Also see our other holiday gift guides:
- Hostess gifts with the mostest
- Something for everyone
- For Chicago lovers
- For your passionate investors
- Personalize it!
- Custom photo gifts
- The gifts that seem inevitable for the 2025 holiday season
All hail to the stocking stuffer, the most versatile form of holiday gift giving.
- The stuffer is typically less expensive (under $25-ish)–unless there’s a gift you just need to spend more on, so you do.
- The gift should be small enough to fit in a stocking—except when it can’t and it just hangs out somewhere nearby.
- With stocking stuffers come an expectation that other gifts don’t necessarily have. Even the most practical should have an element of fun or surprise (as in, “I didn’t know such a thingamajig even existed!”).
- If you have a good stocking stuffer, there’s no shame in dropping that very same thing into every stocking you need to stuff.
- They’re often the last thing focused on, even though the most expert gift givers among us think about and collect stocking stuffer ideas throughout the year.
Without further ado—or even much commentary—we present 21 stocking stuffer ideas for every personality on your list. As of this writing, all are in stock and available in one day, if not overnight.
All that twisting in one direction and then in another direction always seemed so futile when playing with the Rubik’s Cube. A Bluetooth-connected cube and app enables your intended to track where they’ve been and their stats overall. The goal: figure this out and faster!
We spotted these 4-inch by 4-inch wireless spotlights with rotatable heads in use at a gift store and were so excited by the prospect of lights without cords (the struggle is real but also see below). Use them on a table top or mount them on a wall. And they come with a remote! They’re available in black, gold and white.
Applying nail polish is a balancing act made easier by this stocking stuffer worn on two fingers. Its moldable structure can grip any size or shape bottle, freeing your intended to focus on applying the color. These pretties are available in nine colors.
For all those troubled by cords, cords and more cords, this cord holder and cable organizer will be a welcome solution. Snap, wrap and trap cords. Watch the founder’s video for more ideas.
At a time when hands-free is valued in other objects (e.g., flashlights), we don’t think umbrella hats get the credit they deserve. Their 37-inch diameter will shield head and arms from the rain or sun. Even if your intended isn’t immediately on board with their functionality, think of the photo opps!
Your intended wants to work out but they don’t want to be far from their phone. Maybe they use their phone to film lifts, track sets or follow workout videos.
Stuff their stocking with this dual magnetic phone holder—the magnets attach to metal gym equipment (squat racks, machine etc.) while MagSafe compatibility holds the phone firmly.
Sticky, squishy, stretchy, stackable fun in the form of six “globbles” aka balls from Crayola. These are good for stress relief, sensory play and when you really just want to sling something against a wall with impunity.
Know someone who’s heading on a cruise or to some other water destination for or after the holidays? This fully sealed waterproof pouch will protect their phone from splashes, rain, pool water and beach sand.
Part 2: Those heading into the sun need to protect themselves from it. We love this sunscreen roll-on applicator. It’s not just kids who struggle with knowing how much to apply.
Can’t (or maybe shouldn’t?) eat a whole avocado in one sitting but not happy with alternatives for half-used avocados?
The Avocado Hugger’s silicone sleeve stretches perfectly around a sliced or halved avocado. This product is created by the Food Huggers brand, whose mission is to reduce food waste and single-use plastic. The pack of two includes a large and a small.
One never knows when they’ll need a headband with a large red arrow pointing down to their head. Or two headbands, for that matter.
This stocking stuffer will help your intended tap into the righteous feeling of knowing they’re not wasting toothpaste. So satisfying!
Righteousness, part 2: Help them get every last drop out of their bottles with these bottle emptying cap kits, which are especially useful for lotion.
How loud do you want your gift exchange to be? We can envision a family gathering thrown into chaos by the presentation of these LoudCup reusable tumblers with an integrated horn inside. “Think next-level stealth vuvuzela,” say the LoudCup people. Choose from among 10 colors.
Not for everyone but someone on your list may very well geek out using the Bebird R1 Ultra Ear Wax Removal kit. Its many pieces include: a camera with 1080P HD endoscope, four different ear scoop tips, tweezers attachment, visual dropper for ear medication/cleaning, safety stoppers and precise scale features. Party on!
This fidget pen features a magnetic modular design that pulls apart into 13 fidget rings and steel balls capable of transforming into different shapes. It’s a writing instrument and a stress relief tool that looks pretty cool. Also available in black.
These pedicure flip flops—featuring toe separators—can also double as yoga sandals. They’re available in seven colors.
The car can provide a perfect studio for the musically inclined—in this case, those who would know exactly what to do with a cymbal drum attached to the car’s air vent.
You don’t know how much you need a two in 1 flipper spatula until you get one. Made of nylon, the spatula also works as a clamp. This idea gets a boost from one of the savviest kitchen managers on the Gift Givers HQ team.
We know someone who stopped using stainless steel water bottles for their smoothies because they’d grown weary of having to scrub them. No scrubbing required with these bottle cleaning tablets. They just need to stand or soak 15-30 minutes. Spinach stains, be gone!
The 32-inch reacher and grabber tool is the quintessential stocking stuffer—it’s inexpensive, practical and will be a reminder of the gift giver all year. The only catch: even at 18 inches folded, it will probably poke out of a stocking.