How Do You Make A Sock Hand Puppet?
All of us have many extra socks that are missing partners. Instead of throwing them out, save them. Once you’ve amassed enough to make a sock hand puppet family, gather all those loose socks and spend the day with your kids turning the socks into fun hand puppets. You can use art supplies you have around the house, or get special stuff to help make your puppets unique. Either way, you’ll still end up with socks without partners, but at least now they’ll belong to each other in a beautiful new family. Have each kid pick the sock they want to use. It’s fun if you all decide to make a member of the family, or if they decide they want to make themselves in a puppet form. Break out the art supplies. Old fabric, markers, glue, pipecleaners, yarn, felt, cotton balls, buttons, snaps – pretty much anything can gussy up a sock puppet. On the foot of the sock, let the kids design the face of their puppet. They may want to try the sock on their hand to figure out where their thumb comes up to be t
