You or the kids can personalize Christmas stockings this year with SoSoft® Fabric Paints.

SUPPLIES

• cardboard
• masking tape
• needle and thread
• yarn
• small flat brush
• medium flat brush
• pompons
• tassels
• scissors
• canvas stockings
• color pencil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Trace the stocking onto a piece of cardboard. Cut out to create forms to place inside each stocking while being painted. (It will prevent paint from soaking through to the other side.)

2. Plan where you would like to place your colors and mask off where the different colors will be.

3. Using a light color pencil, draw on a rounded heel and toe. Paint the heel and toe of the first stocking with Peacock Teal, using a medium flat brush.

4. Paint Peacock Teal onto the top section of the first stocking in a pattern of half rings. For the second stocking, draw on a floral pattern (or trace using the provided pattern) in the center section. Paint around the flowers with Peacock Teal.

5. Draw on a scalloped edge around the heel and toe of the second stocking. TIP: Use a light color pencil that will not show through the fabric paint.

6. Optional: Draw on a letter in the section between the heel and the toe of each stocking.

7. Using a small flat brush, paint Santa Red onto each stocking in the areas planned for red. TIP: Paint around the edges first and then fill in the areas with color.

8. TIP: Painting with one color of a time helps reduce clean-up and time.

9. Optional: If you added an initial, draw some floral designs inside the letter for a cute addition.

10. Using Bright Coral, paint flowers and accents onto each stocking.

11. Fill in the areas intended as green on each stocking with Christmas Green.

12. Add Bright Yellow as an unexpected pop of color to the stockings.

13. For the areas where you want to have white, leave the canvas unpainted and add accents with dots of colors. Let stockings dry completely.

14. When the stockings are dry, add some sparkle into the Santa Red areas with Red Twilight (Glitter). Allow to dry.

15. For the Peacock Teal areas, paint on Sea Aqua (Glitter). Allow to dry.

16. For the Bright Yellow areas, paint on Clear Ice (Glitter). Allow to dry.

17. Pick pre-made pompons and tassels to embellish the stockings. (Or make your own pompons and tassels with the attached tassel and pompon instructions and photos. I chose to make my own out of pink and red yarn.)

18. Sew or glue the tassels onto the stocking.

19. Sew or glue the pompoms onto the stocking.

20. Paint a variety of stockings that coordinate for family and friends!.

21. Group together with other decorations to have a bright, colorful holiday season.

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