Amy's Puppet Show

Amy has been asking me, over and over again, for the longest time to make sock puppets. I'm not sure where she got the idea, but it's one that she's stuck with. Although I love craft projects, for some reason I kept putting this one off. Yesterday, I finally gave in.

She was so cute, and everything was her idea. She was not to be stopped! We got out some old socks, a bunch of felt, scissors, Una's button bag and the glue gun. YES, the glue gun! Mine has a high or low temp setting, so I put in on the low. She did so great with it- not burning her fingers once! (although the temp IS really low, I'm not sure if you can even burn your fingers with the temp it was at)

I made one, showing her what to do.....

And then she went to work.

She decided the one I made was "me," so she made the rest of the family, including Tyler....

Dad. Mom. Amy. Will. Tyler

I love the shirt and pants on Lee- so inventive cutting out the separate pieces and gluing the together!

But oh no, she didn't stop there. She decided we needed a stage too. So she told me to 'find a really huge box and cut a hole in it." We seem to always have boxes, so that wasn't a problem. She added some buttons to the front and then decided to paint the whole thing- luckily we had paint!

She was so focused on this project. She worked on it for almost 2 hours, never deviating from her plan. When it was dry, and after dinner, she put on a puppet show for us. I have it on video... its really long- so I need to edit it, I'll post that as soon as I can.

This is when Will wanted to join her, don't let this fool you- she did NOT want Will in her "show."

This was such a great project for her and she did an incredible job! She was so focused and determined to finish everything to her own satisfaction. It was fun to watch her! (and I got to have an uninterrupted conversation with grandma- which is always nice! Oh, Will was napping while she did all of this. :)

Great Job Amy!!