Christmas Ideas
4 Ideas for Decorating Plain Christmas Stockings
The first thing kids and big kids alike go for on Christmas morning, are the stockings. If you’d like to do something different with plain dollar store Christmas stockings, try these ideas, which are suitable for older kids and adults.
It won’t take a lot of your precious time this holiday season, to create totally unique Christmas stockings for the entire family. Here are 4 ideas for decorating plain Christmas stockings to get you started.
Let it snow!
Supplies Used:
- plush Christmas stocking (dollar store)
- snowflake confetti
- craft glue
Glue a row of two-dimensional fabric snowflakes down the middle of the stocking using craft glue. Add snowflake confetti around the fabric snowflakes, also using craft glue.
Christmas Characters
Supplies Used:
- plush stocking
- wood Christmas shapes
- craft glue
Glue a row of 2 ½ inch wooden shapes, down the middle of the stocking. A row of smaller wooden shapes, evenly spaced, also looks great. The kids will like this one.
Santa’s Suit
Supplies Used:
- plush dollar store stocking
- 3 buttons
- black craft felt
- thin gold ribbon
- craft glue
Three buttons, a strip of black craft felt and four small strips of thin gold ribbon are all you need to turn a stocking into a facsimile of Santa’s suit. You can sew the buttons on, if you have the time but I opted to glue them on.
For the belt, cut a 2″ strip of craft felt the width of the stocking, and 4 – 2″ pieces of thin gold ribbon for the buckle. Use craft glue to secure the belt piece to the front of the stocking and form a square with the gold ribbon pieces in the middle of the belt.
Profusion of Poinsettia
Supplies Used:
- plush dollar store stocking
- white or silver wire-edged ribbon
- small poinsettia stickers
- craft glue
This Christmas stocking is decidedly feminine and, just like the others, super easy to make. All you need is a package of 3-D poinsettia stickers and a length of white or silver ribbon. Cut the ribbon to the appropriate length for the stocking you’re decorating and turn about a quarter inch of the bottom edge under to prevent fraying.
Use craft glue to secure the ribbon to the stocking. With the top edge tucked under the cuff, apply the ribbon to the middle of the stocking.
Space the stickers about two inches apart down the middle of the ribbon, leaving about the same amount of space bare at the bottom of the ribbon as there is at the top.
Finish with a line of stickers across the cuff. Add a drop of glue to the back of each sticker to ensure proper adhesion to the fabric.
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