Stocking stuffers tend to be the same, year after year. The gifts become running family jokes. Kids get chocolate, they get socks, and they get candy canes. We guarantee that you won’t find any of those here. This list is for kids of all ages, from youngsters to teenagers.
The Fart Whistle
Farts are timeless. Farts are funny. They’ll never go away, because people will always fart. It’s just part of being human. This is a funny gift for a youngster. They can make themselves, their family, and their friends laugh any time they want—they just blow the whistle, and the funny farting will commence.
Flying Screaming Monkey
Please, if you have young kids, buy this one for them. It’s a flying screaming monkey slingshot, for goodness’ sake. They’ll laugh with joyful, carefree glee of youth when they send this ridiculous toy soaring across the room at you. And so will you, the first five times. It’s the next five hundred that might get to you.
Skyball
This is more than your average crazy ball. It’s a hyper charged rubber ball that will kick up to one-hundred twenty-five feet in the air. This model is five inches in diameter and comes in a hip, hand-painted graffiti art theme.
Q-Man Magnets
This is super-cool set of eight colorful stick-man magnets. Each one is just over two inches long. They bend, stretch, and stick together in any funky configuration your kid can dream up. They can also be used for to clip sheets of paper together or hold notes and business cards.
Passive Aggressive Sticky Notes
Let the snark begin with this hilarious set of sticky notes. They can put these on the fridge and go for it. They’re pre-printed with over a dozen phrases that you really should never use. Because we know that sarcasm is not an effective family communication tool, right?
Japanese Kendama
Get that kid away from the screen for a while with this low tech, real wood toy from Japan. The Kendama is simple: it’s basically a wooden ball attached to a stick by a string. But the stick has three cups built in, and a rod at the top to catch the ball. The resulting possibilities are endless.
Finger Flashlights
Your kids will have a blast with these. They’re bright little LED lights that clip onto their fingertips. They come in a pack of forty—perfect for a big family. Everybody can have a bunch of them, parents included. Then turn out the lights, wave your arms, and let your imagination do the rest.
Lego Soaps
This tiny little quadcopter is fully functional and fits right in the palm of your hand. Kids can make it go up, down, forward, and backward with the remote control. It comes in orange or black, runs on a small watch battery, and flies for up to eight minutes per charge.
Cubebot
This toy is an inventive fusion of the old and new. It starts out as a wooden cube, but the complex, moving, interlocking pieces transform into a robot that stands almost two feet tall. It’s a wooden transformer action figure that challenges your kids imagination and dexterity.
Yodeling Pickle
You’ve searched far and wide. You’ve scoured every big box outlet, every thrift store, and every novelty shop in town. Yet still, you can’t find that one item. That special gift that’s going to make or break Christmas this year. Breathe a sigh of relief because here it is: the elusive yodeling pickle.
Chocolate Reindeer Poop
Okay, so we lied. There’s one chocolate gift on this list—this one. We couldn’t resist, because the name is so funny. These chocolate covered raisins come in a six ounce bag labeled “Reindeer Poop.” It includes a printed version of ‘The Magical Story or Reindeer Poop’. Who knew?
Instant Audience
Your little jokester can keep themselves amused for hours with this handheld gem. It’s an audience in the palm of their hands. There’s a button for applause, for crickets, for a rimshot, and for a “boo.” They can pretend they’re in a TV show wherever they go.
Knock Knock Jokes for Kids
It’s never too late—and it’s also never too early—for a good knock-knock joke. They never go out of style, nor should they. To this day, kids spend hours and hours telling these silly things to one another. On the bus, on the playground, at sleepovers. This book will give your kid a never ending supply.
Bacon Bandaids
Bacon is not just for breakfast any more. It’s gone beyond BLT’s and cheeseburgers. It’s on t-shirts, screen-savers, and lip balm. And now, thank goodness, the healing power of bacon is in the one place your kids need it the most. It’s on Bandaids.
Digital Bookmark
This stocking stuffer is tailor-made for the kid who literally disappears into books. It’s a book mark with a built in clock/timer/alarm on one end. It’s also perfect for elementary and middle school aged student who have timed reading homework assignments. Choose from five bright, kid friendly colors.
Funny Nose Pencil Sharpener
This is another one for the younger kids. It’s a big ‘ol schnozz, with a pencil sharpener up one nostril. You’ll hear your kid giggling alone on their room when they’re supposed to be doing their homework. Don’t worry, they really are doing homework. Just taking a moment to sharpen up in the big, funny nose.
Air Heads
The little ones will fall in love with this set of party balloons. It’s a set of six, with stick on features and a magic wand for each one. There’s a pig, a bear, a tiger, a chicken, a lamb, and a baby-blue rhino.
Mini Quadcopter
This tiny little quadcopter is fully functional and fits right in the palm of your hand. Kids can make it go up, down, forward, and backward with the remote control. It comes in orange or black, runs on a small watch battery, and flies for up to eight minutes per charge.
Pocket Screwdriver
You might think this is a gift for boys, but really, this stocking stuffer is ideal for any kid who’s got a tinkering gene. This four in one item is the size of a large pen, and it’s solid as a real tool. Your kid can take apart everything in sight, and try—we hope—to put it back together before you get home.
Thinking Man’s Putty
This fun gift is like a cross between a worry ball and silly putty. It’s three ounces of dark green putty infused with iron filings, and comes with a small ferrite magnet. It takes any shape your kid can dream up, and the magnet makes it glow and come alive.
Solar Phone Charger
Your youngster and take charge of their charging with this solar phone charger. This device is about the same size and weight as a cell phone and connects via the USB port. Whether they’re environmentally conscious or just want to be off the grid, this charger puts the power of the sun in your hands.
E-Tip Gloves
This is a badass pair of winter gloves with fingertips that allow you to use an electronic device. This is a great stocking stuffer for a pre-teen or teenager. They’re made by outdoor giants The North Face and come in male and female versions. Stay warm and text: that’s what they want.
Giant Eraser
This is the coolest eraser you’ll ever find. It’s an oversized purple squirrel! Three inches high, three inches wide, and an inch thick, it sits like a regular eraser at the end of your pencil, but there’s nothing regular about it. It will probably last all the way until Spring Break.
Phone/iPad Stand
Your kid needs a way to hold up their phone or iPad to watch videos or stream music. This inexpensive option is perfect, because you know they lose this kind of thing all the time. It comes in a pack of nine, so you can give them one, and when they lose it for the first time, you can leap to the rescue with a replacement.
Scalp Massager
Ah, the sweet relief of a head massage. This clever invention looks like a kitchen utensil. A whisk with open ends. Put it on your head and feel how great it works, and you just might keep it for yourself. It’s a good thing this comes in a two-pack, because we’re pretty sure you’ll want one, too.
Timeless Timex
Sure, they’ll have a clock on their phone and on their tablet that’s synced via satellite to an atomic clock somewhere in Colorado. But a wristwatch is like a rite of passage. Kids love them. This Timex has a classic analog display. It’ll take a licking and keep on ticking!
Snark Guitar Tuner
The Snark is the tuner that guitarists dreamed about for years. Now that it’s here, no one can remember what they did without one. It’s small—less than two inches all told—and it fits right on the head of the guitar. Your kid can be in perfect tune, all the time. Which will be good for everyone around.
Dress Up Crowns
This one is for kids who still love to play dress up. They can enter the magical land of kings, queens, princes, and princesses with these simple crowns. It will take some sewing skill, fabric, and your choice of cute accents to bedazzle the final products.
Light Up Rubber Ducky
Kids that still take long baths know how to live life. They soak, they play, they get clean, they refresh the bath with hot water, and do it all again. Now they can do all that with this set of four water activated rubber duckies. Put them in the water and they glow yellow, white, blue, and pink.
Date Cards
We’re not talking about mom and dad going out on dates. We’re talking about kids getting special nights with mom and dad. This tutorial lays out a cool, heartwarming way to plan special family time for an entire year. This one will bring parents and kids together.
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Emoji Masks
Don’t just send an emoji on your phone—wear your emoji all day long so everyone knows how you feel with one glance. Choose from the poop emoji, happy emoji, love emoji, or the simple smiley face. We think they’re kinda creepy, but we have a feeling the kids will love them.
Rubik’s Cube
Bring the cube into a kid’s life with this creative gift. Rubik’s cubes have kept generations of math and science types both busy and cool. They’ve been around since the 70s and now there are clubs and even an international organizing body that sponsors competitions around the world. It will keep a young mind busy for hours, and it never needs to be recharged.
Mini Sketch Kit
This artist’s kit will fit easily in their coat pocket or the outside sleeve of their backpack. It comes with a paintable travel tote, a mannequin keychain, a mini sketch pad, six pencils, a sharpener, and an eraser. The cool thing about this is that the mannequin serves as a sculpture medium—it’s not just for drawing.