Playing with puppets can really get a child's imagination going. They love communicating with these funny little creatures by either speaking to them directly or speaking as the puppet.
Time taken for us to make it: 10 mins
Cost to me: No cost
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| Original 'Make a Sock Puppet' instructions |
- 2 x Children's socks (you can use adult socks but they can be too bulky for children's hands)
- Coloured felt tip pens
What we did:
To create the face of our sock puppets we pulled the socks onto our left hand and tucked the toes of the sock into our fist. With a felt tip pen we drew a face. The eyes were placed on the knuckles and lips where the sock folds into the fist.
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| Grab a sock |
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| Tuck the sock toes into your fist |
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| Draw a face onto the sock using a felt tip pen |
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| Meet Sebastian... |
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| and Simon! |
There you have it! Sock puppets... so easy!! Of course you could use buttons for eyes, add wool hair, even bows or earrings. You can spend as much time and care over it as you like. We kept it simple as that is what the original instructions stated, but we may make more elaborate ones in the future.
Amelie loved making these because of their simplicity. She loves playing with them even more. 'Simon' became a firm friend very quickly. She introduced him to her toys, played 'Pirates' with him and he even had his own plate at lunch!
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