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I'm doing the best I can on Christmas planning this year, despite feeling sick and tired out all the time. It's going to be a relatively quiet Christmas, and online IS my friend.

However, it just occurred to me today that I have not yet given ANY thought to stocking stuffers for the kids.

So I'm looking for ideas. She's 4 1/2, he'll be 3 on Friday. I don't want to go too expensive, and I don't want it just to be candy-candy-candy. Heck, Maggie hasn't finished all the Halloween candy yet. And there's a lot of candy Jamie's suspicious of just now, thinking somehow it's disguised vitamin supplements.

So what do you all suggest?

I came across MY old Christmas stocking in the box of Christmas ornaments - the red-and-white one with my name on it that [livejournal.com profile] bksevier made for me. It gets me all wistful. I *miss* hanging up a Christmas stocking, it meant a lot to me. We didn't get fancy stuff in them, but I liked the little things a lot.

So what the heck, especially since I've actually thought of things to put in the last couple friends' online stockings I've seen.
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Date: 2006-12-11 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com
I used to get fancy pens and pencils. Also mixed nuts and an orange in the toe.

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Date: 2006-12-11 09:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] celticdragonfly.livejournal.com
They're not really ready for fancy pens. But I suppose more crayons would be good.

I might try them on an orange. Hey, maybe I put in a lemon for Maggie. That may sound odd, but she always asks for my lemon from my tea and chews on it.

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Date: 2006-12-11 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitanzi.livejournal.com
Do you guys put magnets on your fridge? If so, funny magnets are good. There may be some age appropriate card games, too - I'm not sure but you might check. Small stuffed animals, maybe? Small soft balls, or tops?

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Date: 2006-12-11 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitanzi.livejournal.com
If you want food that's not candy, fruit - either fresh or dried.

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Date: 2006-12-11 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitanzi.livejournal.com
I keep hitting post and then thinking of something new, but maybe a sturdy handpuppet? You could even make something like that yourself with felt or socks and yarn or something.

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Date: 2006-12-12 12:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] celticdragonfly.livejournal.com
Ooh, thanks for all the input. Magnets are good, she loves playing with the fridge magnets. And yeah, maybe a small stuffed animal.

Sadly, this is NOT gonna be a year for me making presents. I've had such low energy levels, I'm hardly getting any crafts work done. I hope to finish a project again SOMEDAY...

Maggie's stocking

Date: 2006-12-11 10:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bkseiver.livejournal.com
How about a durable (resin or wood) nativity set. You could wrap each part separately, sheep, donkey, etc. She could set up her own scene - on the divider to your office/upstairs landing?

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Date: 2006-12-12 11:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] msminlr.livejournal.com
Dollar General Store; Pier One Imports, places like that.

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Date: 2006-12-11 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] castiron.livejournal.com
Our stockings tended to have the utilitarian gifts. There'd be candy and an ornament, sure, but also toiletries, camera film, cassette tapes, small packs of thank-you notes, etc. Obviously some of these wouldn't apply these days, but you could get some interesting soaps or funky toothbrushes.

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Date: 2006-12-12 02:55 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] xinef.livejournal.com
Stocking standards in our family, most can be adapted for just about all ages. I don't remember what we used to get, so none of this is really "girl-oriented".

1. Pens, pencils, crayons, small colouring book, etc.
2. Small book for reading.
3. Deck of cards or small game.
4. An orange and an apple.
5. Some small candy, usually chocolate, used to be gold covered chocolate coins.
6. Anything too small to wrap and not expensive enough to want to make a fuss over!
7. Small Duplo/Lego kits.
8. Brain teaser type puzzles.

I check out dollar stores, toy stores, stationery stores, craft stores, etc. for small things.

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Date: 2006-12-12 02:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] joyeuse13.livejournal.com
Finger puppets? Mini play dough jars? For Maggie, maybe jewelry or hair things? Bean bags? Funky shoelaces? Holiday themed socks? Coloring books rolled up to fit?

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Date: 2006-12-12 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marymont.livejournal.com
I *miss* hanging up a Christmas stocking, it meant a lot to me.

Well, then, silly girl, reinstate the adult stockings. You have your old childhood one, make or buy one for [livejournal.com profile] selenite and play the game right along with the kids.

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Date: 2006-12-12 03:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] celticdragonfly.livejournal.com
I have one I did up for [livejournal.com profile] selenite years ago, a simple felt one with his name in fabric paint.

However - I could decide to do one for him, sure. But - I cannot stuff my own stocking!

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Date: 2006-12-12 03:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marymont.livejournal.com
No, he stuffs yours, with help from Santa Claus.

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Date: 2006-12-12 05:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quiva.livejournal.com
I'm going to add my (rather lengthy) two cents here.

What I've always gotten and why:

A tangelo or clementine in the toe of the stocking- because it was what my mom got when she was little. My Grammie and Poppie didn't have much money, but they always made a point to have fresh fruit at Christmas. The one year in her entire life that there wasn't a tangelo in the toe of my mother's stocking was the year that my father bought her a diamond-set cradle for her engagement ring. And she thought he couldn't take a hint...of course, it only took him 15 years. ;-)

A bag of Hanukkah gelt- to remind us that there are other celebrations and other faiths and beliefs.

Something to draw or color with. Crayons (maybe new sparkly ones that we wouldn't normally get or something), colored pencils, markers and so on. Have you tried those Color Wonder markers or paints? My coworkers swears by them for her granddaughter.

A small, somehow significant, stuffed animal. The year I got my first pet bird, I got a small stuffed bird (I think it was a Beanie Baby).

An ornament. When I was little, my mom always put the date on these. As I've gotten older, I started doing it. I'll be getting my 32nd ornament this year (I was less than a day old on my First Christmas).

A book. Sometimes it's something silly (I got 10 Classics in 10 Minutes last year) and sometimes it's serious (A book of poetry that I'd been looking for the year before).

I've gotten other things, over the years, but those are the constants. I'm going to be 31 years old this Christmas Eve and my parents still insist on doing stockings for my sister and I. And we still get those same things every year. I'm hoping for another set of retractable markers. They're awesome ;-)

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