Educational Stocking Stuffers for Kids
Want inexpensive, educational stocking stuffers that are fun for kids and the whole family? Read below for the 12 best and most affordable learning toys under $10 to fill children’s stockings this Christmas or any holiday.
1. Brain Quest Cards
$10.49, Brain Quest card deck introduces kids aged, 2-3, 4–5, 6-8 to hundreds of curriculum-based exercises and games. 300 questions and answers cover counting, letters, colors, spelling, vocabulary building, and more. Check out BrainQuest Card Decks for every age.
2. Bingo
$9.98 animal alphabet bingo cards are a fun family bonding activity or boredom buster for one or more kids.
$7.99 magnetic travel bingo is a smaller stocking stuffer option, perfect for on-the-go activities and travel games.
$8.99 sight word bingo is perfect for older kids and early readers.
3. Kid-Friendly Rubik’s Cubes
Keep kids occupied while building their problem-solving skills with kid-friendly Rubik’s Cubes.
$5.89 speed cube with 3x3 format perfect for kids new to speed cubes.
$13.99 for a 3-piece (a.k.a 3 gift) set of speed cubes.
$5.99 Puzzle Ball set gifts two kids stocking stuffer for the price of one:
4. Matching Games
$7.99 to $9.99 Matching Games (I Spy, Brown Bear or Math options) for fun boredom busters and family bonding activities.
5. Hidden Picture Cards
$9.99 Disney or Marvel-Themed hidden picture cards for 57 unique hidden picture activities.
6. Find and Seek Indoor Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
$8.99 for 35 find and seek cards. These fun cards are perfect for all ages as they instruct you ti find something fuzzy, scratchy, teeny, large, round, spotted, and more.
7. Letter Matching Game
$9.99 for a pink or blue matching letter game that comes with 1 tray, 8 letter cubes, and 60 word cards with 3 and 4 letter words. Perfect for 3 - 8 year old kids in preschool, kindergarten or elementary school.
8. Pattern Blocks and Shape Puzzles
$9.99 - $12.99, respectively, for wooden or foam pattern blocks and shape puzzles.
9. Social Emotional Learning Toys
$8.99 silly character education toy to jumpstart conversations about emotions and feelings.
$9.99 sensory fidget toys that teach six emotions. If your kid loves water beads or stress balls, use these to foster emotional intelligence and promote self-regulation skills.
10. Science Toys
These mini-science experiments make the perfect STEM stocking stuffers and just might be your kid’s favorite Christmas toy. I’ve shared my favorite inexpensive stocking stuffers below.
$10.31 Erupting Geyser
$7.99 Transformer Robot Fidget Spinners
$5.99 Lemon Powered Clock
$6.60 Snow Maker
$6.99 Paper Airplane Builder
11. Kid Conversation Starters
$9.00 Kid Table Topics are a fun and easy way to amen conversation with preschool, kindergarten, elementary or even middle school kids.
12. Arts and Crafts
$8.99 Scratch Art Pads are the perfect drawing and writing gift for 125 scratch-off rainbow sheets for endless fun.
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Shop now for inexpensive, educational stocking stuffers that are fun for kids and the whole family. Find the best and most affordable learning toys under $10 to fill children’s stockings this Christmas or for any holiday. These educational toys also make for kids are also perfect on-the-go travel toys, boredom busters and family bonding activities that teach spelling, sight words, math, science (STEM), fine motor, memory, problem solving, character education and more.