Sock puppets appear in children's television series where they can be used alone on the puppeteer's hand, without a complex stage or show. Pro wrestler Mick Foley and his accomplice, Mr. Many schools teach children to make sock puppets, which the students use to stage a play or musical. The process of making sock puppets is popularly taught as a creative activity in elementary schools. They can be used in elaborate puppet shows or children's plays, much as marionettes would be. Sock puppets are often used for the education and entertainment of children. Buttons or googly eyes (obtained from craft or fabric stores) are used for the puppet's eyes. Streamers and felt strings might be glued on for hair. Additions can be glued on in order to give the sock a personality. Any sock may be used to create a puppet, but socks that are too tattered may fall apart during a performance, so they are usually bought new. Sock puppets can be made from socks or stockings of any color. Sock puppeteers may also stand in full view along with their puppets and hold conversations with them through using ventriloquism. Often, the puppeteer hides behind a stand and raises the hand above it so that only the puppet is visible. The sock is stretched out fully so that it is long enough to cover the puppeteer's wrist and part of the arm. The arrangement of the fingers forms the shape of a mouth, which is sometimes padded with a hard piece of felt, often with a tongue glued inside. The puppeteer wears the sock on a hand and lower arm as if it were a glove, with the puppet's mouth being formed by the region between the sock's heel and toe, and the puppeteer's thumb acting as the jaw. A sock puppet or sockpuppet is a puppet made from a sock or a similar garment.
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