How to Make a Doll From a Pair of Socks

Use funky socks for a funky doll.

Dolls come in all shapes, sizes and styles, and some of the cutest and simplest can be created from a pair of socks. Making a doll from socks not only puts the socks to additional use, but you will also wow all your friends when they see how clever you are. Just darn any holes in the socks before you begin, unless you want your doll to look beat-up or injured.

Things You'll Need

• Pair of Socks
• Scissors
• Stuffing Material
• Needle and Thread
• Buttons
• Yarn
• String
• Craft Glue

Instructions

1. Prepare your socks. Wash and dry the socks. Set one sock aside for later use. Stuff the other sock with pillow foam, pillow stuffing or another soft, pliable material. Tie off the bottom of the stuffed sock with a knotted string.

2. Make the doll clothes. Take the sock you put aside and cut a tube off the top, about 3 inches down from the top elastic. This is your doll's skirt. Place it around your stuffed sock and stitch into place by hand with a needle and thread. Cut the toe area off the loose sock and use the remaining tube as your doll's shirt. Fit it over the toe-area head of the stuffed sock and stitch into place.

3. Make the doll's hat. Take the cut-off toe area of the loose sock and glue strands of yarn coming down around the rim. Allow to dry. Place the cut toe area on the stuffed sock's tip for the doll hat. Stitch into place.

4. Hook up the doll's face. Sew two buttons right below the hat for the doll's eyes. Make an "x" stitch with a darker thread for her nose, placed below and between the eyes. Glue on a piece of yard below the nose for her mouth.

5. Add any extras. Jazz up your doll by gluing or hand stitching on patches, additional buttons on her clothing, feathers or other novelties.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't let your dog play with sock doll. He'll just wreck it.