Christmas stocking ideas?
October 29, 2009 by Crafter
Filed under Halloween Crafts
Shanna asked:
All right, im getting all my stuff ready to decorate for Christmas and all of my stocking are different from each other. I thought it would be fun to make my own stockings this year so we all have matching ones. So, I need to make one for me, my husband, our son and daughter (son is 4 daughter is 2) our 2 dogs and our 2 cats. I know im probably weird to hang stockings for the pets but I am! lol Anyway, I want something different. Im not great at sewing but I can do a little bit. I was thinking along the lines of buying plain stockings at the dollar store then doing something to make them personalized. I tried googling it but I cant find anything I care for, not to mention hardly any pictures. So, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!!!
All right, im getting all my stuff ready to decorate for Christmas and all of my stocking are different from each other. I thought it would be fun to make my own stockings this year so we all have matching ones. So, I need to make one for me, my husband, our son and daughter (son is 4 daughter is 2) our 2 dogs and our 2 cats. I know im probably weird to hang stockings for the pets but I am! lol Anyway, I want something different. Im not great at sewing but I can do a little bit. I was thinking along the lines of buying plain stockings at the dollar store then doing something to make them personalized. I tried googling it but I cant find anything I care for, not to mention hardly any pictures. So, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!!!
(any other christmas craft ideas would be great as well, something that my kids and I can do together – but mainly im looking for stocking ideas)
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Craft Supplies on Fri, 30th Oct 2009 1:48 am
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Micheal’s or hobby lobby is the place to go. You can get little pins, iron on’s, etc. Once you start looking through the aisles you will start getting ideas- bring your kids and let them pick what they want to put on it, they’ll think that’s fun.
By the way, i’m doing the same thing this year:)
Craft Tool Kit on Mon, 2nd Nov 2009 10:04 am
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treats/sweets, gift cards, handheld games
Craft Books for Kids on Tue, 3rd Nov 2009 11:52 pm
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okay well heres an idea..
you could always get a few things your children like and put them on the stockings along with a picture of them
idk but yeah..
and a christmas craft idea is..
you can get:
paint..
little googly eyes…
ribbon…
and pipe cleaners…
and pop sicle sticks…
and you paint then and make them look like snowmen
Craft Books on Fri, 6th Nov 2009 8:43 am
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We bought cheap red stockings from the dollar store and bought a variety of Christmas colored sparkly paint and we each decorated our own. This may not work for the animals but you could improvise and draw like a bone on the dogs, etc… Now, every year when we take them out we talk about the day we made – GREAT MEMORIES!
Happy Holidays!
Craft Books on Mon, 9th Nov 2009 5:19 am
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For the pets, shop for some paw print material and make them out of that.
For your children, find material that is geared for their age and interest.
For you and hubby, if you had an old quilt, you could cut it up and stitch into stockings. And if you really want them all matching, make them all the same.
Craft Tool Kit on Wed, 11th Nov 2009 7:19 pm
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I wouldn’t get cheap stockings at the dollar store. You are putting time and money into decorating them, why start off with a cheap product. And don’t you want them to last for years? I would go to Hobby Lobby and get some nice stockings for your family, maybe cheaper ones for the pets. Find some nice letters and glue on every ones names. Check in the scrapbooking/sewing/christmas section for embellishments
Storage for your Crafts on Sat, 14th Nov 2009 12:41 am
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Check out this website here for different stocking ideas -
and here for christmas craft ideas for kids – If you look through the menu at the top under christmas crafts there are angels, stockings, trees, reindeer crafts etc.
Hope this helps.
Craft Books on Sat, 14th Nov 2009 9:35 am
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If you use felt, you can just use a good glue. For the pets, how about Paw print stockings?
For the humans, do a snowman family. Get creative with the hats and scarves. Or a family of gingerbread. Just look for coloring pictures online or in books for patterns.
Here’s a link to many other projects including stockings:
Craft Books on Tue, 17th Nov 2009 12:04 pm
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there are a some great ideas in this article