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    Create Bake Make / Christmas / How to Make a Santa Sack

    How to Make a Santa Sack

    Published: Nov 10, 2015 by Lauren Matheson ·

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    When we were kids my sister and I used to share a bed every Christmas Eve and take turns listening out for Santa coming and checking the Christmas tree.  We both had a Santa Sack that we would carefully lay out under the tree each year and we would become so excited to see it overflowing with presents on Christmas morning.  Now that the boys are a little older and beginning to understand Christmas a little more, I wanted to make them each a Santa Sack of their very own.

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    Ok, so before anyone says it, I know the print of the Santa Sack pictured above is upside down, mistakes like this happen when you are trying to sew with two energetic (and cranky) kids running around.  I guess I could have unpicked it and started again, but it was a stinking hot day and having a swim in the pool was a much more appealing option and the boys were both happy with the ones I made, quickly claiming their own.

    How to make a santa sack 1

    I used my sewing machine to put this together, however there really isn’t a lot of sewing to it and I think you could easily hand stitch it if you preferred.

    How to Make a Santa Sack

    You will need:

    1.5 metres of your favourite Christmas fabric

    1.2 metres of cord/ribbon

    Cotton Thread

    Scissors

    Pins

    A safety pin

    How to make a santa sack 2

    1. Fold the top of your fabric over approximately 3 cm and pin.  You want to fold the fabric onto the wrong side of the material as you are creating the casing for the cord.  Sew along the bottom of this fold.

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    2. Fold your fabric in half lengthways so that the back of the fabric is facing you (you Santa Sack is inside out) and pin around the two open edges to help keep them together when sewing.  Starting from just below the cord casing you have already sewn, sew along the two open sides of your Santa Sack.

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    3.  Turn your Santa Sack the right way and pin a safety pin in one end of your cord and work it through the casing at the top of the Santa Sack. Once it comes out the other end, place a small knot in the two pieces of cord.

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    And that’s it!

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    This is a REALLY basic and easy Santa Sack pattern, but for something that’ only going to be used once a year why make things harder than you have to – after all, as long as the kids love it, what more can you ask for?

    How to make a santa sack

    Did you have any fun Christmas traditions when you were growing up?

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    1. Colleen Darlington

      November 25, 2022 at 3:51 am

      Hi there
      I want to make your Santa Sacks as they look perfect for my 2 children, 18 & 25 years. ( never too old for Christmas!) and 2 sacks for my twin grandsons.
      Could you please clarify how much fabric I will need per sack? Your guidance says 1.5 metres long but no measurement for the width.

      Reply
    2. Judy Wissam

      November 25, 2018 at 10:19 pm

      Thank you for Santa Sack pattern.
      I used 90cm Santa panel and red star material for the back.
      It is huge but totally ok for my grand daughter 1st xmas. She will be spoiled
      Plus my daughters cats wont be able to get to the wrapped presents inside sack.

      Reply
    3. Julie @ Off to the park

      November 12, 2015 at 1:30 pm

      The sacks are very cute! I remember my brothers & I having plastic santa sacks (more like a large garbage type bag with a pretty Christmas pattern on it) growing up which Mum left on the end of our beds then filled with little presents from Santa. I remember being very excited when one year when I received a Mickey Mouse tape!! 🙂

      Reply
    4. mummywifeme

      November 10, 2015 at 9:24 pm

      These look so cute, Lauren. I love your little helper too. Very cute.

      Reply
    5. Nicole @ The Builder's Wife

      November 10, 2015 at 2:29 pm

      What a lovely memory of your childhood. These look so easy to make, you may have just convinced me to try these for next year. xx

      Reply
      • Lauren

        November 10, 2015 at 6:54 pm

        Thanks Nicole, you really should try them – so easy!

        Reply
    6. Jody at Six Litle Hearts

      November 10, 2015 at 7:24 am

      This is so cute!
      I have made all of my kids’ Santa Sacks and they love them. I made absolutely huge ones (around a third the size of a single bed cover!). Thinking back, I should have made them smaller as now the kids expect them to be filled with stuff and that can be expensive!

      Reply
      • Lauren

        November 10, 2015 at 6:53 pm

        That’s huge Jody, it’s a big ask to fill that full of presents!

        Reply

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