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how to make a sock puppet
 Evy
Wright, puppet designer and puppeteer for The Lady
from Sockholm, and co-owner of
Curious
Moon Puppet Theatre, shares instructions on how you
can make a sock puppet at home.
Supplies: |
A Sock (the thicker the
better)
Needle and Thread
Two Clothes Pins
Two Ping Pong Balls
Marker
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Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue Sticks
One Square of Black Felt
Yarn
Scissors |
Step One: Thread
the needle and tie thread in a knot. Put the sock
on your hand with your fingers in the toe and the
back of your wrist at the heel. With your hand in
the shape of the letter ‘C’, push the toe of the
sock between your fingers and thumb towards your
palm.
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Step Two: Mark
the cheeks with the clothes pinsand hold them in
place by stitching an ‘X’ into each cheek. Remove
the clothes pins.
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Step Three: Put the
sock back on your hand and mark where you want the
eyes to be with a marker. Remove the sock and hot
glue your ping pong balls onto the sock where you
marked it.
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Step Four: Cut two
small circles out of felt for the pupils of the
eyes. Hot glue these onto the ping pong balls.
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Step Five: Decide how
long you want the hair to be and cut strips of yarn
to the desired length. Line the strips up and tie
them in a knot in the center. Hot glue the hair
to the sock behind the eyes.
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| You have now completed a basic sock puppet. Feel
free to embellish your puppet with eyelashes, a costume,
jewelry, a tattoo…the sky’s the limit! |
FOOTNOTE: Children should not operate
a hot glue gun without adult supervision.
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