Purchase Stocking Stuffers at Craft Stores
Thinking about stocking stuffers in July is actually a smart financial move. Use the coupons each week from the craft supply stores to get the $1 bin items for half off! By the time Christmas comes around you will have some inexpensive stocking stuffers that are fun for your kids, and your Operation Christmas Child boxes!
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I also buy my stocking stuffers on the clearance isles. I wait for seasonal or new movies to come out. Of course if you wait until right after Christmas you will get great deals on items for stocking: Christmas Tree Earrings $0.25, Grow a Christmas Tree $0.10, Christmas Tic Tac Toe Travel Game $0.15, then there’s end of spring, Zhu Zhu Pets $1.00, My Little Pony $0.50, Silly Bracelets $0.05 per package of 10, Veggie Tale Stuffed Toys $0.39, then there’s end of summer and end of back to school and lots of ideas from then. (pencils, pens, magnets, etc) Then there is the times that they change their movie toys: Popular right now: Spiderman and Batman so their Madagascar and Brave toys will be discounted. Kids still love them, they just are better on the pocketbook.