Easy ways to celebrate the holidays

Get into the yuletide spirit with our easy holiday decoration ideas, tasty cookie recipes and creative crafts

Decorate with easy Christmas crafts

This holiday season add a touch of Christmas cheer to your home with these homemade crafts.

13 of 15

View all

Sew a tea-towel stocking

For a more vintage feel, make stockings from old dish towels, curtains or tablecloths.

YOU'LL NEED (makes 1 stocking):

• Stocking pattern (download here) • Fabric marker • 3/8 yard felt • Dish towel • Scissors • Straight pins • Needle and thread • Glue gun

Use fabric marker to trace pattern onto felt and dish towel and cut out. Cut a ¾" x 6" strip of felt for a hanger.

Pin materials together, right side in. Sew using a ½" seam allowance; leave top open. Remove pins. Turn stocking right side out and iron. Fold cut strip of felt in half and glue or stitch to upper back corner of stocking to use as a hanging loop.