DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

How to transform a purely commercial holiday into an opportunity to recover materials that would otherwise end up directly in the trash? Preparing the "Befana stockings" on the occasion of January 6th. If you have not kept the socks of the past years or if you simply feel creative and have some time available, try to follow the ideas that we offer you for the preparation of truly unique and original socks.



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DIY Epiphany Socks. How to turn a purely commercial holiday into an occasion for recover materials that otherwise would go straight to the trash? By preparing the "Befana socks" in occasion of 6 Januaryor. If you have not kept the socks of the past years or if you simply feel creative and have some time available, try to follow the ideas that we offer you for the preparation of truly unique and original socks.



Some of them have been suggested to us by our readers who are passionate about creativity and do-it-yourself. Of course, the content of stockings will have to be alternative. So don't forget to check out our tips for prepare candies and sweets at home best suited for the occasion.

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Gift card

DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

As one of our readers (kiyo) suggests, inspired by blog “uniideanellemani.com” one of the ideal recycled materials for making the Befana socks is the wrapping paper already used, which is a good habit to always keep, as it can be reused in a thousand different ways, as well as to wrap new gifts. You can use the paper to make the actual sock and the cuffs of an old sweater for the edges. For seams and seams, help yourself with glue, a needle and thread or a sewing machine. For the realization of the socks, theEaster eggs card.

Recovery cloth

DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

using remnants and fabric recovery, you can make wonderful socks, like those proposed by the reader Francesca. The socks can be embellished with ribbons or embroidery. For example, you can embroider the names or initials of your children on them. If you are going to make large socks, you can use them as gods pajama holder for the little ones throughout the year. The fabric for their realization can be obtained, for example, from the recovery of old sheets or aprons.

Old magazines

Luisa had a truly original idea deciding to transform into stocking of the Befana a box of shoes. Just cover it with the sheets of a old newspaper or with recycled wrapping paper and decorate it using photographs and images of socks. The shapes of the socks to be applied on the box can also be cut out of the wrapping paper. The box can be reused throughout the year from your children to keep smaller toys tidy. On the occasion of the feast, it can be filled with gods homemade cookies.



Edible stocking

DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

The recipe for preparing an edible, salty sock, which you can serve at lunch on January 6th. The recipe is very simple: form a sock with the puff pastry and fill it with what you want !.

Chores for children

DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

The realization of the Befana sock can turn into a nice job for your children, who can have fun by assembling, with a little glue and staples, fabric scraps and colored cardboard or tissue paper.

Stocking of jeans

DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

To make your Epiphany stockings, you might think about using those old jeans that you have not worn for a long time. Obtaining the necessary material from them will be very simple. To help you draw the model of the shape to be cut out, you just need to use a real sock and follow its outline. Sew the edges with needle and thread and decorate as desired with ribbons, embroidery and buttons. Here are the instructions

Old sweaters

DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

Making the Befana socks is a great idea to reuse yours old sweaters. It will be a very simple operation to get your socks starting from sleeves some sweaters. Just cut them to the desired height, consider the cuff of the sleeve as the mouth of the sock and sew the open side to make the bottom. The socks can be decorated as desired and a buttonhole can be sewn on the cuff to hang them near the fireplace.


Gloves

DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

What if old gloves were transformed into Befana socks? Just add ribbons on their edges, which will allow you to hang them on the fireplace or to tie them to the headboard of the bed of the little ones. They will be perfect for holding smaller sweets and will certainly surprise your children.


One sock after another

DIY Befana socks: 10 creative ideas

This is an original idea for making a sock that will grow with your baby. Just retrieve the socks that have become too small and join the upper parts of each one after the other, year after year, with a needle and thread, until you get a sock with a length that is greater each time.

Patchwork sock

Using the technique of patchwork, you can make colorful socks by recovering scraps of fabric, scraps of old fabric t-shirt printed or from handkerchiefs and napkins in fabric now unused. Made from the salvaged fabric of the regular shape cutouts which will allow you, once sewn to each other, to compose the back and front side of your sock, which you will then join one to the other along the outer edge. To help you with this, use the shape of a sock made by cutting out the pages of an old newspaper.

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