Stocking Stuffers Under $15

The stocking is the hardest part of the holidays. It is a lot of small decisions, made late, usually in a checkout line under fluorescent light. This guide is our answer to that: real gifts, all hand-drawn by Derek, all under fifteen dollars, none of them filler.

Every illustration here started as a pencil drawing in our Denver studio. They are small gifts, but they are not throwaway ones.

Under $5: Vinyl Stickers

Our stickers are the thing people come back for. Durable vinyl, weatherproof, and sized for a water bottle, a laptop lid, or a well-loved cooler.

• Raccoon Vinyl Sticker — our most-loved design, for the friend who is a little feral and knows it.
• Frog Art Vinyl Sticker — Toadster, who has somewhere to be.
• Prairie Dog Vinyl Sticker — a small plains animal with a lot of opinions.
• Morel Mushroom Vinyl Sticker — for the forager who checks the same spot every spring.
• Honey Bee Vinyl Sticker — pairs well with the beekeeper in your life, or the person who plants for them.
• Octopus Vinyl Sticker — eight arms, all of them busy.
• Knitting Marmot Vinyl Sticker — a marmot with a craft project. We did not overthink this one.
• Queer Pride Vinyl Sticker — skull and flowers, quietly unsubtle.
• Colorado Flag Bear Vinyl Sticker — the Colorado gift that does not feel like an airport gift.

$6: Fridge Magnets

A magnet is the gift that stays in the kitchen for a decade. Ours are printed in-house, sturdy, and sized to actually hold up a grocery list.

• Colorado Sport Bear Fridge Magnet — a bear on a bike, doing better than most of us.
• 1890 Bees Fridge Magnet — vintage botanical bees, drawn from an old plate.
• Chicken Fridge Magnet — for the person who talks about their chickens.

$4: Button Pins

Backpacks, jean jackets, tote bags, work lanyards. Small, cheap, and weirdly personal.

• Grizzly Bear Button Pin
• Hobo Squirrel Button Pin — a squirrel with a bindle and a plan.
• Hummingbird Button Pin

$10: Magnetic Bottle Openers

The upgrade pick of the guide. These stick to the fridge, catch the cap on the magnet, and outlast every novelty opener in the drawer.

• Sasquatch Magnetic Bottle Opener — sasquatch, and a UFO, and no further explanation.
• Frog Magnetic Bottle Opener — Toadster again, this time on a bike.
• Stay Trashy Raccoon Magnetic Bottle Opener — the raccoon returns, unrepentant.

How to build a stocking that actually lands

The formula we use: one thing they will use every day, one thing that makes them laugh, and one thing that is just nice to look at. A bottle opener, a raccoon sticker, and a set of bees will run you about twenty-one dollars and cover all three.

If you are shipping, order by the second week of December so it arrives with room to spare.

All Two Little Fruits products feature original hand-drawn illustrations by Derek, designed in Denver, Colorado.