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Giraffe Sock Puppets

August 14, 2015
by Rebecca Bender
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We made giraffe sock puppets! Pretty good use of a yellow sock, if you ask me.

GiraffeSock_4

Materials:

  • Cotton Socks (I actually dyed them yellow, using dye from the fabric store. NOTE: socks must be mostly cotton to take the dye)
  • Felt (brown and yellow)
  • Acrylic craft paint (brown) and paint brush
  • Googly eyes
  • Scissors and hot glue to assemble

Method:

1. Cut out long strips of brown felt (about two-thirds the length of your sock) and snip along one side to create a fringe. This will be the mane. You’ll find making two per sock puppet is easier to glue on. If you want a thicker mane, sandwich a third strip of fringed felt between the two that will attach to the sock.

2. Cut out ears and eye lids from yellow felt.

3. Stretch sock over a water bottle so it’s easier to work with. Paint on spots.

4. Once spots are dry, glue on mane, ears, eyes, and eye lids. Hint: pinch the ears together at the bottom when gluing, to help them stand erect.

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