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Patricia Coffie Patricia Coffie said...
Sock puppets are not limited to moving mouths. They can shimmy, they can shake, they can bend at the neck (wrist) and again at the ??? (elbow). They can move their heads, they can carry things, they can jump and hop and swim and dance. They can roll over or stand up. They can be startled or soothed and show that physically. I have two that have delighted audiences and me for more than 30 years--sock puppets last! If you build them right, they can be washed and even little babies can play safely with them. Please give the good old sock puppet its proper due!

Last time I counted, I had more than 300 puppets (lots of kinds) and more than 30 years in the puppet playing.

Pat
comment posted on  31st January 2008 at 06:59  permalink image  Permalink
You're right Pat, they can do a lot more than what I described here. I've not used sock puppets much, and that probably shows through in what I wrote; I do think though that for the general public, sock puppets are stereotyped... perhaps people should check out my 'how to make a sock puppet' tutorial on the site, which actually experiments with a non-traditional building method.

Perhaps in the future I can come back and rewrite the post with a little more info than I've given here.
comment posted on  31st January 2008 at 18:37  permalink image  Permalink
And I have now updated the article with slightly changed info.
comment posted on  22nd August 2010 at 19:09  permalink image  Permalink
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