton candy, natural mint, vanilla filled cinnamon, sugar plum, chocolate filled cherry, more. These candy canes are definitely the best stocking stuffers for kids.

Sources and Resources:

http://candy-crate.stores.yahoo.net/coalcandy5lbs.html

http://www.candywarehouse.com/chocolatecoal.html

http://www.mileskimball.com

http://www.smilemakers.com

http://www.gamesandjigsaws.com

http://www.centurynovelty.com

http://store.doverpublications.com

http://www.dentist.net

www.mcdonalds.com

http://www.hammondscandies.com

Published by Cherie Bowser

I am a single mother of three girls ages 5, 10, and 14. I am currently a full-time caretaker for a patient with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). I love taking care of my children as well as being a care taker f...  View profile

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  • Heather Kristina Thomas11/29/2009

    Fabulous ideas...I used to love getting silly putty and coloring books! I'd probably still love to get that stuff.

  • Allana Calhoun (Tink)11/11/2009

    Excellent suggestions!

  • Tina Twito10/21/2009

    Love this list. Really timeless ideas. I remember getting McDonalds certificates in MY stocking!

  • Jolynne M Hudnell10/12/2009

    Wonderful and inexpensive ideas!

  • Sheri Fresonke Harper10/12/2009

    Love the coal candy, good choices :)

  • Judy Elizabeth10/11/2009

    Great ideas, and economical too!

  • Shethy Stuckey10/9/2009

    Lovely ideas and the coal candy would be great as well.

  • Nora10/7/2009

    Nice choices

  • Betty Malone10/7/2009

    Good choices.

  • R. Elizabeth C. Kitchen10/7/2009

    Coal candy? I never heard of that. I'm going to get some this year. Excellent ideas!

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