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Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Kids

Christmas morning, our children run down the hallway to the living room and the excitement that has been building all morning in their bed, comes to a grand peak when they see the gifts under the Christmas Tree. Once the gifts are opened and the presents are revealed, we go and gather up our stockings and sit around and watch the fun gifts that are stuffed inside.

Sometimes, I feel like the stocking is the underdog.

There silly giant socks typically contain some of the best gifts! You can have so much fun with a stocking. I love gathering small, creative gifts and mixing them with practical needs.

Below are some of my top picks for stocking stuffers.

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Little Hands Card Holder | Set of Four Children’s Card Games | Lip Smacker Libby Pal Lip Balm | Playfoam Build A Snowman | Itty Bitty Prettys Tea Party | LEGO Dots Bracelet | Crayola Scribble Scrubbie | Decorate Your Own Water Bottle | Melissa and Doug Flower Magnet | Would You Rather Book | Scratch Art Pad | Scruff A Luv Babies

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Gift Ideas for Children: Stocking Stuffers

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The most underrated tradition of Christmas… the stocking. So much emphasis is placed on the gifts under the tree that we tend to overthink the stocking. Maybe we just cram the “smallerish” items into the stocking when we are exhausted and don’t feel like wrapping any more, or, maybe we just use the stocking for a candy jar and pile in the chocolate and sweets.

I personally find the stocking to be such a fun, little extra tradition, and do you know the origins date back to a widowed man who feared his impoverished status would prevent his three daughter’s from marrying? Yes, for real! The story goes that on Christmas Eve, their stockings hung by the fire to dry and Saint Nicholas knowing the father’s humbleness, placed gold coins in the stockings, setting the family into a better financial place. Huh? All of this excitement today over a tradition that began with drying socks. Here are more stories and traditions from the Christmas Stocking.

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