Handmade Christmas Gift or Stocking Filler – Noughts & Crosses

Handmade Christmas gifts are so wonderful, and this is no exception. It’s cute, it’s fun, and it’s what childhoods are made of … playing with rocks, and keeping things in little bags!

I first saw this wonderful idea on Balancing Home, and thought it would make a brilliant Stocking Filler.  Anything that’s a little bit different is a really lovely way to increase the magic and wonder when they open their Christmas Stocking on Christmas morning.

This handmade Christmas set of Noughts & Crosses, (or Tic Tac Toe) is super quick to make, and it’s just so wonderfully rustic and earthy. I love it.

I found these pebbles in our local park, and I’ve used the official International Elf Service Gift Bags to pop them in!  What better thing to arrive from the North Pole, than their very own bag, filled with little rocks – that’s actually a game! Surely this wins a a prize for the ultimate stocking filler?

What You Need:

• 8 pebbles
• White Acrylic Paint OR Painters Pens
• Marker Pen

What You Do:

• Wash your pebbles and allow to dry
• Paint an ‘O’ on four of them, and an ‘X’ on the other four.
• Use the marker pen to draw a board on the reverse of your Gift Bag!

* If you’d like a more colourful set – Vicky from our lovely Facebook group: Christmas Traditions & Magic has made these with white pebbles, and brightly coloured nail varnish.

Your might also like to read:

Christmas Stocking Filler & Present Ideas

Five Brilliant Homemade Stocking Fillers

Magical Glittery Nole Pole Coins

Magical moments for you and your child to share

Take your children on a magical journey with these unique, hand-drawn letters from two of the most magical places on earth … the North Pole and Fairyland.

Hide them among the bills and junk mail, lay them on the table first thing in the morning, stashed among the toys, or snuggled up in their bed. You choose where your children find the letters, to create a magical family tradition the kids will love!

Come and join us on Facebook, or find us over on Christmas Traditions & Magic For Children for all year round festive chat.

Emily x