Mummy Sock Puppets

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Oct 12, 2023

A woman wraps twine around a sock on her arm to create a mummy sock puppet.
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BOO! It's Spooky Season, and we're celebrating with DIY mummy sock puppets!

Mummies aren't just a great costume for Halloween night. Mummification was a 70-day process of preserving the bodies of pharaohs, members of nobility, and even animals. This process has allowed us to know what these great individuals looked like 3,000 years ago and to understand the preservation of human bodies.

Research shows that Egyptians began the processes of mummification around 2600 BCE. This practice endured for well over 2,000 years, continuing into the Roman Period. However, the quality of mummification someone received was dependent upon the price paid. Pharaohs such as Tutankhamen and others were prepared with the utmost attention to detail, laid to rest with treasured items.

Learn to make your own Mummy Sock Puppet!

Want to try your hand at making your own mummy sock puppet? This is a fun and easy activity you can do right at home! 

Materials

  • Sock
  • Fabric Markers
  • Buttons
  • Yarn
  • Thread
  • Sewing Needles
Materials needed to make sock puppets, including a sock, scissors, sewing needles and various threads.

Step 1: 

Gather materials. 

 

Step 2: 

Use the fabric marker to mark where you want to sew the button eyes.

A woman draws eyes on a sock puppet using a fabric marker.

Step 3: 

Thread the needle and sew on both buttons.

Step 4: 

Either sew on yarn accessories or wrap your sock puppet in yarn to mimic a mummy's wrappings. Make sure you don't wrap too tight so you can remove your hand from the sock puppet!

a man sews buttons onto a sock puppet
a woman wraps yarn around a sock puppet

Step 5: 

Tie off thread/yarn loose ends and enjoy your sock puppet!

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