Today was craft day today with my mom’s group. The theme was sock puppets. I don’t think Action Jackson was very interested in it after he colored on the sock. Maybe he will grow to really like his sock like he did with Mr. Pickles (his Muppet). He usually runs around the house though with socks on his hands, which is silly since more often than not they aren’t clean.
Supplies:
EVERYTHING IN YOUR CRAFT ROOM! No, seriously, anything and everything works to make sock puppets, but if you need a list here you go:
- Socks
- Pom-Poms
- Google eyes
- Fabric Markers
- Beads
- Pipe Cleaners
- Buttons
- Sewing Kit
- Felt
- Yarn
- Hot glue
As you can see from all of our mom’s we had a lot of items!
Step 1:
Choose your sock. Slide your hand into the sock so that your fingers are where you toes go. Open your hand at the toe of the sock and push the sock in to your palm. This will be making the mouth.
Step 2:
Cut your felt out to the color that you would like your mouth to be. We chose green, and later cut out just enough red for a tongue. Hot flue the felt in.
Step 3:
Decide what kind of eyes you want either the google eyes or if you want to sew on buttons. Mark and make your sock puppet see!
Step 4:
Design. Have fun with your puppets. Give it a nose, hair, scales, anything you can think of. Here is some inspiration!
Our lovely mom Elizabeth made a dragon for her little one.
She ended up adding her google eyes to the pom pom’s so that they stand up more!
Jackson’s and mine needs some help, but it was still fun making it
All of our socks!
No sock puppets are perfect. They are supposed to be silly and a lot of fun to make. It’s the memories made that are more important than a physical appearance.
I hope everyone has fun!
The Adventures of Action Jackson 