The Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids, Starting at Just $1.25

You’ll have no control over what mini vehicle comes in your blind box, but they’re all cute, and at this price you could grab a couple. The box doubles as the vehicle’s garage, and they each arrive with a couple of road pieces. If your child collects a few, you can connect all the roads together!

The black raspberry flavor makes this “coal” a sweet and sour treat that anyone would be delighted to find in their stocking.

These bracelets are easy and fun to make, so your kids will stay occupied for hours crafting away. This kit includes adorable foodie charms like sushi, ice cream, and hamburgers.

My 11-year-old is a fidget connoisseur, and according to them, Nee Doh makes some of the best squishy toys out there, including this sensory-stimulating cube that's cool to the touch.

This 4x4-inch version of one of our favorite kids’ gifts is perfectly sized and priced for a stocking stuffer. As small as it is, it has 170 mini pegs and eight design templates. Be sure to buy 3 AAA batteries to light it up.

Use this as a little backpack decoration, or hook it to the zipper of your kid’s coat. Either its hair or clothing will be endlessly fidget-worthy. Note that it’s a blind box, so you don’t know which character you’ll receive.

The classic Uno card game gets a twist with this fun deck. When someone plays the Flip card, every player has to turn their cards around and play from the other side. And yes, your teammates can see the back of your cards and will know when to play a Flip for maximum chaos! It’s a fun and competitive game for ages 7 and up that tweens and teens especially love.

Innovation alert: This is a new way for little kids to fill a book with stickers. There’s a preloaded sticker-stamper that makes applying stickers frustration-free — no peeling required. Ideally kids will stamp only in the book, but if they go rogue and put stickers on your walls, we promise they come off easily! Refills are just $5, so you might want to grab one on the way to check-out.

Disney kids will be into opening one of these surprise-reveal balls that contain a “fancy” crystal-looking character, like Donald, Stitch, or Minnie. Colored details on the characters change in warm water. Also inside: play sand or slime, plus two tiny bonus accessories.

My family loves these puzzles for car trips because the magnetic pieces are easier to keep track of. This portable tri-fold puzzle is a great choice for visiting kiddos to enjoy on their car ride back home.

Babies love vibrant, bold designs and anything that makes a crinkling sound, and this stylish fabric stroller book has both to keep them engaged at least long enough for you to chat with a friend for a few minutes.

Maybe it’s because we live in the third most tattooed city in America (Richmond, Virginia), but my kids are super into temporary tattoos, and Ooly’s temporary tattoo packs come with over 50 tats to keep them inked up, featuring designs like "colorful cats," "pirates life," and, our pick, "awesome doodles."

I loved getting lip balm in my stocking when I was growing up! The timing is perfect, as the winter always means chapped lips. These Squishmallows lip balms will be a hit with your Squishmallow-loving little ones.

This is one of the most fun stocking stuffers, and kids will love copying its movements as soon as they unwrap it. Actually, we bet even adults will, too!

This water-based nail polish is made for kids, so the bright, cheery hues wash off with just soap and water. Now, you can finally let the kids paint their own nails like they’ve been begging to do for years.

A set of plastic animals is a quintessential open-ended, Montessori-style toy that inspires exploration, creativity, and free play. This set includes 12 animals, so you can split them up or make one animal-loving kid very, very happy.

This fun and silly card game challenges players to create the perfect meal, and it’s a winner for family game night for my family of four — not an easy feat for our 6-year age gap between kids.

For the budding artist or fashion designer, these fabric markers can help unleash their creativity. Make sure they stay far away from walls and baseboards, though — these are permanent!

Super Smalls’s Make It Purple Mini Bead Kit was handpicked by Oprah herself for her annual Favorite Things list, giving the brand her major stamp of approval. It’ll get your kids’ approval too, with an array of sparkly, unique, super-fun beads for all your little one’s jewelry-making needs.

Learning to tell time is a right of passage that gives kids a better understanding of the world around them, and these watches are designed with clearly labeled hours and minutes to make telling time easy and fun.

I’m not saying I condone staying up past bedtime, but if my kiddo is reading a book under the covers, I might be willing to look the other way, and there’s no better tool for the job than this kid-friendly headlamp.