Seasonal Stockings

Keep your children engaged as the Christmas season draws closer with this festive DT scheme of work for Year 3/4! Children will develop and use their knowledge of, and skills in, a variety of sewing techniques for joining and decorating fabric in order to design and make their very own Christmas stocking!

This downloadable series of lessons includes detailed lesson plans, slideshow presentations and printable teaching resources.

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Existing Products

In this first lesson, children find out where the tradition of the Christmas stocking is thought to have come from. Before looking at any examples, children are encouraged to think about what we would expect a Christmas stocking to look like. They learn about the importance of both functionality and visual appeal, and discuss which they think is the most important for this type of product. In their independent activities, children analyse a variety of stockings in more detail.

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Exploring Stitches

Children learn how to join two pieces of fabric together in this skills-based lesson. They look at examples of different stitches, and learn how to secure their first and last stitch with a hidden knot. In their independent activities, children explore which stitch they think will be the most suitable for a Christmas stocking. Alternatively, they are encouraged to investigate the statement, “Longer stitches will create a stronger, more secure join than shorter stitches.”

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Decorating Fabric

How can we make a Christmas stocking visually appealing? In this lesson, children first discuss the different ways in which sewing skills can be used to make Christmas stockings attractive, and compare and contrast different examples. They then explore how embellishments and the skills of embroidery and appliqué can be used to decorate fabric in the independent activity.

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Design Time!

To begin the lesson, children discuss the importance of design criteria. They choose a user for their product, and tailor the design criteria to suit this person’s likes and dislikes. Children are then encouraged to discuss what joining stitches and decorative techniques they are going to use, before carefully planning and designing their Christmas stocking. In the alternative activity, children can design festive bunting for their classroom.

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Creating your Product

In this lesson, children use their knowledge of joining techniques and decorative sewing skills to make their Christmas stockings according to their plans and design criteria. They will be reminded that, if necessary, they can make changes to their design to improve the overall finished product for the user.

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Evaluation

In this final lesson, children understand the importance of evaluating a finished product against the design criteria. In their independent activities, they evaluate their own completed Christmas stocking by answering and asking questions. In the alternative activity, children go on a hunt around the classroom and ‘spot’ the various sewing skills used by others. As a class they then discuss how successful each example is.

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