Sock Lambs

John and I are trying to teach our Sunday School kids about sacrifice and covenants, and yesterday, we made lambs out of socks. I invented these in a desperate attempt to get the kids interested in the lesson and keep them focused for a stretch of more than 30 seconds, and I think it worked. Plus, they had evidence to take home to their parents that we really are trying to teach something. If you want to try this, just follow these handy pictorial instructions (is pictorial a word? If not, I have invented two things this week - sock lambs and pictorial):

Materials (per lamb):
White sock
5 cotton balls
2 googly eyes
2 rubber bands
1 sheet of red tissue paper (the blood)
Black permanent marker
Glue gun

Step 1: Get your sock.

Step 2: Wad up a ball of red tissue paper to make the head.

Step 3: Put the paper in the sock and use a rubber band to "seal" the head.

 

Step 4: Wad up the rest of the tissue paper to make the body. Stuff it in the sock and seal it with a rubber band.

Step 5: Glue 4 of the cotton balls on the body to make the legs/feet.

Step 6: Glue on two googly eyes.

Step 7: Tear off two small pieces of the last cotton ball to form the ears.

Step 8: Glue the ears on the head.

Step 9: Draw a nose using a black permanent marker.

Step 10: Watch in admiration as your children solemnly absorb the concept of the sacrificial lamb.