Sock Puppets
July 23, 2007 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Arts and Crafts, General Play Library Goodies, Toy Creations
After looking at different lists and posts last week about daytime activities, I thought it would be fun to try sock puppets with the kids. We have all kinds of scraps and bits and pieces to use in a throw-together craft project. And besides, I had a pair of socks that were really uncomfortable to wear!
Here are the supplies we had:
socks
scraps of yarn
fabric markers
scissors
google eyes
glue
ribbon
little colored pompons
We started by cutting two slits into the tops of the socks. The hair was then made by putting through pieces of yarn and tying them in knots at the top. I figured the hair would stay better this way than it would if we glued it, but we also wouldn’t have to get out the needle and thread.
The kids got to draw on their own mouths with the markers. The older kids 
used googly eyes (though we only had three big ones left, so my daughter’s is “Sally the first ever nice Cyclops”). They then used the pompons for noses and tails. The youngest just got help drawing on the eyes and nose for his puppet.
We tried gluing on the eyes and pompons for the others, but we’re having a bit of trouble keeping them attached. I think we may have to try a bit of super glue (with some kind of barrier placed in the sock so that we don’t end up gluing the sock closed!). If that doesn’t work, we may have to fall back on the old needle and thread!
What are your sock puppet tips and ideas?
Here are ours from ages ago….
Hsien’s Sock Puppets
Those were cute! Do you play with them, still?
Nope. Don’t have a clue where they are now! haha
BTW, we made Transformers paper puppets on a stick (straw) this past week.