Things of Pinterest: Sock Animals

I've made things out of socks before, like elephants and cats and pigs and stuff.  And now you all know how to make a beanbag sock octopus, but what other sock animals are out there?  This is what Pinterest had to show me about it:

http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2010/05/sock-animal-rattle-tutorial.html

This is a sock bunny rattle.  And it has a little jingle bell in it.  And it has no buttons or anything so your baby can suck on it all they want and not even choke to death.

http://httpecho.deviantart.com/art/Horse-little-sock-doll-91916750

This horse is so little and cute I just want to squish it!  A sock animal made out of baby socks - a good idea for those mostest adorablest baby socks you just can't  let go.

http://www.thebooandtheboy.com/2009/12/new-stuff.html
http://www.etsy.com/shop/supersockmonkeys/

These came from an etsy shop that has lots and lots of really creative sock animals.  They are awesome.  And a half.  One full and a half of awesome.  (My favorite is the long nose one.

http://www.etsy.com/transaction/79259400

The sock elephant I made didn't look anything like this.  This is like the deep thinkers of cute elephants.  I made mine out of a fuzzy sock, and it didn't look like it used it's brain much.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/88495645/animal-tail-fox-pretend-soft-knitted-toy?ref=af_circ_favitem

How brilliant are sock tails?!  My kids would go crazy over these since they already pretend to be animals 80% of the day.


There are lots of sock animal tutorials out there plus lots of finished animals for sale.  Sock animals are the coolest because.  When I was a kid I had a doll made out of a sweat sock that I named Charlie.  His yellow yarn hair fell off, so I safety pinned it back to his head.  And then one summer my mom sold him in a yard sale for ten cents.  It was pretty devastating.

What about you, did you have a sock animal as a kid?

And remember, you can always check out our pins on pinterest if you want to see more stuff we like!