Muppets! I'm a child of the 80's and grew up watching the Muppets, Muppet Babies, Fraggle Rock... etc. That's why I was so excited when
Muppets Most Wanted came out! A movie that I can actually enjoy watching with my kids. (When do you ever get to watch Tina Fey with your kids?)
To celebrate, I decided that we should make our own sock puppets-- err I mean sock muppets! These Mini Muppets are adorable, and would make a great project to do with your kids.
To make your own Mini Muppets, grab your scissors, hot glue gun, stuffing, a needle and thread, craft supplies, and some fun ankle socks. I will admit that bought a brand new
high-temp hot glue gun for this project. It worked so much better than my old glue gun.
I will admit that I don't own brightly colored socks like these. I'm a white crew sock girl myself. I bought these new for this project for just a few dollars.
Snip off the ribbing and heel of the sock. You can make taller or smaller muppets based on how how far up the sock you make this cut.
Now stuff the sock. I used
Puff and Stuff, and I loved how easily the sock filled out with out being clumpy.
Now for the only sewing you'll have to do. Just make a large running stitch around the opening of the sock...
... and pull the thread tight to gather.
For a clean finish, push the ends back into the muppet.
Knot off your thread (you may have to pull the threads a little tighter after pushing in the excess fabric). You'll have a perfect muppet bottom.
Once you start-- it's hard to stop! I made all of these in about 15 minutes. With the middle, I didn't cut the sock at all, but instead gathered the top without pushing in the extra fabric. Get creative with it!
Now for the fun part. Gather all the pom poms, googly eyes and felt that you can find, and use your hot glue gun to decorate each muppet. For a baby safe puppet, use embroidery thread to embroider faces on the muppet.
When you are done you'll have a pair (or more) of adorable puppets to share with your kiddos.
Here is my tall puppet where I simply gathered the ribbing portion of the sock.
Get inspired!
Muppets Most Wanted is available on Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital HD August 12th at
Disney.com. You can keep up with the Muppets Most Wanted on social media:
This post was sponsored by Disney and Blueprint Social.
