Think beyond the classic sock monkey and turn old stray socks into cute and creative afternoon crafts that the kids will love. Every family has a growing pile of socks that either the kids have ...

Kim Carter makes and sells sock monkeys and gives the proceeds to ... Each box costs $25 and contains crafts and activities for the children to make, Devine said. Because this region is bursting ...

Some muses come and go, but for photographer, author and crafts ... sock-monkey sewing instructions with the red-heeled socks they sold,” she said. “People crafted them for their kids for ...

At this family festival, kids can try their hand at age-appropriate sock monkey crafts or enter their sock monkey in the Ms./Mr. Sockford 2009 Sock Monkey Pageant. A 7-foot sock monkey will be on ...

The Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove ... 80-year-olds having their birthday parties here. It's not just for kids." The inside is covered in the creatures: they ride a Ferris wheel, hang from ...

Mrs Draper buys the socks and turns them into sock monkeys. She then donates them back ... making them up helps McHappy Day kids, as well as kids overseas for the Christmas appeal.” ...

Consequently, the small, sunny storefront is stocked with 170 sock monkeys made by 104 different crafts people, ranging from a great-grandmother to a Hollywood set designer. Riverwest's Flying ...

Colony Bend Elementary Students donate "Sock Monkeys" Students at Colony Bend Elementary School created "sock monkeys" to donate to area children's homes. Each "sock monkey" is personalized and ...

Years later, artists around the nation took this concept a step further, creating dolls to bring joy to the faces of kids. For almost a century, the sock monkey has been a symbol to many ...

ROCKFORD — What a joyride it’s been the past year for the nostalgic sock monkey. The cuddly doll that Rockford claims as its own creation has traveled national airwaves with a teddy bear ...

has nearly 2,100 of the snuggly stuffies Kate Hogan About 35 miles northwest of Chicago, there's some serious monkey business happening. Open since 2022, the Sock Monkey Museum houses nearly ...