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We’re all looking to spend a little less this Christmas, but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Rather than buying lots of plastic tat stocking fillers that your family simply do not need, why not opt for a small selection of higher quality products instead – items that they can actually use and enjoy rather than discard and forget about in days.
We’ve rounded up a small selection of Christmas stocking fillers that are sure to go down a treat this December. The best part, all of the items in this guide cost less than £15 each – some even less than £10!
1. Headbands and Hairclips
Let’s face it, you can never have too many pretty hair bands, clips and accessories. If you’re looking for something a little unique this Christmas – go and check out Stych – the one-stop-online accessories shop.
Their team of talented designers produce accessories with the coolest designs and themes including hair clips, headbands, scrunchies, bags and bracelets, all housed in beautiful gift boxes.
With prices starting at just £6, you can pick up some really unique pieces within an affordable price range. I honestly can’t explain how beautiful these products are and fantastic quality too – gifts that will be sure to raise a smile nestled under the tree this Christmas!
2. Cry Babies Magic Tears Stars (Talent Babies)
My girls have always been fans of the Cry Babies Magic Tears toys, but did you know they now do miniature versions too?
Aimed at children aged 3 years and above, these super cute pocket-sized babies come with five surprises to discover including a baby bottle, a dummy, a hoodie, a suit and a personalised accessory. With eight talent dolls to collect in the range, each character has a special talent, from cooking to dancing and skating. Children will love feeding her water from her bottle and then watching in amazement as she cries actual tears!
3. Orchard Toys Countdown to Christmas Activity Book
It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Orchard Toys in this house, with their fab range of educational and fun mini-games making a regular appearance in our home – especially at Christmas.
What you may not know is that Orchard Toys also have a fab range of activity books including this cute Countdown to Christmas, used as either an advent treat or stocking filler, it comes with 24 fun activities to complete during December, from colouring scenes to stickers.
4. Harry Potter Danilo A6 Diary
If you’re buying a stocking filler for an older child who always forgets where they need to be, a diary can make a practical and thoughtful stocking filler. Suitable for Potter fans of all ages, this pocket-sized A6 Wands at the Ready 2023 diary includes magical-themed icons, characters and quotes. With a week-to-view layout, there’s plenty of space to house daily notes and appointments as well as additional note pages, address pages, notable dates, and a year-to-view calendar.
5. Snackles Collectible Toy
Collectable toys always make a good stocking filler for kids, who love the surprise reveal and peeling back of layers to find what is hidden inside. The small plush Snackles are a big hit in 2023, soft and squeezable plushes that come paired with popular mini brands.
Each of the 11 collectable characters comes with their favourite snack, an origin story comic and stickers. Will you find the Tabasco Dragon or the Hershey’s Bear?
6. Ami Amis Knitted Collectible Toys
Another collectible that’s seen a huge increase in popularity in 2023 is Ami Amis, which are quite frankly ADORABLE.
These soft and cosy 10cm knit plush toys have 30 unique characters per wave – ideal for collecting, sharing and displaying, Each wave of Ami Amis features a mix of common, rare, and ultra-rare designs, the latter of which comes with a special sticker inside the hangtag!
7. DinosArt Craft Kits
Craft activities always make fun festive stocking fillers and are a popular choice amongst parents, as they are great at occupying children who normally wake at the crack of dawn on Christmas morning.
This super cute DInosArt kit comes with a 3D dinosaur character as well as a paintbrush and paints, ready for your child to decorate and bring their dino to life. Suitable for children aged three and over, they’re simple and easy to create, even for small hands!
8. Disney Tsum Tsum’s
Who doesn’t love finding a blind bag inside their Christmas stocking!? Whether you opt for original Tsum Tsums or the latest limited edition DIsney100 versions, each pack contains some of their favourite Disney characters and accessories. Great to collect and display in their bedrooms, which Disney characters will they discover hiding in theirs?
9. Bath Bombs
Bath time might be an essential part of life, but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring. If you’re looking for gifts that can help banish bath time boredom, these adorable bath bombs from Mini U are sure to go down a treat with youngsters!
Available in a choice of designs including super cute rockets, clouds and mermaids, these adorable bath bombs come to life when placed into the water. Gently place the bath bomb onto the surface of a warm bath to release the colours trapped inside, making fun patterns and fizzing on the surface!
Children will ADORE the surprise rainbow reveal, whilst parents will love their affordable price tags with bath bombs starting at just £3.99!
10. Nebulous Stars Soft Pencil Case
If you’re sick of seeing crayons, pens and pencils scattered across your home, adding a fun new pencil case to your child’s stocking can be both fun and practical.
They don’t come much cuter than the range from Nebulous Stars. Not only do these soft yet robust pencil cases keep pens upright for easy access, but they also come in a range of brightly coloured and friendly designs – we love the Axolotl pictured below.
11. Pinky Promise Gummy Friends
Another surprise reveal toy, children will love the wearable and collectible nature of Pinky Promise. Peel open the crown to reveal their two Gemmy Friends character and ring. Each character can attach to and detach from all of the jewellery that comes in Pinky Promise products, allowing children to express their creativity by mixing and matching the characters.
With over 80 different characters to collect and wear, including special, exclusive, and unique ones, which one will your child get in theirs?
12. BumBumz Collectibles
You may not have heard of BumBumz yet, but trust me when I say you soon will have. Made by Kellytoys, the makers of Squishmallows, these adorable beanbag plush characters come in a range of themes from fruit and veg RootBumz to RetroBumz and even BreakfastBumz as pictured below. With a diverse range. of designs that are great to cuddle and display, each BumBumz comes with its own ‘most likely to’ statement that reflects its personality, and a fun collectable sticker.
My daughters, seven and ten, are OBSESSED.
Whoever you’re buying for this Christmas, we hope that the above has given you some much-needed inspiration for fun alternative and budget friendly choices this season!
