Who doesn’t have a matchless sock hanging around the laundry pile? Sock puppets are easy to make and a ton of fun to play with this is a great way to inspire creativity and use those lone socks!
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What you’ll need to make a sock puppet:
- A sock – the more colorful the better!
- Stuffing – or a few cotton balls
- Buttons
- Yarn
- Felt
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What we did was stuff the stuffing into the heel of the sock to create some “puppet ears”.
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For the eyes we cut our circles of felt, then used the button in the center to mimic the “pupil”. My kids like how googley the eyes seem. I am a bit concerned that my one year old might chew on the buttons though. If you have little ones, just use an alternate color of felt to make the eye “center”.
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To make the hair we wrapped the yarn around our fingers and then attached one side of the loops to the puppet, right behind the ears.
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and viola! You’re done! Ours took under 15 min to make. Hopefully you’ll enjoy them for weeks as my kids have!
Don’t want to make a silly puppet? Evgie inspired this little sock, they have quite a few adorable puppets!
About Rachel
ohh my gosh. My mom did this with me when I was little. His name was Jake the Snake! I loved him so much, and it was so simple, just a sock.
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Hi Rach!
I love this idea and I DO HAVE an old pair of socks in my treasure chest!
hey thanks for the idea,i loved it .well i even have a bunch of old socks maybe i will try once and gift it to my friend her bdays coming up.thanks again.
I love this quirky puppet. My girls are always telling me they want to make sock puppets, but this is way cuter than ones we have done. I love the hair!