<p>Need ideas for stocking stuffers for 20-30 year olds. (Do not need a discussion about when stockings should end.)</p>
<p>Here are things I have done in the recent past–</p>
<p>-Lottery tickets, gift cards, gasoline gift cards, iTunes cards, socks, gloves, jewelry, rolls of quarters (for those needing for laundry), iPhone case, batteries (if needed for something), cosmetics, candy, dentil floss, etc.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>Mini remote-controlled helicopter; Brookstone sand; Amazon gift card </p>
<p>Little cloths for cleaning cell phone screens </p>
<p>Bought mini lint rollers, travel sized. Also browsed thru travel sized section to see about other small items useful for traveling young adults. They had moisturizers, various shampoos, containers and other useful odds and ends. Also bought cord tamers (velcro attachments or rubber covered wire so that you can keep cords neater). Teas and other beverages are also well received, as are nail and hair items. Silicon wine corks and micro plane graters are also popular. </p>
<p>Cozy socks, fun flavored popcorn or soup mixes are nice. </p>
<p>I’m probably the wrong person to answer as I don’t even celebrate Christmas and so haven’t filled any stockings. I always assumed that stocking stuffers were meant to be small inexpensive things. Or are they also things that are small in size but not inexpensive? That would alter the suggestions, if so! </p>
<p>I think the original list already covers a great range of ideas! Also, even if you gave jewelry before, there are always new pieces! If you have a daughter with longer hair, there are always elastics and other hair accessories. There is also perfume. How about earbud headphones? For whimsical, perhaps funny or creative fridge magnets. What about kitchen gadgets like wine corkscrew, etc.? There are small items for particular sports…such as bike accessories, wrist bands for tennis, packages of hand warmers for skiers and other winter enthusiasts, and so on. Guitar picks for a guitarist. Printer cartridges? Packages of special teas for a tea lover? Spices for a cook? Cute bottle opener for a beer drinker? Some version of a swiss army knife type thing that has many little tools in it? Sunglasses? Pocket size notebooks by Moleskine? Little desk supplies like post it notes, paper clips, staples, and the like? Portable mouse to use with a laptop? Small candles? Billfold or money clip? Travel alarm clock? Concert tickets? Movie passes? USB flash drive? Netflix account? Sewing kit for travel? Travel manicure set? Shot glasses with their college’s logo? Fine chocolates? </p>
<p>Oh yea, more charger cords, since they break and disappear. A backup battery for electronics is nice as well, if your kid likes such things. </p>
<p>soozie-that’s what I do-small, fun, inexpensive, and even at 25 and 30 my older “kids” get stockings. Earbuds for the kids that use them, never have enough, charger cords for the car, AUX cords to play music from the phone in the car.All of your ideas are very good for a person who doesn’t fill stockings! I give the older ones those mini liquor bottles like the sriracha vodka, or a favorite snack food in single-serving size, S got hand warmers this year as he works outside a lot. Word search or sudoku books, single-servings of coffee, really anything they will use. I buy S little mind-bender puzzle games, for his sister, make up, nail polish. Those mini flashlights are always handy. </p>
<p>The podcast America’s Test Kitchen Radio has a new episode out that includes stocking stuffer ideas in the kitchen gadget category. I love ATK because they rigorously test different brands to come up with, say, the best vegetable peeler (price : $3.50) or the best measuring spoons. It is a confidence booster for those just learning to cook to have the “best” of something. Not sure it fits your crowd!</p>
<p>Last year, Target (believe it or not!) had some nice leather gloves in saturated hues for (I think) $15 or so. I never ever buy apparel at Target but thought these were attractive enough to buy for the young women on my list. Not sure if they have them this year. </p>
<p>My perennial stocking stuffers are moleskine notebooks. I go for the classic, lined black hard backed models. I’m pretty sure they are still cool. </p>
<p>Spare ear buds and chargers are always appreciated. </p>
<p>On an idiosyncratic note, I like weird little natural history objects : fossils, a beautifully shaped shell, a shark tooth, a toucan skull. There are places that guarantee that such objects are collected ethically. </p>
<p>My daughter (19) literally wants nothing, except for money for gas and air travel tickets/ SW giftcards. She’s always been a frugal non-materialistic person (unlike me, her mother) so this year I’m honoring her wishes. Sigh. </p>
<p>Oh, I forgot my favorite stocking stuffers for girls/ women: shu umera eyelash curler. Nars “O” blush. Any of the little product samples near the check out line at Sephora. Too big for a stocking, but the Sephora mascara sampler. Ines dela Fressange’s book on Parisian style (unless the recipient would take it as a criticism 
See prior post about 19-year-old tomboy daughter). </p>
<p>Batteries. AA, AAA. C, D…we never seem to have batteries Christmas day and end up having to drive to Walgreens to get some because Walgreens is one of few stores open Christmas Day.</p>
<p>Candy…never get enough candy…chocolate preferred!</p>
<p>Candy, phone chargers, usb drives, socks, mascara, a christmas ornament, gift cards, nail clippers</p>
<p>No one is too old for a Christmas stocking!!</p>
<p>fine chocolates
travel-sized stuff…but not the too tiny to really use more than a day.
travel steamer
fuzzy warm socks with gripper soles
new wallet</p>
<p>How about rechargeable batteries and a small charger?</p>
<p>Chapstick or equivalent. </p>
<p>Costco has a multi pack of EOS lip balm. The round shaped one. Break the pack up to fill multiple stockings. For my girls I buy the Neutrogena makeup remover pads from Costco and give them each a packet.
Gummy candy, beef jerky, Starbucks cards, I used to give S McDonalds gift cards since he doesn’t drink coffee. Socks, underwear, inexpensive face mask packs from the drugstore. Nail polish. Nail files. </p>
<p>I often get hit up for expensive tooth whitening strips so at Christmas I usually buy a box, open it up and divide it between the stockings. My girls are also thrilled when they get Febreze plug ins for their cars.</p>
<p>I bought a couple of colorful charger cords - they’re even braided and 5 ft long. Kitchen gadgets - cake tester, measuring cups, spatulas.
Funky hair elastics, rollerball perfumes, makeup brushes.
Different socks
Little games
Always, always a book</p>
<p>All great ideas. And honestly I’ve given many to most of them in the past. Forgot that D2 asked for whitening strips. So I will have to get those and maybe split them like deega said. Fabreze plug is also a good idea. Have given the air fresheners that hang from a mirror in the past.</p>
<p>My real challenge is D1. She lives in Manhattan, no car and is doing very well financially. She doesn’t cook much. So she does not need a lot of kitchen stuff. So far, have gotten her small 14k yellow gold hoop earrings ( She is now into yellow gold. These are some of her bigger presents as well.), candy (although this is difficult because she lives near a couple of specialty candy stores and has brought us there when we visited her), bee pollen (because she into “real” food and this is suppose to be a superfood.), rolls of quarters for laundry and…?</p>
<p>Maybe Sephora gift card?</p>
<p>Toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, favorite soap, candy, mixes (cookie, brownie), PlayDough, microfiber cloths, Silly Putty, gum, socks, lint brush, kitchen gadgets, whatever I run across that I think they might need … plus a couple fun things they don’t need. We love stockings at our house! They always end up being set on the floor by the hearth on top of the stuff that won’t actually fit in the stocking. Even H and I do stockings for each other. My mom always did stockings for her 5 kids, their spouses, and the grandkids.</p>
<p>We already did our presents because we went skiing. If it isn’t too late, my DH got our 20 something’s some weird rubber stuff which hardens…this will make great repairs for cords or whatever. He also got some plastic beads that you can melt then shape, the it hardens again so it can be sanded. Our kids loved them.</p>
<p>I found, at kohls some colored finger lights. Tiny little led flashlights with a Velcro to bind it to your finger. I thought they could wear them because they both bike at night and it will make sort of a turn signal light . </p>