Sock Monkey Costume Sock Monkey Costume

Dress up as one of America’s most beloved stuffed animals
The Sock Monkey

You’ve seen him in commercials, bowling with his buddies, now you can be the famous Sock Monkey for Halloween!

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Sock monkey toddler_ ostumeWho can resist an adorable little sock monkey? No one, that’s who. Your little one will look super cuddly in this Sock Monkey infant costume. This one piece costume comes in a soft brown polyester material and includes boot covers and a detachable tail. The body suit has snap enclosures for easy diaper changing. It also features a cute knit hat with the depiction of the famous sock monkey face. This hat is so cute you’ll want your child to wear it all winter long.

The sock monkey toddler costume is perfect for your little monkey. It comes in three sizes so it will fit kids from 18 months old on up to 6T. The costume includes a one piece body suite with feet, tail, mits for the hands and a character hood that features the sock monkey face and ears on top. Your toddler will stay warm and cozy on a cool Halloween night while out trick or treating in this adorable costume.Zombie Sock Monkey Costume

Brains! BRAINS! Lock the doors! Board up the windows! The zombie sock monkeys are on the loose! This is a perfect costume for Halloween or any creepy party. This Zombie Sock Monkey Child’s costume comes with a one piece brown and tan jump suite with splatters of blood and the shoulder and down the front of the costume. It comes with a bandaged up tail and prominent, red stitches at the seems of the sleeves and legs. The head piece features a bandaged up head with blood dripping from one side. It’s eyes are crooked and X’d out to show that it is indeed the walking dead. What is usually a happy sock monkey smile has been replaced with gnashing sharp teeth. The head piece also comes with an adequately sized mesh opening for good viability on a night of trick or treating. Comes in sizes medium (7-8) and large (10-12). Your kid will look awesome in this unusual rendition of the Sock Monkey…or the zombie.

So, how where did the sock monkey come from? Back in the early 1800′s a stuffed animal craze hit the European countryside  and inevitably made its way to America  where it weaved its way into the arts and crafts  movement in the US. Moms were always looking for inexpensive ways to entertain their kids and for cheap toys for their children to play with. So, women began sewing sock monkeys as toys for their kids. It was a perfect invention and could be made from materials already at home. Every woman had needle and thread in those times as sewing  ones own clothes was as common as buying clothes at the store. And, socks are notorious for loosing their mates, so what do you do with a lonely sock, make a sock monkey.

Rockford, Illinois is considered the home of the Sock Monkey and since the year 2005, these stuffed animal toys have gained popularity. You’ll see them more and more in commercials, movies and on television. This popularity resulted in Rockford folks feeling the need to commemorate their little invention and have a Sock Monkey Madness Festival! This festival has become and annual event that takes place every year in spring (usually sometime in March). The festival attracts over 1,500 people every year and has been growing and growing in attendance each year. What happens at a Sock Monkey Madness Festival? Probably exactly what you’re thinking goes on at a festival like this. People bring their creations to show off, they sell them, they buy them, they make them, they talk about them, the sell materials to make them, they help the kids learn how to sew them, the put on a sock monkey pageant and they provide sock monkey repairs for those who have vintage collectible sock monkeys. Whew! That’s a lot of sock monkey business. So if you’re ever in Rockford in March, stop by and visit the festival….and don’t forget to wear your sock monkey costume.

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