He Started off as a Pair of Socks

April 28, 2009

Today we read many library books. One of those books was

Once you have been attacked by a monkey, you tend to shy away from them…even the sock monkey types. I picked up this library book anyway. The girls were fascinated when I told them that the monkeys were made out of socks.

We decided to make our own sock animal. They were not interested in making a monkey. Good thing since I was not making one.

They first considered an elephant, but ended up settling on a dog. Since Madison is such a doggie lover, I was not surprised.

So we all went upstairs and looked in my sock drawer.

We found these.

I also realized that I have more socks with penguins on them than I should admit. I wear flip flops 99% of the year, so I did not mind giving up a pair of socks for this project.

I found some instructions online and used them as a general guideline, but winged my way through most of it.

I got out some yellow thread and we got busy making him. Or her. That is still a debate. Katelyn says it is a girl. Emily swears it is a boy and Madison is just happy to have another puppy around. I guess we will have to come up with a gender neutral name tomorrow for it.

Here is our puppy.

The girls went to bed before he was finished, so I can’t wait to show them in the morning. He/she didn’t have a face or a tail when they last saw him.

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