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Yikes! Stripes!

27 August 2007, 14:16

I wanted to make a few gifts to give to my niece and nephew while I was visiting in America, and a friend gave me the idea of making sock monkies out of really long knee socks. So when I was at Glastonbury I had a look around and picked up two striped pairs for the monkies, then stitched and stuffed them by hand over the course of two evenings (one spent in the A&E waiting room!). I added some button eyes and packed these guys in my suitcase…

The kids absolutely loved their monkies, though if anything they loved them a little too hard as some of the stitching came undone as they swung the living daylights out of them. Next time, I’ll forgoe the A&E time-wasting and just stitch them by machine instead…

So if you’ve got kids around ages 4 and 5 that need gifts, I must say, sock monkies certainly got two four thumbs up!

Tags: kids, recycled

Comments:

  1. I love them!!!


    — stacy    Aug 27, 02:49 PM    #

  2. How cool! I regret showing them to my 6 year old daughter though because now the child who thinks her mom can sew anything is desperate for a sock monkey ;o)


    — chanief    Aug 27, 04:20 PM    #

  3. Sure are 2 cute kids under those cute monkeys!


    — Mom    Aug 29, 01:19 AM    #

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