As you wrap gifts this holiday season, no doubt you’ll end up with just as many scraps and small bits of wrapping paper as I do. So after some early gift wrapping today, I gave Veronika the leftovers!

She loved looking at all the different patterns before we even started crafting with them, particularly seeing images of Santa Claus and Christmas trees.

I then gave her a glue stick to smear all over a piece of green construction paper and showed her how to add the scraps of wrapping paper any which way.

I made sure to leave a little space blank at the top, but other than that, all the placement was up to her!

Once the glue dried, I cut out a simple Christmas stocking shape, and wrote her name at the top.

This makes a great decoration to hang around the holidays and is great for early name recognition, too!