Caterpillar Sock Puppets

• Cut out an oval mouth from a piece of colored felt (about the size of the sock foot). Glue the oval onto the toe end of the sock. Let it dry completely.
• Slip the sock onto your hand. Bend the oval in half to make a "talking" mouth.

Use felt scraps to cut out circles for the eyes. Glue them on the top of the foot of the puppet.

For each leg, glue two pom-poms of different colors together, and let dry. Then glue the legs onto the sock, as seen, and let them dry completely.

Here are some optional add-ons you can make for your caterpillar:

• Spots: Cut 4 pipe cleaners into about 20 short pieces. Roll each piece into a tight coil. Glue these on and let dry.
• Stripes: Cut out thin strips of colored felt and glue them in place.
• Antennae: You can use a single pipe cleaner or twist together two different colored pipe cleaners together, as shown. Bend the antennae into a V-shape and then flatten the "V" in the middle. Then glue them onto the puppet's head.