Christmas Stocking Fillers- a Great Alternative to One Large Present

With Christmas comes a range of traditional acts that celebrators of this festive occasion follows: Christmas Turkey dinner, putting up a Christmas Tree and of course giving and receiving Christmas presents. The latter of giving and receiving Christmas presents can come in the form of a traditional Christmas stocking filled with a whole variety of small presents, otherwise known as Christmas goodies.

In this short article I will give my 5 reasons why I think Christmas Stocking fillers make a great alternative and addition to one larger present.

1) Christmas Stockings can be filled with almost anything, from sweets, novelties to small toys & games. You will not be lost for choice when it comes to finding gifts to fill the stocking.

2) Stocking fillers themselves can be made up of low value items and hence does not need to cost the earth. Having a good range of cheaper items can make up for the cost of one large present.

3) Kids (and many adults in fact) love to wake up on Christmas morning to see a wonderfully decorated Christmas stocking hanging at the end of their beds. Their face will light up when they look inside the stocking to see a delightful range of gifts and goodies.

4) When you really do not know what to buy someone, because they are classified as ‘the person who has everything’, the novelty of having a stocking full of ‘bits and bobs’ can overcome that risk where one large present may be not what they want or that they already have.

5) It will save you time (and money) wrapping the individual gifts, as the Stocking itself, by default, will act as the gift wrap.

These are my 5 reasons why I think Christmas Stocking fillers make a great alternative or addition to one large present.

Latest Information about Christmas stocking fillers

We all know what Christmas stockings fillers and stocking are all about. They are an old Christmas traditions. It is said that when Santa Claus went down some chimneys, occasionally small gifts fell out of his sack and landed inside people’s socks and stockings that were hanging around the fireplace to dry over night. The owners of the stockings and socks were happily surprised on Christmas morning to find their stockings filled with ‘stocking fillers’. They regarded them as Christmas stocking fillers. So many things have changed now days with time. Now days though Christmas stocking fillers are an integral part of Christmas, yet still we do hang our Christmas stocking more expectantly than to appreciate a welcome accident to happen.

To have mini Christmas stocking fillers one need to have a Christmas stocking. Here are some tips to do the same with it. All that you need are assorted colored pieces of felt, colored thread, ribbon, glue and a print out pattern. Next cut out the pattern piece. Then place the stocking pattern piece into a piece of felt (for Christmas stocking fillers). After that put the pattern close to the edge of the felt to save more fabric. As there is no need for any seam pattern hence cut right up to the pattern piece. Now to main stocking parts are needed for each stocking these can either be of same or different colours.

You may like to consider for whom you are trying to make this i.e. if you are making it for your children then it will be a better choice to have different colours that will give a very good appearance for the Christmas stocking fillers. Next do pin the two pieces together and working on the right side, work blanket stitch around the edge of the stocking to sew the two parts together. After that tack a loop of ribbon inside the top of the stocking at the back that would help for hanging the stocking up. Now the Christmas stocking fillers is complete but do remember to decorate the front of it so as to give it a better appearance.

These little stockings are ideal for small gifts, such as sweets, chocolates, money, nail varnish, broaches, and other little trinkets and now they are ready for Christmas stockings fillers so that you get to see the happiness on your children’s face.Then place the stocking pattern piece into a piece of felt (for Christmas stocking fillers). After that put the pattern close to the edge of the felt to save more fabric. As there is no need for any seam pattern hence cut right up to the pattern piece. Now to main stocking parts are needed for each stocking these can either be of same or different colours.