Elementary and Preteen Christmas Outreach: Stocking Care Kits

This is a great way to reach out to children: Christmas Outreach: Stocking Care Kits.

You’ll Need:

• assorted colors of felt
• scissors
• hot glue
• a glue gun
• craft glue
• puffy paint
• gift ingredients

Elementary and Preteen Christmas Outreach: Stocking Care Kits

Give these unique Care Kits to members of your community this Christmas. Recipients might include newborns, those in the hospital, those in need, veterans, grandparents, or volunteers.

For each Care Kit, have kids create a stocking out of felt. Use colors other than red and green to give your stockings a unique quality. For instance, use soft pastel colors such as pink or blue for newborn babies.

With adult supervision: Using a glue gun, connect two felt cutouts of stockings. Then have kids use craft glue to attach a white cuff around the top of the stockings and write a Scripture reference or blessing on it with puffy paint. Set aside the stocking to dry.

You can fill stockings with goodies appropriate to their recipients. For instance, stuff a newborn’s stocking with washcloths, a sample body wash, socks, and a small toy. Stuff a volunteer’s stocking with a candy bar, a personalized notepad or calendar, a gift pen, and a T-shirt.

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