I have now completed two of the children's stockings! I am just beginning to create one for my youngest, Oliver. He is only two and I am having a harder time determining which of his interests should be immortalized in his stocking. I think he would not be thrilled to
have Elmo on his stocking when he is ten. He does like us to read to him so I might make that the theme and utilize classic story book characters. The stockings are made of felt and hand appliqued. I used beads and ribbon as an additional accent. I began with Clara's stocking. She is holding her special stuffed pig, Lumpy and I included Huggy the bear and the dollhouse she will be receiving this Christmas. Avery's stocking was more challenging. He is into science and math, thus the abacus and planets. He received the globe for Christmas last year. I included a special stuffed animal of his choosing which was his stuffed dinosaur. In my opinion a Stegosaurus is very difficult create in felt! The over all project was time consuming but not too difficult. I appliq
ued the items and children onto the felt before I sewed it together. If you want to try a similar project but do not want to freehand the items then you could use cookie cutters as templates. You could also print off the images on the computer in the appropriate size and use that as a template. The stitching or embroidery does not have to be perfect. I think the more primitive in appearance the better. I will post Oliver's stocking too when it is completed!
I have now completed two of the children's stockings! I am just beginning to create one for my youngest, Oliver. He is only two and I am having a harder time determining which of his interests should be immortalized in his stocking. I think he would not be thrilled to 
have Elmo on his stocking when he is ten. He does like us to read to him so I might make that the theme and utilize classic story book characters. The stockings are made of felt and hand appliqued. I used beads and ribbon as an additional accent. I began with Clara's stocking. She is holding her special stuffed pig, Lumpy and I included Huggy the bear and the dollhouse she will be receiving this Christmas. Avery's stocking was more challenging. He is into science and math, thus the abacus and planets. He received the globe for Christmas last year. I included a special stuffed animal of his choosing which was his stuffed dinosaur. In my opinion a Stegosaurus is very difficult create in felt! The over all project was time consuming but not too difficult. I appliq
ued the items and children onto the felt before I sewed it together. If you want to try a similar project but do not want to freehand the items then you could use cookie cutters as templates. You could also print off the images on the computer in the appropriate size and use that as a template. The stitching or embroidery does not have to be perfect. I think the more primitive in appearance the better. I will post Oliver's stocking too when it is completed!
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