Decorate with Homemade Christmas Stockings

Kids will love to count down the days to Christmas

with this sweet treat-a-day calendar made from 

baby socks.

This is the best Advent Calendar idea I have come across!

Simple to make - hang festive holiday baby socks from a ribbon with clothes pins

tuck a small toy, notebook, colored pencils, stick of gum - My kids will LOVE this!

I also love that if I buy 12 pair of socks, I can make 2 advent calendars, 

hum, I wonder who I will be gifting it too?

Materials list and Instructions are here : 

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/baby-sock-advent-calendar?backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/easy-holiday-crafts#slide_15

Stockings made from sweaters

give the illusion of being knit by hand.

Print the basic stocking template here: 

http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf3/sweater_stockink.pdf

Complete Instructions are here:

http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/sweater-stocking?backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/easy-holiday-crafts#slide_27

Stockings made from 9 inch or wider fringed scarves

Download the template and instructions here:

http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf1/1203_fringed_stocking.pdf