How Do You Cut Out Ears On Sock Puppets?
Sock monkey puppets are old-fashioned toys that have recently enjoyed a renewed popularity. These are crafts you can make with your children. Your kids will learn skills such as cutting, measuring and hand sewing. Learn how to design and cut out the ears for your sock monkey puppet. Fold a piece of sock material in half lengthwise with the fold facing you. If your sock fabric curls up too much, use straight pins to hold the fabric out flat. Use any part of a sock for the ears, though the tube portion of a sock works best. Decide how large you want your sock monkey puppet’s ears to be. Small ears are cute while large ears are comical. Be creative. You can make your sock monkey look any way you want. Use a fabric pen, a marker or a piece of chalk to trace two capital “D” shapes onto your sock fabric. Make them the size that you envision for the ears. The fold of the fabric (which should be facing you) forms the straight back of the capital Ds. These shapes become the sock monkey puppet’s
