I love Christmas! I don’t love trying to fill everyone’s stockings without spending a fortune. It seems like the younger your boys and girls are the easier it is to find inexpensive items that they will enjoy. By the time they head into the Tween and Teen years it starts to get downright expensive. A few plastic items from your local dollar store just aren’t going to cut it anymore.
Not to worry! With the help of my friends over on Facebook I created a list of 97 items that would make great stocking stuffers for the teens and tweens, male and female, in your life.
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Stocking Stuffers for Teenagers
- Post-It Notes
- iTunes or Spotify Giftcards
- Giftcard to favorite store (like Amazon.com
, Sephora, Toy R Us,GameStop
, etc)
- Snack sized junk food/jerky (like this Buffalo Bob 10 piece exotic jerky collection)
- Cash
- Duck Tape (it comes in crazy patterns like Bacon, Skittles, and Popcorn these days,
as well as scented, fabric and even chalkboard!)
- Sharpies
- Gum/breath mints
- Candy
- Movie tickets
- Items for a favorite sports team (pens, hats, etc)
- Unusual food items (Hot Chili Lollipops
, Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans
, crazy Japanese junkfood, etc)
- Male grooming items (razors, shaving cream, cologne, hair gel)
- Female beauty items (creams/lotions, makeup remover, perfume, hair product, makeup)
- Items with school logo or colors
- Costume jewelry
- Gloves (like these inexpensive Touch Screen Gloves
)
- Nail polish
- Hairbrush and/or comb
- Fun scented shampoo
- Pocket sized lotions and hand sanitizer
- Lip balm
- Ear Buds
/earphones
- Toothbrush (a novelty NFL toothbrush might be great for the sports fan)
- Key ring (make it dual purpose with a tassel charging cable key chain or a multitool key chain)
- Themed items based on extracurricular activities (ie swim cap for swimmer, cue chalk for pool player, guitar strings for musician etc)
- Starbucks Gift Card
- Art supplies
- Collectible coins
- Travel sized games (like Battleship and Yahtzee)
- Video Games
- Electric toothbrush
- Fuzzy Socks
- Slippers
- Rechargeable Batteries and Charger
- Teen magazines / hobby related magazines
- Christmas ornament
- Mini Journal
or mini sketchbook
- Lottery tickets (scratch off)
- Book Light
- Headlamp
- Fitness Tracker (of course folks love their Fitbits, but there are also less expensive fitness trackers)
- Case forPhone/ebook reader/tablet, screen cover etc
- Sunglasses
- Books (or a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble)
- Water bottle (there are even some neat fruit infusing bottles)
- Travel Coffee Mug (the Stanley Travel Coffee Mug really does keep things hot for 7 hours!)
- travel toothpaste
- Game controller (for Xbox, PS3, Wii, Steam etc)
- Bubble bath/bath oil/bath bombs
- Antiperspirant
- Silver Dollar
- Flashlight
- Pocket knife or Multi Tool
- Roll of quarters (for college kids who use a laundromat)
- Pens and Pencils
- Travel Sewing Kit
- Eyeglass Repair Kit
- Travel tissues
- Bandana
- Scarf (fashion or cold weather)
- Nail clippers/tweezers/nail files
- Phone charger/Battery pack
- Gasoline gift card
- Hair bands/headbands/barrettes
- Necktie (hey-even teen boys sometimes need to dress up)
- Car air freshener (a quirky choice would be the Bacon Air Freshener)
- USB Flash Drive (you can get them in all kind of novelty shapes like animals, snack foods, guitars, even superheros like Batman)
- Camera memory card
- Portable Bluetooth Speaker
- Highlighters
- Earwarmers (I’ve seen some with built in speakers for your music )
- Deck of Cards
- Fun office supplies (cool thumb tacks, paper clips etc)
- Teeth Whitening strips
- Watch
- Travel alarm clock
- Wallet/change purse (they make RFID blocking wallets for men and women now)
- Hackey Sack, Yo-Yo, Silly Putty or Rubix Cube
- Belt
- Command Hooks
- Thank You Cards
- Postage stamps (to send those thank-you’s with after the holiday)
- Loofa sponge or bath pouf
- Compact umbrella
(they come in lots of colors, and some even have designs on the inside)
- Lint brush/roller
- Gourmet hot cocoa, tea, or coffee
- Silly Erasers
- USB Hub
- Mouse Pad
- Scissors
- Glowsticks
- Book covers (those stretchy ones)
- Measuring Tape
- Magnets (like Tetris magnets, or the little Magnetic Man)
- Dental Floss
- Calculator
Feel free to add more ideas in the comments! And don’t forget to check out my 68 Ways to Stuff a Man’s Stocking.
I just did most of the stocking stuffer shopping. I have done items 2, 4, 8, 9, 13, 14, 23, 30, 35, 65, 67, 68, this year.
I also picked up a large package of those Wisp on the go toothbrushes to divide among three stockings. My two daughters are always stealing, er, I mean “borrowing” and never returning, my Suave Dry Shampoo so I got them each a can of their own. Then I was in Disney and saw some game dice that used Mickey heads for the number of dots on each face and that is getting thrown in as well.
I have done several more of the items on your list in years past. It can get pricey for sure! I try to get their favorite Christmas candies and then practical items as well.
I usually buy my cousins their favorite candy, maybe some cookies in a bag some taffy a couple of bucks and a cheep toy from the dollar tree.
Our dog also gets a stocking filled with bones, toys and the occasional tennis ball.
One year I bought my youngest cousin plastic farm animals from Walgreens, I bought her brothers a bag of marbles and the other one a deck of cards
Thats cute
it is!
Thank you, I needed this to make a list for my mom. This helped a lot.
I loved so many of the items on the list that I’ve actually used this template and even added a few along the way which were hits ! Small address books work great, small composition books for private notes are perfect, so are book marks ( either homemade or store bought ). Small packs of tissue are great thimgs to give, plus we always try to give a fruit from the Biblical period we had last learnen about with the kiddo 🙂
Just found your list. What a great resource! Thank you so much for compiling it. It will help me a lot with some new to the family kids!
For Bike riders and drivers: tire pressure gauge ($2 at Walmart)
For college kids: jar of peanut butter, sample size laundry detergent, protein bars, dare I say… condoms
For High School kids: magnetic notepad for school locker, car air freshener for gym locker, highlighters, Silly Putty
For everyone: shoelaces, leather waterproofing spray, 3M command hooks, screen cleaner, touch screen protectors, do not disturb sign for door knob, small picture frames, sudoku puzzles, memory foam shoe/sneaker insoles.
Gift idea for a new driver/car owner: jumper cables, oil change gift card. These were great last year for my college freshman who commuted home for weekends!
great idea’s …thank you!! I have a couple to add
laser pointers
Slinky’s
A lot of tweens I know and my young teens would NOT like noir could they use most of these items. Sorry.
I’m sorry this wasn’t helpful for you Karen
Why even respond then…. ridiculous
Thanks for all the great ideas! Both my teens will like a LOT of the items listed!!!
How rude. You should keep your less than jolly feelings to yourself. And it’s “nor” not “noir”
Out of all 97 things, the teens and tweens you know couldn’t use most of them? Really? They don’t like going to the movies or Starbucks? They don’t use things like lotion or makeup? They don’t like candy and treats? What kind of things do your kids like then? Diamonds? Car keys to their brand new Mercedes?
Jesus, guys, chill out! Karen may not have left a positive reply and she probably didn’t even need to comment at all if she was going to be like that, but that doesn’t mean you have to bash her for it! You guys are acting like teenagers- and that’s coming from a 16 year old! Besides, she said MOST OF THEM, not all of them. And you don’t have to make her out to be a witch by making her sound snobby and correcting her misspellings with a bunch of attitude, either. I also have to agree with her a little bit on this because I found the list helpful, but I didn’t really find more than ten things on here worth putting on my list. And before you give me crap about my choices, I’ll have you know that I do not own more than four pairs of shoes- all of them under 20 dollars each and for different occasions. Some of the things she may not have liked about the list may have been because her family are a little different, maybe a little more restricted. My mother would never even think of buying me gift cards, video games, etc. because she thinks they’re a waste of money, and I don’t completely agree with her, but I respect her opinion and I don’t complain. All I’m saying is, you don’t need to make assumptions about people just because they say something you disagree with. You may not even take my opinion seriously just because I’m “young and dumb”, and I’m fine with that. I just ask you to be a bigger person and realize that not everyone’s life is like yours and different people have different ways of living. Is that so hard?
hey no bad vibes. I’m close enough to your average teenager to say that most of the things on this list would be really nice to have. If the teens and tweens you know don’t like any of these then I’m not sure what kind of things they would like.
Just saying.
As a teenager myself I have no clue why anyone wouldn’t like anything on this list.
And please don’t be rude.
Have some holiday cheer, then everyone’s happy.
car charger for phone
small flashlight from mountain coop equipment for coat pocket
Thank you for the ideas. Getting down to the wire and my son’s stocking was lacking compared to his sisters.
Lots of great ideas! Merry Christmas!
Excellent list!!
Fantastic list! Thank you!!
I totally loved these stocking stuffers for my 13 and 16 year old kids! Thanks for the taking the time to post.
I found it to be a very easy way to create a stocking stuffer list. Thank you.
A DRINKING CUP, A NEW ORNAMENT, CANDY, A SNOW TO Y, PHONE CASE,
Wow!!! My stepson (13) wants the same amount of things my daughter (6)gets and who wouldnt?? So because he already knows how the stockings work I flat out asked him what kind of things he wanted..- “I dont know” is all I got. I really think he will like most of the items on your list so I will print it out and put in my purse so I can keep an eye open throughout the year!! You helped me more than you know thank you so much! MERRY CHRISTMAS
Thanks for the list helped out a lot. One thing I have done for years but can not take credit as my Mother in law stated. Each year I get my kids. Dated Christmas ornaments which they love seeing which one they got.
I grew up getting an ornament each year and continue the tradition with our kids, we just don’t put them in the stockings 🙂
Movies or DVDs
Headphones/earbuds
Pencils
Chap stick
Mini hand sanitizer
Great ideas.
I have referred to this list two years in a row for my two teen boys aged 14 and 16. It has some great ideas! Thanks for posting.
Now this comment made my day–so glad you have found it useful enough to come back and check it out each year.
Thank you for compiling this great list of stocking stuffers. What a great help for this Mimi.
So glad it was helpful.
This is an awesome list, thanks so much!
So glad you find it useful Julie!