11 DIY Christmas Stockings for a Fun Holiday Touch (2024)

FAQs

How to make homemade stockings for Christmas? ›

Fold ½ yard of red, white, or patterned fabric in half, right sides together. Trace a stocking shape onto the fabric and cut out two shapes. With right sides together, sew around the stocking shape with a running stitch, leaving the top open. Turn the top edge inside and hem, then turn the stocking inside out.

Personalised Christmas Stocking Bag An alternative Stocking or Christmas sack -The bag has so many uses - Hang from your stairs or mantlepiece for stocking fillers, for Christmas Party bags, shopping bags, Christmas Eve activity bags, or for gift wrapping a selection of Christmas gifts.

Favorite Treats – Granola bars, fruit snacks, or even their favorite homemade banana bread! Gum – If your kids are old enough, buy them their favorite gum! You could give them each a pack, or just a few pieces in each stocking to stretch your wallet further.

NO-SEW STOCKING WITH FABRIC GLUE

Cut out two stocking shapes from the fabric and lay one down with the right-side of the fabric facing up. Squeeze a line of fabric glue around the edge of the stocking shape. Lay the second stocking shape with the right side facing down onto the first shape.

Fabric options I recommend include cotton and flannel as they'll give you more shape, but you could use polyester, wool, or other fabric if you want. These stockings probably aren't going to take a lot wear and tear, or need much (if any) machine washing.

A: To personalize new stockings with a name on the cuff, my favorite method is using sublimation. You can also use infusible ink transfer sheets cut on your Cricut to decorate your own DIY Christmas stockings.

Shoes by the Fire

In other countries, the tradition varies slightly with stockings and nibbles and drinks for Father Christmas, but French children leave their shoes by the fireplace in the hope that Father Christmas will fill them with presents.

Sixteenth century Dutch kids left straw-filled clogs by the hearth so Santa's (or Sinterclass, if you're Dutch) reindeer could have a snack. And, of course, they left cookies for Santa, but not in their clogs. In exchange, Sinterclass brought the children treats. Over time, the clogs evolved into stockings.

Christmas stockings are for any small, usually inexpensive gift that's appropriate to the recipients' interests and ages. Here are a bunch of different ideas to get you started: Crayons, color pencils, pens, pencils. Candy, cookies, other snacks.

What does Santa fill stockings with? ›

They're typically put up on Christmas Eve and filled with food, gifts and toys – by Santa, of course – but only for those who have been good. Stocking fillers usually consist of small affordable gifts and toys along with essentials such as socks or handkerchiefs.

Are you familiar with the four-gift rule? It's the way many parents have chosen to simplify Christmas—and it's freaking genius. You buy each child four gifts–something they want, something they need, something they wear, and something they read.

STOCKING FILLERS FOR KIDS

Yo-yos, Rubik's cubes or other small toys. Travel-sized versions of their favourite board games. Christmas chocolates or sweets. Stickers, glitter glue or craft supplies. Puzzles or storybooks.

A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Saint Nicholas Day or Christmas Eve so that Saint Nicholas (or the related figures of Santa Claus and Father Christmas) can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives.

A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Saint Nicholas Day or Christmas Eve so that Saint Nicholas (or the related figures of Santa Claus and Father Christmas) can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives.

If you are in need of some Christmas stockings and don't want to spend a bunch of money then I've got you covered. Here's what you will need: 1/2 yard of fabric for base of stocking (I used plaid flannel, but any type of fabric will work) 1/4 yard of fabric for top and hanging tab (I used white snuggle flannel)