All week I’ve been busy making sock monkeys for kids in Texas. Craft Hope puts together these projects for kids periodically. I’m not that great at sewing so I haven’t yet participated, but this project looked easy enough, and they have tutorials on their site. We found some cute socks at Target and gave it a try.
I made a couple monkeys that I tested out on my own monkeys first (actually, they hijacked them), but it helped me realize my first ones were not strong enough to survive the abuse that kids will put on toys 
After re-attaching some limbs we were back in business!
You know that last picture is my fave – crafting with Mom! You are missing a fur baby on the other side, though…maybe dogs are banned fromt he craft room? The sock monkeys are awesome. If you need stronger thread, look for “button and carpet” thread. Fray check or craft glue is also good for putting on knots.