10 Fabulous Stocking Stuffers For Teenagers That Won’t Break The Bank
When my children were little is seemed so easy to fill their stocking for under $10 each. Now that they are older, I find myself getting very creative in order to keep to the budget we set for their Christmas stockings for that year and still have fun things the children like in their sock.
10 Fabulous Stocking Stuffers For Teenagers That Won’t Break The Bank
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1. Ask Them This Question Before You Start Shopping
When my kids got into their late teens, I asked them which they would rather have, a bigger gift with NO Christmas stocking or a smaller gift with a Christmas stocking. Surprisingly, all three said they would prefer a bigger gift.
I know it seems strange NOT to do stockings but most stocking stuffers are things that tend to end up being clutter, or full of more sugar that we all don’t need.
2. Point earned gift card codes
Save up your Swagbucks and cash them in for Amazon, Starbucks or Itunes e-codes. Print these e-codes out onto card stock to make them look more official. You could also use the points from all these companies yourself to purchase products to fill the sock with if you prefer. (psst… here is a list of 18+ other places where you can earn gift cards and more)
3. Books and Bibles purchased with MyReader Rewards Points
MyReaderRewards has great assortment of bibles that would make awesome stocking stuffers for teens and pre-teens. They also have a small assortment of books that might interest children of this age group. A new member can easily earn a free book by completing a few simple tasks.
4. Card games bought by combining sales and coupons
I have gotten several great card games for my daughter’s stocking for less than a dollar each combining a sale and a coupon. I find out about these deals by following Crystal’s blog Money Saving Mom.
5. Create DIY craft kits using what you have on hand
Girls in this age group love creating crafts. Things like hair accessories and jewelery can often be made from odds and ends found in mom’s craft room or dad’s workshop.Bag the kit up using this neat way of making a ziplock bag look special.
6. Theater-sized boxed candy from the dollar store
For just $1 the theater sized boxed candy available in many different varieties takes up a lot of room in a stocking meaning you don’t have to buy much to make it appear full.
7. Homemade coupons for Apps or song downloads
My one son loves playing games on his iPod. For his stocking last year I included a few homemade coupons that said “good for one app $1.99 or less.”
8. Homemade coupons
9. Small Electronic accessories
10. Scan the aisles at Dollar Tree
When my children were little the Dollar Tree was my favorite place for stocking stuffers for all three of them. Now that they are older I still find great stuff like art supplies for my daughter, but not as much for my sons. However this year one son is showing interest in rebuilding our old computer and asked for a few screwdrivers for Christmas. I am going to scan the aisles at Dollar tree for these and put them in his stocking.
What are your favorite thrifty things to put in a pre-teen or teenagers’ stocking?
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