Sock it to 'em

These were made for a stall at a Christmas fair to raise money for Disability Challengers and the National Autistic Society.

I called them 'shrunken sock-heads' and they were made with the left over toe ends from a lot of socks where I had used the long part to make long legs for other socklets. The toe end was stuffed and then gathered with a big button inside, which had a long piece of elastic tied through it already. Then  I cut the left over sock ends into dreadlocks and added the eyes.

The resulting creatures can be used like the bat and ball game where the elastic keeps the head springing back at you. They were great fun to hit unsuspecting family members with = ) and very popular with the customers!