This one is Salty Sam. He is my first sock puppet, made from a sock generously donated by my dad. I used an old wig for his hair (double stitched by hand. I'm rather good and hand stitching), googly eyes, and a ping-pong ball sewn on for his nose.



Old Mr. Riley, the other sock donated by my dad. He is my second sock puppet. I glued on cotton balls for his hair, more googly eyes, and a triangle cut from soft foam sheet.


This is Dirty Gurdie, my third sock puppet. She's not actually dirty, she's clean (I always launder the sock before I make a puppet. Don't want stinky feet puppets), but I think I shall redo her. Her eyes are, as usual, googly eyes. Her nose is a button from my first trench coat (a spare button), her hair is a rope sewn onto the top of her head. I made her tube-top out of a sock and stitched it to the puppet proper at the back. Her...eh...bosoms are cotton balls. She was made from a sock that I got while I was in the hospital for a while a couple of years ago.


This is Ferdinand the Dancing Skeleton, my first (and also, likely my last) marionette. I really underestimated the difficulty of stringing. All I can really get him to do is tap dance. I also call him "Ferdinand the Hot Mess". You can't see it too well in the picture, but his string control is square.

Don't mean to bump, but this is my newest puppet. I don't have a name for her, yet. I'm calling her "Science puppet" for now. As the name would suggest, she discusses science (to be specific, she favors parasitology and entomology).