Holiday Stockings

This past week, I had a quick change in plans...and was welcoming an unexpected guest early.  So I wanted them to feel a part of my holiday celebration (and to have a stocking among my 3 individual ones I hang...yes, a bit much, but hey, they were gifted to me and all lovely ones at that.)

So thankfully, the timing fit in with all the clearance sales going on at the art stores.  I found a stocking for $2 at Michaels....and let the wheels churn with ideas.  I searched the internet for templates of Reindeer.  I recently saw someone create a glitter canvas collage of various silhouettes & loved it.  So I went with this one:

I cut out the image and traced it onto the back of various sticky back felt.  I cut the deer up in pieces to use different colored felt. (that stuff is so easy to cut and not messy like regular felt...a new artsy love was made that day :)

I wanted to do a fun bright color + that was all the pack of felt contained...so I went with it.

After I cut out the images, I peeled off the adhesive cover and pieced the picture back together onto the stocking front.

And then added a pink bow-tie. :)

I cut out letters in red felt and placed the person's name on the top....and wanted to do some more art with felt....so I turned the stocking over...and created this Baltimore Ravens logo with felt and puffy paint. <3

This makes it a bit more manly, then the bright green deer with pink bow...

plus that way, he had options for the holidays. (and can leave up the month of January to root on the Ravens in the playoffs...It worked this past Sunday.) 

This activity is very kid friendly activity with minimal clean-up.

 I think I will be adding a variation to our Summer Camp "Arts & Crafts Hour".