St nicholas shoe craft

Create this wooden shoe craft with your kids to celebrate holidays around the world and St. Nicholas Day in the Netherlands.

Many Catholic children around the world celebrate Saint Nicholas day! In the story of St. Nicholas, it is said that there were three poor girls that could not get married because they had no dowry,

How goofy are paper shoes? But when I checked the stat thing for my blog the other day, I noticed that lots of people have been coming here looking for directions and a template for making them for St. Nicholas Day, which is coming up fast on December 6th. I felt kind of bad because I don't have anything like that on here. And then, probably because I've been busy making little bunny slippers for my Mimi doll, I realized I could figure out how to make some, so I did. These ones are just the…

Shoe for Saint Nicholas (without text) crafts 8671. Crafts and arts for children. craft ideas - teaching materials.

Saint Nicholas Day is Friday and I have a tradition of giving small stockings to some children in my neighborhood every year. This year I decided to make paper stockings (mostly because I had all the supplies on hand) but this would make a fun lacing craft for younger children. First trace a stocking shape out on red construction paper or card stock ( I free handed this stocking, but there are several templates on google). Then cut out two stockings (this way when you are done you will have…

Have you ever seen a family puttting wooden shoes out in December as a Christmas decoration? This old European custom still has a large following all over the world! But many people don’t have wooden shoes to put out, in hopes of St. Nicholas leaving them treats! What to do? Make your own wooden shoes! […]

It's St.Nicholas eve tomorrow! These paper craft shoes are a great activity to make ready for the children to place outside bedroom doors with an offering of a carrot or hay for St.Nicholas's white horse or donkey. On the 6th of December, make sure a simple treat appears tucked inside the shoe. St.Nicholas Centre- Discovering the truth about Santa Claus has a whole host of ideas on how to celebrate this day at home, it's a great way to bring fun and festivity into the early days of Advent!

Everything about St Nicholas: stories, customs, crafts & more.

Everything about St Nicholas: stories, customs, crafts & more.

Friday is St. Nicholas' feast day. When children leave their shoes out the night before, St. Nick will stop by and fill them with treats. He leaves children treats at Alfredo's school too. The children usually leave their shoes lined up in the hallway but last year St. Nick's helpers were caught red-handed. This year, I helped St. Nick by making paper shoes. Look how sweet they turned out: I adapted this pattern by adding a shoe tongue and real ribbon laces. Then I printed the template onto…