DIY stuffed monkey

Another day, another do-it-yourself project! This time around, A Beautiful Mess got me rummaging through my stuff trying to find old (but clean!) socks to make a stuffed animal. I was dangerously close to opening my dad's sock drawer, but luckily for him, I was able to find some of my own to tear and sew up.

When handling the two socks, keep one for the body, and the other for the face and other features. An error on my part was to use ankle length socks, and I found myself short on cloth (which compelled me to use a third sock to compensate.) So, it is best to use long ones.

Stitch the opposite side of the sock pieces, so that you can turn them around to get smooth, almost cylindrical structures which can then be filled with cotton till they are full. Once the different parts are prepared, stitch them together! The face was done in a similar manner. The ears were prepared before stitching them on. The nose is the heel section of one of the socks. I stitched a part of it on, then stuffed it with cotton and completed the stitching. I contemplated using buttons for the eyes, but I didn't have any bright blue ones. So I figured color trumped product and went with cloth instead. Once he was done, I felt bad for the little guy and made him some pajamas too. I named him Rufus, and these days one would find him lazing around the tv room.

Look at him watching himself watch television! Such a jobless fellow he is.