So far behind! Socktopus

Yikes I've been so busy doing stuff I've found from Pintrest, I haven't blogged about a single one! So here I am playing catch up. For my first project, I did a Socktopus. I swear I saw the idea on Pintrest, but since searching for it I haven't located anything. I do apologize I don't have pictures of the actual project in progress, but it's very simple!

I found some cheap holiday socks that had cute designs on them. You could use any sock, I just choose holiday since I was giving them away as Christmas goodies. :)

Stuff the toe of the sock with poly fill. When I originally saw the post it said paper sacks. I thought that might be noisy...so I debated on rice. Then I thought that might stink. So to be kid friendly, I went with poly fill. Very cheap stuff and you get a TON. You can make the head as big as you like really. There's no right or wrong here!

Next take a rubber band to tie off the head. You want it tight so there's no insides falling out! How awful would that be!

Now you're ready to cut the socktopus' legs. I just went straight up making 2 legs at a time that way they where even. I hope that makes sense. You can make as many legs as you'd like! I then cut the end of the socks off (the part that holds to your leg) to make the socktopus' legs curl up a bit.

I added big googly eyes on the head, and I thought it was cute to place them just above the seam where your toes would be to make it look like a face. I hot glued those on, and then hot glued ribbon around the rubber band to ensure it's sealed off and to make it cute.

Ta-Da! The kids loved these things!