About Marty's Sock Puppets

 

FUN FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES

Marty's hand-made sock puppets have found homes with thousands of families and folks.

Marty has decades of experience not only as a professional artist and writer, but as an early childhood teacher and theater-maker. His experience has taught him that puppets are magical tools for kids of all ages.

Puppets are amazing tools to explore:

Imagination  - Language Development  - Listening Skills 
Motor Skills  - Storytelling - FUN

USING YOUR PUPPET: 

  • Learn to use your new sock puppet friend in this simple video:
    https://youtu.be/32N0PJT0_rU
    • Your puppet has a little fluff glued into the top of its head and a hard cardboard mouth
    • The idea is that your hand slides around the hard cardboard mouth in order to move your puppet's mouth.
    • Your top four fingers slide below the fluff...
    • ...And your thumb perches under the lower jaw.
  • There is no wrong way to puppeteer - have fun exploring.

AGE RECOMMENDATIONS: 

  • We like to say it and we mean it, Marty's sock puppets are for cool kids of all ages.
  • Digging in, age is a tricky recommendation, and in many ways depends on the young person. 
  • We've seen young people as small as 2 put on a sock puppet and use it exactly as intended, or just find fun ways to ineract and explore.

  • But in general, kids 3-4 are where they can really start moving the mouth.
  • The important note is if kids have a game adult, then puppets work great to open up play with even younger infants and toddlers. 

PUPPET CONSTRUCTION

  • Each sock puppet is made from a nice, new, soft REAL sock
  • Each has a hard cardboard oval reinforcing the interior of the mouth for your hand to slip around as well as a ball of cotton fluff (puppet brains) attached inside the top of their head that your fingers slip beneath.
  • The rest is made with non-toxic EV foam, permaneant markers, and love. 
  • All making for a hopefully more 'puppet-y' experience that elevate the puppet to a 'hand puppet'.

MADE WITH LOVE AND CARE

  • Marty takes great pride and care in every piece he makes.
  • We truly want everyone who gets a puppet of ours to be happy and comfortable with it, and for it to last. 
  • While each puppet is quite sturdy, these sock puppets are not certified by any toy safety standards. Please play wisely.
  • Alas, they are hand wash only.
  • If you want your puppet to last, take good care of it. Build them a special home, or habitat.
  • Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

A BIGGER WORLD AND STORY

All of Marty's work comes from a bigger world and story called The 7 Layers of Space. Art, music, writing, and more, and you're a part of it all!

Sock Puppet City is one of those Layers, and you can learn all about it in Marty's first novel, Theodore & The 7 Layers of Space, Book 1: Brick & Bird.

Read it!


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