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These were made out of those socks that had red toes . The toes made for a mouth , Faces were embroidered and then dressed to go out . Vintage 5o,s toy . Many children loved their sock monkeys in the day and keep them well preserved for us .
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cute!!!!
Thank you Bellin he was feeling rather sad no one liked him :-)
Oh! My mom was looking for the pattern for these 'sock monkeys' early in Dec! I think she finally found on, my aunt had an old one! I bet a couple of the new grandkids are looking to get a favorite drag around washable toy! This one is fancier than the one's I've seen, clothes and all!
Thank you oldhippie ! These were fun monkeys from old socks and they often were dressed in clothes . I love them too ! hope your Mom make some that you post :-)
Hey Manikin, I sure hope that she does and I will sure post them here! She was excited to find them and at 82 yrs of age, I was excited that she got excited about it! Such memories!