The ideas below are meant to inspire you with some religious ideas for toddler stocking stuffers. Many are generic ideas, but are linked to specific products simply to make it easier for you to find examples of those items. (It can be very frustrating to get a great idea from a blog and then have a hard time looking it up yourself!) Even if you love a specific item, you might want to look around for it elsewhere to price compare. I've linked to a variety of stores depending on where I first found the idea, but most items, unless they are handcrafted/etsy products, can be found elsewhere. Speaking of price, the price range on these items greatly varies, from a few dollars to over twenty. In my family growing up, stocking stuffers were usually low-priced items (we got lots of toiletries) but some families like to include a more expensive "main gift" as part of the stocking, so I thought I would add anything that seemed "stocking sized".
There are a few DIY ideas below linked to tutorials, however, for the crafty reader, you may be able to make your own versions of many of the suggested ideas. Some ideas are Catholic specific, but many others would work for all Christians. At the bottom I list some ideas for coloring books, board books, and picture books just to give you some ideas, there are, of course, more great religious Christmas and Christian books than I can list. (Some may be too big for stockings, but I'll leave that to your discretion.)
If you have any additional ideas, won't you leave them in the comments for others to benefit from? That said, make sure you check the comments for more great ideas!
14. Saint magnets (thanks, Sarah)
15. Noah's Ark bandaids
16. Wood lacing toys
17. Tiny Saints (thanks, Liz)
18. Saint felties
19. bag to bring books/toys to church
20. Brother Francis DVDs
21. Saint DVDs
22. CD of kids Christmas music
23. Noah's Ark Matching Game
24. A rosary case (toddlers love putting things in & out & in & out...) (thanks, Alix)
25. Color and Hug Nativity
26. Color and Hug St. Nicholas
27. Noah's Ark stickers
28. Shining Light Dolls
29. religious hair bows
30. Happy Saints tokens (DIY)
31. religious ornament
32. Saint alphabet blocks (DIY)
33. Story Stix
34. Days of Creation Stacking & Nesting blocks
coloring/activity books
35. Holy Heroes coloring books
37. Peanuts Christmas Activity Sticker Book (thanks, Rakhi)
38. Wipe Clean Bible Story activity book
39. Christmas coloring book
40. Let's Sing to the King activity book
board books:
41. A Christmas Prayer (thanks, Rakhi)
42. any of the St. Joseph board books
43. any books by Maite Roche
45. The Story of Christmas (a different one)
46. The Special Baby
47. Just in Case You Ever Wonder
48. The Legend of the Candy Cane
49. any of the Maggie Swanson board books
51. Lion Misses Breakfast: Daniel and the Lion (and other Bible Animal Board Books)
52. Merry Creature Christmas
53. A Walk on the Waves
55. Tell Me the Christmas Story
56. Really Woolly Bedtime Prayers
57. My Day with Jesus
58. The Legend of the Christmas Tree
picture books:
59. Danny Celebrates Advent
60. An Alphabet of Catholic Saints
61. Little Golden Books The Christmas Story
63. The Donkey's Dream
64. any of the Arch books (thanks, Mo)
65. Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise
66. The Mass Book for Children
68. Joy to the World
69. Loyola Kids Book of Saints
71. Tomie DePaola's Book of Bible Stories
72. Any of Tomie DePaola's Saint books
74. Song of the Stars
If you have written a similar post of religious gift ideas (for any age) and want me to include the link here, leave the link in the comments and I'll add it here.
Great ideas Mandy! You need to do one of these for Easter too!
ReplyDeleteWe have Room for a Little One! Beautiful book!
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ReplyDeleteSome of my little ones received Shining Light Dolls from St. Nick this year and they are really a great idea! Also, the chunky, wooden rosary is awesome...until it's used as a weapon (intentional or not!). ;)
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