How to create the best Christmas stocking of all time!

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How to create the best Christmas stocking of all
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• How does Christmas Day work in your house? Are
  you awoken at 5am by eager faces peering around
  the door jam or jumping on the bed?
• Do you open a few gifts in the warm before
  creeping downstairs to devour the rest?
• Or do you wait until 6pm to open your gifts?
  Perhaps you take your time over the course of the
  day, opening one or two here and there, extending
  the excitement and enjoying the gift of giving.
• Christmas Stockings
• However you spend your Christmas Day, for many of
  us it will not be complete without a stocking!
  Since my own childhood, Christmas stockings have
  provided endless fun on the 25th.
• I had a homemade one that was particularly tricky
  to get into. Talk about frustrating! As a 9 year
  old I remember hopelessly trying to extract tiny
  gifts from inside its messily knitted interior.
• For my children, Ive taken great delight finding
  small but meaningful treasures for their
  stockings. Its the first thing they reach for
  a tradition of sorts. What do your kids do?
• And guests and visitors dont escape the delight.
  I prepare small stockings for every Christmas
  guest. Ive realized over the years, as perhaps
  you have as well, that theres something a little
  selfish about giving a gift. I wonder if we gain
  more from the act than the recipients!

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Creating the best Christmas stocking of all
timeI want to share with you my tips for
creating the best Christmas stocking of all time.
If youve not got one they can be easily bought
on the high street and theres a fab collection
of sewing patterns and instruction here for
stockings and sacks of all shapes and sizes!But
of course, as the owner of What2Buy4Kids and an
ex-teacher, curating Christmas stockings is my
forte. Here are my top tips there are a number
of ways you can approach this

• Choose a Christmas Stocking Theme
• You could fill your stockings with a collection
  of connected goodies, maybe around sport or the
  outdoors, educational games, stationary, food or
  bathroom treats. Perhaps dinosaurs will get your
  kids roaring or maybe ballet with get them
  twirling! Are they animal lovers? Fill their
  stockings with animal-related treats.

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Pick n Mix Stocking FillersSelect a little of
everything. Something smelly, sporty, a little
stationary, something sweet
Colour Coded Stocking FillersColour can be an
easy and fun way to choose gifts. Do you have a
child that likes a particular colour ? You might
like to theme the stocking around that colour and
choose your gifts accordingly.
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Baffle and surprise with Stocking FillersA few
years ago I took immense joy utterly confusing my
kids by filling their stockings with accessories
for a separate, main present. The looks on their
faces as they pulled out mobile phone holders was
wonderful!
If youre planning a trip to a theme park or an
overseas holiday, surprise them by filling their
stockings with travel pillows and other useful
gifts.
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Of course, what you pop in the stocking depends
on the size of it but my useful list of stocking
fillers will steer you in the right direction.
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