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Any good ideas this year for kids aged 3 & 6 (and nephews ranging from 6 - 10?)
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Stocking Stuffer Recommendations?
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Flashlights are great for kids, also magnifying glasses, toy telescopes, crayons, plastic recorders, tinwhistles, harmonicas, any kind of ball always gets used, simple cars like hotwheels are great for boys, girls never have enough Barbie dolls (or clothes for them), if they are old enough not to get small things in their mouths, jacks for the girls and marbles for the boys, small Lego or Playmobil kits.
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well, i dont' know why no one's mentioned edibles yet, so here goes:
-Gummi candy (Haribo makes the best kind)
-Beef Jerky
-Roasted almonds
-Bubble Gum
-Hershey bars
-Sunflower seeds
-Candy canes (if they haven't already eaten enough of 'em)
-fruit rollups
also, kids get a real kick out of receiving those "special" candies or treats that they see at the store, but are a bit too pricey to buy on a regular basis, like chocolate covered macadamia nuts, those huge candy bars, Toblerones and such.
and if you don't want to give them sweets (how dare you!), here's a few other suggestions:
-batteries (they may not be fun on their own, but folks always give gifts that require batteries, and don't remember to include them)
-silly putty (a classic; i'm 24 and i still love this crap!)
-Yu Gi Oh! cards (for the boys, don't think girls are into these)
-comic books
-chapstick ('cause it's wintertime, and when i was kid, we all thought chapstick was neat, especially the flavored ones -- maybe i was just insane)
-hot wheels and the small Lego kits (i know this was already mentioned, but it bears repeating, these along with the putty are STAPLES of stocking stuffers)
-magazine subscriptions (this one's kinda pricey, but kids absolutely LOVE getting mail, i don't care where you live. a fun thing i used to suggest when i worked at a toy store was: buy a subscription, and an issue of a magazine. give the magazine wrapped up with a note that you've paid for a full year's subscription of it)
hope these help,
abe m.
-Gummi candy (Haribo makes the best kind)
-Beef Jerky
-Roasted almonds
-Bubble Gum
-Hershey bars
-Sunflower seeds
-Candy canes (if they haven't already eaten enough of 'em)
-fruit rollups
also, kids get a real kick out of receiving those "special" candies or treats that they see at the store, but are a bit too pricey to buy on a regular basis, like chocolate covered macadamia nuts, those huge candy bars, Toblerones and such.
and if you don't want to give them sweets (how dare you!), here's a few other suggestions:
-batteries (they may not be fun on their own, but folks always give gifts that require batteries, and don't remember to include them)
-silly putty (a classic; i'm 24 and i still love this crap!)
-Yu Gi Oh! cards (for the boys, don't think girls are into these)
-comic books
-chapstick ('cause it's wintertime, and when i was kid, we all thought chapstick was neat, especially the flavored ones -- maybe i was just insane)
-hot wheels and the small Lego kits (i know this was already mentioned, but it bears repeating, these along with the putty are STAPLES of stocking stuffers)
-magazine subscriptions (this one's kinda pricey, but kids absolutely LOVE getting mail, i don't care where you live. a fun thing i used to suggest when i worked at a toy store was: buy a subscription, and an issue of a magazine. give the magazine wrapped up with a note that you've paid for a full year's subscription of it)
hope these help,
abe m.
When I was a kid that age, 22lr and 20 gauge shotgun shells were the best 
.... probably not acceptable in this day and time, even if you do live on a farm 
I had a great number of years with a small lockback knife. Again, in today's society, probably not acceptable for kids
An "AA" Maglite with the holster and colored lenses are really neat for kids. Get the ones in different colors so, they always know which owner the light in question belongs to! Blues, Reds, Greens, an of course Blacks are great. Then there are the themed models to consider as well but, they tend to break the $10 threshold.
Yo-Yo's are neat items as well. Avoid the plain models. For $5 to $15 you can get ones that light up, glow in the dark, have great colors in motion, etc.
I tend to avoid the more common things like game cartridges because the kids loose track of who got them what.
allyourblood hit the nail on the head with "special" candy. It doesn't have to be expensive either, just unique so they identify you with it. My father always picked up "Reeds" brand lifesavers. Usually in Root Beer because, unlike the Lifesavers everywhere, they were in a unique flavor I liked and, while they didn't cost much more then an ordinary Lifesaver, they sure seemed like something ultra-rare and financially out of reach for a kid in grade school.
.... probably not acceptable in this day and time, even if you do live on a farm I had a great number of years with a small lockback knife. Again, in today's society, probably not acceptable for kids
An "AA" Maglite with the holster and colored lenses are really neat for kids. Get the ones in different colors so, they always know which owner the light in question belongs to! Blues, Reds, Greens, an of course Blacks are great. Then there are the themed models to consider as well but, they tend to break the $10 threshold.
Yo-Yo's are neat items as well. Avoid the plain models. For $5 to $15 you can get ones that light up, glow in the dark, have great colors in motion, etc.
I tend to avoid the more common things like game cartridges because the kids loose track of who got them what.
allyourblood hit the nail on the head with "special" candy. It doesn't have to be expensive either, just unique so they identify you with it. My father always picked up "Reeds" brand lifesavers. Usually in Root Beer because, unlike the Lifesavers everywhere, they were in a unique flavor I liked and, while they didn't cost much more then an ordinary Lifesaver, they sure seemed like something ultra-rare and financially out of reach for a kid in grade school.
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when i was that age i use to LOVE keychains, any anything which could be used as a keychain(small measuring tapes, pens with split-rings in them, other cool trinkets) not that i carried a keychain, or even had any keys at all, but small, pocketable things were always the most fun.
Kenny
when i was that age i use to LOVE keychains, any anything which could be used as a keychain(small measuring tapes, pens with split-rings in them, other cool trinkets) not that i carried a keychain, or even had any keys at all, but small, pocketable things were always the most fun. Kenny
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Originally posted by Sid Post
When I was a kid that age, 22lr and 20 gauge shotgun shells were the best
I had a great number of years with a small lockback knife. Again, in today's society, probably not acceptable for kids
My son and two nephews will be getting Victorinox's Firt Victorinox and my daughter who is seven will be getting a pink Jester. That is why we homeschool.
