Stocking stuffer ideas for parents (DD's grandparents)?

[ourbabygirl]

My mom likes to do stockings for our kids, but I feel like they already go way overboard with other gifts, and I'd like to have something more for her & my dad to open. So I think I'll make them a couple of stockings, but I need some ideas for what else I can put in them (right now I've got an ornament, a cd, and a nice dish scrubber) :). I'll probably put some of their favorite candies in there, too. Can you think of some other smaller items that people in their early 60's would like?

TIA!

[rupptopia]

My parents love those lighted magnifying glass things (I buy them at the container store), they use them in restaurants & etc. And they both manage to lose them again by Dec every year, so it is a yearly gift!

Besides lots of candy & an ornament w/ the kids pictures, my Mom's stocking will have cheesy Christmas socks (Kohl's for $2.50), a magnetic shopping list ($1 at Michael's), fragrance atomizer ($5 at Nordstrom), Dad gets some golf related things, a can of Mixed Nuts and a gag gift if I can find one (this year's is a joke thing that pops a golf out of the hole, last year's was a screaming flying monkey).

HTH!

[bnme]

puzzle books
mini flashkight for car
gloves
Starbucks/Panera/Dunkin Donuts gift card
magnets with DC's pics

[saschalicks]

Does either of them do crossword puzzles? How about a pocket dictionary?

[Jen841]

We do the stocking shopping at the drug/grocery store. Ideas I have given or received:
Cough drops
Emery boards
New toothbrush
Travel size things
Antibacterial rub
Flashlight and batteries
McD's or Dunkin Donut card (love coffee via the drive thru)
Water bottle
Tissues
Tums
Gum
Mints
M&Ms
Tick Tacks (Grandma's signature item with the kids)
Wintergreen Lifesavers (Great-Grandmas signature item with us Grandchildren)
Lifesaver books
Tabliods from the checkout

[crl]

weekly calendar
lottery tickets
mini-booze bottles
nail polish
lipgloss
travel size kleenex packages
socks
hand warmers (those chemical packets that heat up when exposed to air)
gloves/mittens
book light
book mark
gift cards
travel size toiletries (tooth paste, shampoo, etc)
packets of hot cocoa mix/coffee/tea
pens/pencils/highlighters
notecards
lint rollers
fingernail clippers/emery boards
perfume
measuring spoons or other various kitchen things like wooden spoons, dish towels, etc
pocket knife
flashlight


Catherine

[Momof3Labs]

post-it notes
hand cream
lottery tickets

[catpagmo]

Do they like Sudoku or crosswords? I saw some sudoku books and crossword books at Target in the dollar section.

[ourbabygirl]

Phew- you guys are awesome!