The Stupendous Socktopus

Put those outgrown tights to groovy use!

Posted by Confessions of a Refashionista

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Create a hilarious under sea buddy out of your kiddo’s outgrown tights in less than an hour with my lightning quick tutorial...

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • 4 Tights
  • Stuffing
  • Embellishments

Steps (11 steps, 90 minutes)

  1. 1

    Grab 4 funky pairs of outgrown munchkin tights & some bits to create a face

  2. 2

    select one pair for the “main body” & chop the legs off of the remaining tights

  3. 3

    cut 6 holes in an even-ish pattern around the body area

  4. 4

    decide which legs should go where

  5. 5

    flip the body-tights inside out & pop the legs into the holes right sides facing & raw edges lined up

  6. 6

    stitch them all together

  7. 7

    turn right side out

  8. 8

    add a face

  9. 9

    stuff

  10. 10

    stitch the top of the head closed & add a cute embellishment if desired

  11. 11

    present the snuggly huggly socktopus to its new owner & let the squeezing commence!