Felt christmas stockings

There is nothing better than having personalized felt Christmas stockings as each person will not only have a stocking of their own but have one that is special and unique. You can take any ordinary sock and use it but it would be much better to make felt Christmas stocking which are more festive not to mention more pleasant to look at. To start, you need to buy some plain felt stockings or buy some felt and cut out the sock patterns yourself. This will be the base for your felt Christmas stockings and you will also need some sequins and other decorative pieces to design your stockings. Be sure to have two socks cut out from a piece of felt as you will need to glue or sew the edges of these pieces together leaving the top open so that you can put presents in your felt Christmas stockings later on.

Now, you can make felt Christmas stockings for your family and friends instead of buying them at the store and since you made them they will be more special in more ways than one and all you need to do so is have a needle and some thread that matches the felt you will be working with. Glue will work well too. For patterns, you can do them in free hand or you can download free patterns off of the Internet. There are a lot of sources offering patterns for felt Christmas stockings and you can get a lot of fun and festive ideas from the Internet too so do some searching so as to come up with a great pattern for the stockings you will be making.

When making your felt Christmas stockings and if you are using glue, be sure to use some good quality glue so that every piece firmly stays in place. You would not want your felt pieces coming apart as you put gifts in them now do you? After gluing the sock pattern felt pieces let them rest for a bit so that they will dry completely. Repeat this process for the other felt pieces as well. Let each piece dry before gluing in another one. This will ensure that your felt Christmas stockings hold well together.

The next thing when making some felt Christmas stockings is to design each one with felt, beads, glitter, fabric paint, sequins, lace, or anything you might think of. Just remember to let each decorative piece dry when you glue them on before gluing on another piece. Should you decide to make a snowman for example, cut out three circles of different sizes using white felt and glue them on one on top of another to create the basic snowman shape. For the eyes, nose, and buttons, you can use beads and sequins and for his hat you can use other colors of felt if you like. Whatever design you decide to apply, your felt Christmas stockings will turn out great.

On top of the felt Christmas stockings, try gluing on pieces of lace. You can do what you want when it comes to your felt Christmas stockings. From Santa Claus to reindeers to images of baby Jesus, you can design them as you wish and as an added tip it will be a good idea to put the persons’ names on top of the stockings as well. This is an activity you can do with children as they will surely enjoy making their personal felt Christmas stockings but be careful not to glue the top part of the stockings or else you might have a difficult time putting presents in after you finish.

These make for great projects and they are also great when handed out as gifts. You will never go wrong when making your own felt Christmas stockings so when Christmas time arrives, get your materials and go crazy.