An old sock can become a brilliant Christmas stocking with a bit of imagination. With the help of your toddler, sellotape some tinsel onto the top, and decorate with Christmas stars. If you’ve got cotton wool balls in the house, you could make them into snowballs and glue them on.

While you’re decorating your stocking, talk about Santa, and all the presents he brings to little boys and girls – as long as they’re good!

You could even put a photo of your wee one on it so that Santa knows whose stocking it is! Merry Christmas from everyone at playtalkread!