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With Christmas only a few days away I thought I’d share this Easy Upcycled Christmas Stocking Gift Pouch<\/strong> idea that was inspired by some recycled paper stockings that my friend Jodie made.<\/p>\n She used old magazine pages, but I had a ton of wallpaper samples<\/strong> laying around from my kitchen renovations, and thought these stockings would be a great use for them.<\/p>\n I’ve made these gift pouches to fill with little gifts for my pen pals, they are sturdy enough to post, and are a super fun and festive surprise to receive in your letterbox.<\/p>\n They also make great little last minute gifts for friends, neighbours or even your postman, just add some inexpensive treats, homemade cookies or other small handmade gifts inside.<\/p>\n One of the wallpaper samples was this colourful parrot print which I love, but was quickly vetoed by the Mr, we settled on yellow polka dots for our kitchen wall instead.<\/p>\n I’ve made the most of the quirky parrot design and managed to cut out one parrot for each stocking.<\/p>\n If you don’t have wallpaper you can use strong gift wrap instead. You could even use some of your kid’s artwork to make a special gift for a family member.<\/p>\n 1. Assemble the template, if you are posting the stocking fold down the top 2cm to make your stocking small enough to be considered a large letter.<\/p>\n 2. Trace template onto two wallpaper pieces, one front trace right way, one back flip template over.<\/p>\n 3. Cut front and back of stocking out.<\/p>\n 4. Sew around stocking edge (sewing front and back together) leaving top open.<\/p>\n 5. Fill with small gifts. If you are posting make sure gifts are nice and flat otherwise postage may get expensive.<\/p>\n 6. Sew top closed.<\/p>\n 7. Add a nice Christmas greeting or if you are mailing, address and affix stamps.<\/p>\n I’m a bit in love with this crazy parrot wallpaper, you can’t see it in the photos but it also has glitter on it, so OTT! I’m glad I’ve found a good use for it, even if I didn’t get to have it on my walls.<\/p>\n Have fun making your Christmas stocking gift pouches, they are really very quick and easy to make and fun to personalise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With Christmas only a few days away I thought I’d share this Easy Upcycled Christmas Stocking Gift Pouch idea that was inspired by some recycled paper stockings that my friend Jodie made. She used old magazine pages, but I had a ton of wallpaper samples laying around from my kitchen renovations, and thought these stockings would be a great use…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[220,214,213,126],"tags":[62,30,145,21,132],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n![\"Make](\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wallpaper-stocking-supplies.jpg\")
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