Print out the handy checklist to keep track of which craft activities you have done. You don't need to do them in order, just have fun doing them together.

Kathleen Packlick regularly hosts sock-creature gatherings for fellow artists at her West End Gallery. They arrive, socks in hand, for a night of free-form sock-puppet making.

Any other ideas or suggestions? Meanwhile, if you want to buy a talking sock-puppet toy or other puppet product from Pets.com, the clock is ticking fast.