A Dragon Sock Puppet For The Chinese New Year
An easy to make dragon sock puppet to make
Yield: 1 puppet
Cost: $5
Materials
- Sock - I found a mismatched sock with colorful stripes that I thought was perfect. A polka-dot sock would be really fun too
- Googly Eyes - large in size
- Foam Paper - any color to use for the mouth and forked tongue
- White foam paper - for the teeth
- Stiff felt or foam paper for the spikes
- Glue - You can use fabric glue or a tacky craft glue that you like
- Felt Sheets or Foam Sheets - Red and yellow for the fire coming out of the mouth
- Large Pom-Poms - to go behind the eyes
- Felt Paper - cut into teardrop-shaped for fun eye embellishments
- Small pom-poms - for the nose
Instructions
- Cut an oval that is about 3 inches long for the mouth out of foam paper
- Cut white teeth to go on the front and back of the mouth
- Glue both on the underside of the sock so you have a mouth with teeth at the front and the back
- Cut stiff felt, felt or foam paper to make the spikes going down the dragons back and glue it to the top of the sock going down the middle
- For the eyes, glue the googly eyes to the front of the large pom-poms and glue those to the top of the sock where the toes would go
- Add the two smaller pom-poms in front of the eyes as nostrils
- Glue the tear-drop pieces of felt to the back of the eyes so the pointed ends peak over the eyes
- Make fire for the mouth out of your felt and foam. I made it look like a forked tongue, but you can add more cuts to make for flames. Use red as the base and make a smaller yellow to layer on top