Don’t Just Hang A Christmas Stocking, Celebrate A Memory!
Going to school for the first time. Losing a tooth. A piano recital. Getting all A’s. Taking a look back over your child’s accomplishments and activities this year, there are probably plenty of memories that you can celebrate with a Christmas stocking. The ultimate personalized gift, you can design a stocking that really takes them back. Besides, people have had personalized Christmas ornaments for years. Why not do the same with a stocking? Create a unique holiday gift with these themed stocking ideas along with some ideas to fill them.
Hobbies: Whether your kids are into sports or ballet, you can design some fun stockings based on their hobbies and interests. If your son’s team made the championship, include that on the stocking. Make it a craft project and decorate it with appliques and glitter, and personalize it with their name or nickname and the year.
Baby’s First Christmas: It’s always a wonderful feeling to have a new baby in the house at Christmas. But in addition to putting up a stocking for baby with a personalized ornament inside, create one for the new Mom or Dad with some items they’ll enjoy. Make a “New Mommy” stocking with some pampering items or a sleep mask inside.
Travel: If you took your first family road trip or one of your children attended summer camp away from home for the first time this year, you can celebrate it on a stocking. Or, if you’re planning to take a trip in the near future, design your stocking around that with the name of the city on the outside and some trinkets, magnets and souvenirs on the inside. They’ll be excited about where they’ll be headed next.
Super Star: Bring a little glitz and glamour to your mantle with a celebration of Hollywood and dress up. Decorate the stocking with shining stars, and fill it with lip gloss, bubble bath, or nail polish for preteens. And include some baby glam, like a pair of faux mink booties, for your little princess. They’re simply fabulous!
Movie Fan: A movie-themed stocking is always a hit for boys and girls. From High School Musical to Bolt, there were some great children’s movies out this year. Choose their favorite as the theme and fill it all sorts of movie paraphernalia from the big show! You can even throw in a DVD, theater gift certificate and movie snacks just for fun.
Just Like Mom and Dad: If your little boy or girl wants to grow up to be just like you, help them to shine in your shadow with a future profession stocking filled with a candy cellphone for a businessman, baby scrubs for a doctor or an embroidered collegiate onesie from the school you attended.
Decorating and filling a personalized Christmas stocking is an easy way to make the holidays special. They’ll appreciate the thoughtfulness, and look forward to getting a different one-of-a-kind gift each year.
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