• Introduction
• ABCD Fin Sock-Puppets

ABCD Fin Sock-Puppets

Students will use ABCD Sock-Puppets to act out ways to solve conflicts. These puppets can be used all year to practice different ways to solve conflicts. This sock-puppet is of an orca whale (Fin), but feel free to be creative and use different décor to make any creature you’d like.

MATERIALS:

• Large black socks – the bigger, the better (1 per student)
• White & black felt/fabric
• Black fabric tracers (provided)
• White fabric tracers (provided)
• Red felt fabric
• Bristol board
• Scissors
• White glue
• Googly eyes (2 per student)
• Needle & thread or glue gun

TEACHER PREPARATION:

• Cut enough 4 x 4 inch circles out of the Bristol board for each student
• Cut enough sets of black and white fabric for each student

STEP BY STEP:

Step One: Students fold their circle in half.

Step Two: Students apply glue all the way around the edges of the circle and push it into the end of the sock. Trim circle smaller if necessary.

• Make sure it’s stuck to the toe-end of the sock. Let dry.

Step Three: Students glue the white fabric onto their sock:

• Long narrow piece (A) goes onto the underside/belly of the whale
• Round piece (B) goes under the mouth/chin area
• Two small ovals (C) go on the side of the face/eye area

Step Four: Students glue the black fabric pieces onto their sock:

• Glue each pair of flippers (D) together, making two thick flippers. Leave the wide ends apart. Let dry.
• Glue the two pieces of fin (E) together, making one thick fin. Leave the wide ends apart. Let dry.
• Once the flippers are dry, separate the wide ends, and glue them to the sides of the sock.
• Once the fin is dry, separate the wide ends, and glue it to the top, middle section of the sock.
• Glue the tale (F) on the top, back of the sock.

Step Five: Student cut a thin strip of red fabric (tongue) and glue inside the mouth.

Step Six: Teacher sews or glue guns the googly eyes onto the head.

END PRODUCT:

A Fin Sock-Puppet that can be used to practice problem solving. They can be stored in a large basket in Fin’s Peaceful Place so that students can role play or practice using the puppets to solve problems.

Intro - Fin Tracer

White Fabric Tracer-1

Black Fabric Tracer-1

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