Over 100 Epic Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Tween Boys
I loathe junk stocking stuffers! Those little cheap, plastic things that just get tossed in the garbage after the Christmas glitz is over. I don’t even waste my money anymore, when you have four kids, those cheap, plastic things add up and so does the trash it makes.
This is my list of the very best stocking stuff gift ideas for tween boys made of cool things that will fit in a stocking and not get tossed in the trash the next morning. The most comprehensive list of tween boy stocking stuffer ideas that will make their Christmas morning light up brighter than the tree.
Their Christmas stocking is the first thing they grab on Christmas morning, here are some cool stocking stuffers that won’t disappoint! I made this entire list of awesome stocking stuffer gifts tween boys are going to love and I did with the help of my tween son!
These work great for Easter baskets, Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes and Christmas stockings!
Super Awesome Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Tween Boys
Here is some cool stuff we picked out to put in a tween boys Christmas stocking this year… the light up drumsticks are my sons absolute FAVORITE!
Emoji Poop Fidget Spinner
Ultra Glow in the Dark Stars
Color Changing DRUMSTICKS!
Rainbow Ball Magic Cube
Magnetic Pick-Up Tool
Pokemon Pikachu Velcro Wallet
BeanBoozled Spinner Game
If you haven’t played this game, consider yourself lucky. Kids love it because there are two jelly beans that look alike, two of each color, but DIFFERENT flavors, really different, disgustingly different! TheBeanBoozled Spinner Game comes with 4 refill packs, you can also just buy them individually packed.
Jelly Belly BeanBoozled Spinner Game
i-Clip Magnetic Bookmarks
Stocking Stuffers and Easter Basket Stuffers
These little bookmarks are really cool stuffer gifts for tween boys. They are all the rage for tweens and teens because they replace the traditional long bookmark with trendy little page markers. They hook to the page they’re reading and they don’t fall out! These are really popular little gift ideas and they are really cheap too!
Robots i-Clips Magnetic Page Clips
Skulls i-Clip Magnetic Page Markers
Poop i-clips Magnetic Page Markers
Puzzle Pen
Great Stocking Stuffer for Tween Boys
It’s a puzzle pen! Take a Rubik’s cube and make it a pen and you get the puzzle pen – the best tween boy stocking stuffer! My son loves these puzzles and fidgets and this sort of combines both into a pen.
Fidget Pencil Toppers
Small Toys for Tween Boys (to fit in stockings and Easter baskets)
Every kid I show these too says “they want some!” and that is no exaggeration. They are pencil toppers that do different things and they’re perfect for a stocking stuffer!! They’re rad, even adults could use some of these for meeting boredom.
Pencil Set with Fidget Toppers
24K Gold Playing Cards
Awesome Stocking Stuffer Idea!
These 24k playing cards make a great stocking stuffer for tween boys.I put these in my sons stocking last Christmas and he’s still playing with his gold cards months later.Everyone that sees our gold playing cards asks where we got them. They’re shiny, they shuffle and they’re a great conversation piece. There are several brands to choose from and they are made of REAL GOLD!! Not very expensive for being made of gold either…
Trademark Poker 24K Gold Playing Cards
Cool Playing Cards
Good Stocking Stuffers for Tween Boys that They’ll Use!
Playing cards are inexpensive stocking stuffer ideas for tween boys that get a lot of use. What makes these playing cards cool is that they are different and unique. Waterproof, see-through playing cards are cool, glow in the dark playing cards are cool and I’ve already mentioned that my son loves his 24k gold playing cards! These are small gifts that fit in a Christmas stocking for a tween boy, they’ll actually play with! It’s always nice to have a deck of cards handy, especially awesome ones like these!
Waterproof Clear Playing Cards
Glow in the Dark Playing Cards
24K Waterproof Playing Cards
Smencils
the Ultimate Tween Boy Stocking Stuffers!
Tween boys love these Smencils, they sell out at the book fair at school in like minutes. Kids rush the table to buy them and forget that it’s a book fair! Smencils are the pencils that have different flavored scents. They come in their own little tube with a pencil topper that indicates what scent is inside. Tweens love them! Straight up awesome stocking stuffers for tween boys!
Smencils 5-Pack of Scented Pencils
Sports Smencils, 5-pack
Holiday Smencils 5-Pack
Travel Diaries
Cool Stocking Stuffers for Tween Boys!
Tween boys love these leather travel journals. They look like something a pirate would carry on board his ship to keep his travel notes.This little leather travel notebook is 3.5 x 5.5 inches big, it will fit perfectly in a stocking and what a unique idea it is! This particular one has cool embellishments like medallions and other globe travel accents.There are different travel journals to choose from, be sure to check the sizes on them, most of them are pocket size diaries.
Leather Writing Journal
Handmade Travel Journal
Stikbots
Cool Stocking Stuffers for Tween Boys
My son loves his Stikbots, they are stop animation figures that “stick” in different positions so you can make cool movies with them. My son has endless movie ideas with his Stikbots and what’s cool about them is that they’re inexpensive and durable. They are the perfect size gift for a tween boys Christmas stocking!
Stikbot Figures for Stop Animation
StikBot Action Pack Accessory Set
Stikbot Figures for Stop Animation
Scavenger Hunt
Cool Stocking Stuffer Idea!
Travel Scavenger Hunt Card Game
I bought Travel Scavenger hunt for my boys because we had to take a long trip, but what’s cool about this game is you can play for shorter car trips – and we do! Any time we are going somewhere that takes more than 10-15 minutes, my kids bust out the cards from this game.
It has cool landmarks and different things like cars, signs, etc that you find while in the car traveling.
It’s actually made our car rides a lot more pleasurable than they used to be. Rather than fight, the boys look for the thing on the card and that keeps them busy til we get where we’re going. Great stocking stuffer idea, it fits perfectly inside!
Phone Stands
Easter Basket Stuffers for Tween Boys
My son always uses his phone stand because he likes to watch video tutorials on YouTube for drawing. He stands his phone up in the phone stand and the draws along with the tutorial on the screen. These phone stands are really handy if you’re watching something on the screen, the PopSockets double as a grip too, which is nice because you can hold the phone in your hand without having to hold it per say.
PopSockets: Expanding Stand & Grip
Mini Dino Phone Stand
Piggy Phone Stand
Rubik’s Cube
My son can not stop playing with this Rubik’s Cubetoy. He brings home other kids cubes from school and solves them for them, seriously!
These are an inexpensive gift that will keep the busy for hours. Don’t stress on them not being able to solve them either (it’s not like back in the day).. they have apps and websites now that show them the strategic ways to solve the puzzle… I know it sounds like cheating, until I saw that my son can now do it withoutany help at all.It takes a lot to memorize all those positions but kids are doing it and loving it!
All the cool kids are playing with Rubik’s cubes right now, make sure you get THIS BRAND, Rubicks!
USB Cable Protectors
Great Stocking Stuffers
These little usb cable protectors are great because they keep your cable from bending and breaking in vulnerable areas. The most vulnerable place for your charger cable to break is at the end near the tips, so these little rubber and silicone pieces slide on there and keep it from breaking. Super handy to have around. If you have weeks of lead time, you can get the super cheap on Wish.
Cable Protectors
Cable Protectors
Cable Protectors
Polaroid Cube
What is the Coolest Stocking Stuffer for a Tween Boy?
Tah dah! This little cube sized camera pulls out all the stops when it comes to photography.It records up to 90 minutes and built in wifi makes it capable of going anywhere!
Action, lifestyle cameras are very popular with tween boys and this one is weatherproof, shockproof and easy to mount just about anywhere.
Boys love taking this cool cubular camera with them while they perform stunts, do tricks, play sports and capture the most insane moments of their young, pro careers (or so they think).
Tween Boy Socks
Great Tween Boy Stocking Stuffer Ideas!
I know, you’re thinking, no way a kid wants socks, but that’s NOT true! Kids don’t want boring, lame socks, but these socks are neither of those things! These are socks your tween boy would love to get as a stocking stuffer at Christmas. You gotta wear socks, can’t get around it, but they don’t have to be plain either mom!
Pokemon Socks
Galaxy Socks
Skeleton Feet Socks
Fingerboards Make Cool Stocking Stuffers for Tween Boys
My ten year old loves his tech deck skate boards. He loves to sit there and take off the wheels with the little screwdriver and be his own little skateboard mechanic. He’s learned how to do all sorts of tricks with just his fingers and his board. You could really get into these little finger boards by buying the little skateparks too!
Tech Deck Finger Skateboard
Pro Mini Finger Skateboards
Mini Skateboards for Fingers
Strange Putty
Best Tween Boy Stocking Stuffers!
Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty is the ultimate stocking stuffer! There are serveral different kinds of thinking putty but these two are our favorites! The LIQUID GLASS (yes, you read that right) and the Strange Attractor, which is magnetic. Both are crazy cool putty’s that tween boys will find endless pleasure with.
Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty Liquid Glass 3.2 Ounce, Large 4 tin
Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty, 3.2 Ounce, Super Magnetic Strange Attractor
There are several different kinds of Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty, all of which fit into a Christmas stocking perfectly!
A Compass
Cool Stocking Stuffer for Tween Boys
Your tween boy is going to love getting a compass. He’s going to be so into direction that you’re going to get sick of him telling you which way you are going. My tween son loves his compass, he was absolutely fabricated by direction once he received one in his Christmas stocking! It’s one of those stocking stuffer ideas that’s unique and useful.
Survival Compass
Waterproof Compass
Coleman Compass with LED Light
Pocket Size Game Controller for ANDROID
I bought this little game controller for my son because it’s universal and he can plug in to different things like his tablet and play games. It is seriously one of the coolest stocking stuffers I’ve ever purchased for my tween son! It’s pretty cool, it works with a lot of different ANDROID devices, tablets and smartphones!
It’s a handy little game controller, built just like a bigger one, very durable. Every single one of my sons friends that see this thing want one! No joke, they think it’s cooler than the space shuttle.
It plugs into ANDROID devices and you can play real games on it, anywhere! It’s the only one of it’s kind!
YoYo’s
Stocking Stuffers for Tween Boys!
Do I even need to explain what a YoYo is? These are the same cool toy that have been around forever except they’ve been tricked out for top performance. My son is OBSESSED with YoYo’s right now and these are some of the most popular ones. Notice they aren’t your typical round YoYo that you get from the ice cream man, these are top of the line, quality YoYo’s even pros could practice with!
Responsive YoYo
Pro YoYo
Magic YoYo
Tangle Jr
Cool Stocking Stuffer Idea for Tween Boys
My 10 year old son practically begged me for one of these Tangle toys, it’s a little plastic toy that you can maneuver into different shapes. When I asked him what he wanted it for, he told me “I want it so I can twist it all up!”
Set of 3 Tangle Jr. Original Fidget Toy
Tangle-JR Metallic Colors
Dining Utility Set
Weird Stocking Stuffers Tween Boys Love!
3-Piece Fork, Knife, Spoon Set
You’re going to think I’m totally weird for this suggestion but seriously, my kid loved this thing! It’s definitely not junk! It may even be the best thing he gets all Christmas in his eyes..why? I don’t know! My Tween boy thought it was the UBER of all stocking stuffers though.
He takes her fork, knife spoon utility set with him everywhere,
It’s the ultimate tween boy utility set – I mean what more do they need at this age?
It’s a unique stocking stuffer that totally rocks their big socks!
Money Puzzles
Can Your Tween Solve the Money Puzzle?
We all know that money is a great stocking stuffer, I’m sure your tween reminded you 😉 But I like to make it a little more interesting and these money puzzles are just the thing! They are a great stocking stuffer idea for boys because they have to solve the puzzle in order to get the money out. Why just hand them money when you can give them a brain teaser too? Play the riddler this Christmas with one of these cool stocking stuffer money puzzles. Trust me, they’re not as easy as they look and it’s so much fun to watch them spend all of Christmas day trying to get the money out.
Money Maze Puzzle Box
Brain Teaser Money Puzzle
Money Puzzle MonElope
Money Soap
How Do I Get My Tween Son to Shower Daily?
This is the answer to your prayers moms! Get your son to shower daily without a fight! Money soap is real soap that you have to use in order to get the money inside.It could take weeks, it could take months – wash, wash, wash your way to money!
That’s real money inside, so its a great way to give incentive to boys to wash for days and days to come.How hard is it to get a tween boy to take a shower? Not hard with money soap! Buy a few of them to just to keep them clean through their teenage years. ?
Self-Adhesive Credit Card Holder Pocket
These cheap pockets self adhere to the back of any smart phone. They are great for carrying student ID cards or cash. My son doesn’t even carry a wallet, he doesn’t have enough stuff to put in one – that’s why he loves his card holder for his phone. He can put his cash and his student ID in it and just slide it in his pocket. Great gift idea that’s totally inexpensive!
Self Adhesive Phone Pocket
Mobile Stick-on Pocket Card
Phone Card Holder
Portable Phone Chargers
Excellent Stocking Stuffer for a Tween Boy!
These are really useful stocking stuffer gift ideas because they allow kids to charge their phone on the go. Kids don’t always have access to a phone charger wall unit, that’s where these come in handy. Keep them in their backpack for an emergency charge.
Mini Phone Charger
Pocket Size Phone Chargers
Pocket Phone Chargers
Retractable Magnet Tools
Stocking Stuffers Tween Boys Love!
Telescoping Magnetic Pocket Pick-Up Tool
We bought my husband one of these retractable magnets for Christmas and my tween son has taken it over. These are great little gadgets for picking up small metal objects out of tight crevices, but they are also just cool if you’re a tween boy.
My son enjoys playing with this retractable magnet and picking up all sorts of objects.
They are small, like a pen, and can fit in their pocket. They can pick up objects that weight 3 lbs! Boys are always fascinated by magnets and this is fun one that fits in their Christmas stocking.
Pocket Watches
Unique Stocking Stuffer for Tweens
Pocket watches make a unique stocking stuffer that tween boys can use. My son loves his, he wears it attached to his belt loop. A pocket watch is just a cool accessory that isn’t an ordinary wrist watch. My son doesn’t like wearing a watch but he doesn’t mind keeping this in his pocket.
Pocket Watches
Dr Who Pocket Watch
Steampunk Pocketwatch
Mini Cube Puzzles
Puzzling Christmas Stocking Stuffers for Tween Boys
These mini Rubiks style cubes make cool stocking stuffers. This is a pack of six of them but I broke them up and gave them to each of my kids.
They seem like small, plastic toys that could end up as junk but believe it or not, my tween son and his friends love these little cubes. My son is a Rubik’s master, he loves to solve the big cube and that’s what gave me the idea to get him these little small ones he could keep in his pocket.
You can’t practice your speed but they are super fun and totally function-able cube puzzles that tween boys love.
Bluetooth, Waterproof Speakers
Cool Tween Boy Stocking Stuffers
These are the best! My son uses his in the shower and out by our pool DAILY! It’s the best stocking stuffer ever and they really don’t cost that much. Some cost more than others but any one of them is really awesome. It’s just nice to be able to listen to music via bluetooth so that you don’t get your phone wet.
SoundBot
Wireless Waterproof Speaker
Waterproof Portable Shower
Coloring Changing Light Bulbs
These color changing light bulbs are great stocking stuffers. They are small and come with a small remote.
They fit in standard light fixtures and allow your tween boy to change the color of the light with a button. There are 16 different colors you can change your light bulb too, that’s pretty savage if you ask any tween.
The tiny remote is great because you can change the color of the light from across the room.
Put it in a overhead light or lamp, it works great and they’re really inexpensive gifts.
Color Changing Light Up Drumsticks
He doesn’t even need a pair of drums for these awesome stocking stuffers. Just wrap them up and stuff them in – he’ll bang on boxes and books, anything he can find! These may even top some of your Christmas presents under the tree!
Pocket Monoculars
Such Rad Stocking Stuffers!
Ahoy Matey’s these pocket monoculars aren’t just for pirates, they’re also cool stocking stuffers for tween boys who want to see great distances. My son loves to take his outdoors fishing, camping and even to different sport events. Telescoping monoculars are great to keep in a pocket for any adventures your tween boy takes.
Pocket Monoculars
Waterproof Monocular
Monocular Telescope
Measuring Tape Keychain
A Cool Stocking Stuffer
A little measuring tape is a cool stocking stuffer that will have your tween boy measuring everything around him.
Measuring tapes are great for all sorts of projects and boys love having them.
There are so many uses for a mini measuring tape and they fit perfectly inside a tween boys Christmas stocking.
These are smaller measuring tapes so they can fit on a key ring or in a pocket.
The clip on measuring tapes are perfect for backpacks and belt loops.
Cord and Cable Holders
Rock the Christmas Stockings!
These little cord organizers have been really handy to have around. We bought a few of them for our tween son for his Christmas stocking and ended up getting more for the rest of the family too. It’s a cheap little gift that works wonders for keeping cords and cables organized.
Magnetic Earphone Winder
Cable Clips & Cord Management
Rabbit Ear Cable Organizer
Small Travel Games
These Cool Games Make Great Stocking Stuffers for Tweens
These games are great stocking stuffers because they will actually get played with! My son loves to play UNO, it’s one of our game night favorites and it’s small enough to fit in a stocking. UNO always has cool styles of games coming out, right now – he’s into Emoji’s. Here are some other games that would be great for their Christmas stocking; Farkle, Rory’s Story Cubes and Math Dice. Rory’s story cubes are great for the imagination because you literally get to make up whatever off the top of your head – anything goes and Tween boys can be very creative with their story ideas
Uno Emoji Card Game
Rory’s Story Cubes
Think Fun Math Dice
Farkle Nano
Related: The Ultimate Tween Boy Gift Guide
In addition to gifts for Tween boys, I have more specific gift lists too.
- Gifts for Boys Age 9
- Gifts for Boys Age 10
- Gifts for Boys Age 11
- Gifts for Boys Age 12
What are the Best Stocking Stuffers for Tween Boys?
Amazon has some great choices when it comes to stocking stuffers for Tween boys, some of their top picks are games and craft projects.
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