Small gifts are harder than big ones. A cover or a set of mats is an easy decision because the person either needs it or doesn't — but a stocking has to be filled with things that get carried, worn, or used every day, and most of what fits that description is forgettable. This page is the last tier in our holiday run, after the guides at under $50, under $100, and under $200. Everything here is small enough for a stocking, a shop gift exchange, or the pile of little things you add to a bigger order — and cheap enough to buy several without thinking about it.

Keys, Key Tags & Lanyards

The gift that gets handled every single day. Hard to beat for the money.

A keychain is the one small gift with a guaranteed audience, because the person already carries keys and the existing fob is almost certainly a dealer freebie. Leather tags soften and darken over a few years the way a good wallet does. Metal-and-leather holds its shape better if the keys live in a pocket rather than a bag.

Lanyards are the sleeper pick here. They're the cheapest thing on this page, and anybody who badges into work every day will use one until it wears out.

A Lapel Pin For Every Generation

Enamel pins covering C1 through C8, all at the same price. The most personal small gift on this page.

These are the pick if you know exactly which car the person owns or wishes they owned. Each one is a specific model year rendered in enamel — a 1963 split window, a 1969 C3, a 2019 C7 — so it lands as a gift chosen for them rather than a generic Corvette item. They go on a jacket, a hat, a lanyard, a bag, or a corkboard in the shop.

Collectors buy several. Once someone has the pin for their own car, the pin for the car they learned to drive in usually follows.

Mugs, Glasses & Coasters

Kitchen-cupboard gifts that end up on a workbench instead. Check the tier before you add a tumbler.

Drinkware is the standard small gift for good reason: it gets used daily and nobody minds owning several. A coffee mug is the safest choice, a shot glass is the one collectors line up on a shelf, and a stone coaster set is the pick for someone who has a garage bar going.

Worth knowing before you browse the full collection: insulated tumblers and travel mugs sit above this page's tier. If you want one of those, they're in the under $50 guide.

Hats

The one wearable that doesn't need a size. Most of the range lands inside this tier.

A hat is the easiest piece of apparel to give, because there's no size to guess and no fit to get wrong. Embroidered cotton twill is the classic; the performance and StayDri styles are lighter and breathe better, which matters if the person wears one at shows all summer. A few of the heavier and low-profile styles run just past this tier, so check the listing if you're shopping to a number.

Embroidered caps are cut for every generation from C1 through C6 — the full range is in Corvette hats.

Desk, Shop & Odds And Ends

The category that solves the last empty spot in a stocking.

This is where the leftovers live, and some of them are the best gifts on the page. A puzzle buys an evening in December when the car is under a cover anyway. A mouse pad sits in front of someone forty hours a week. Wheel-cap emblem decals are the smallest possible way to change how a car looks.

Buying Notes

Four things worth knowing when you're filling a stocking rather than buying one gift.

• Know the generation before you shop. Almost everything here is badged, and a C7 pin in a C8 stocking is the one small gift that misses. If you're not certain, the Stingray keychain, the slate coasters, and the generations mouse pad work regardless.
• There's no need to decide it all at once. Order as you go through December rather than waiting until the whole stocking is planned — each piece will make its way to you as soon as it's ready.
• Buy the pin in multiples. The generation pins are the same price across the range, which makes a set of three — their car, their first car, their dream car — a better gift than any single item at three times the price.
• Watch the tier at the edges. Insulated tumblers, most ornament sets, and a few of the low-profile hats sit just above $25. If you're shopping to a hard number, the price on the listing is the one that counts.

Working up from here? The under $50, under $100, and under $200 guides cover the rest of the range, and the garage guide covers signs, neon and barstools if you're shopping for the room rather than the person.