It’s not easy to getting kids to keep the house clean. Get started early with an easy task like dusting with these fun dust-eating sock puppets.

Kids How to create a no-sew sock puppet Give your child a mismatched sock, some glue, and a variety of supplies and watch their creativity and imagination soar.

Good to know: This is a simple sock puppet, but your child can create an infinite number of puppets using different supplies. You can help your child make a monster, giraffe, cat, doll, dragon ...

Puppet shows are the cornerstone of imaginative play for small children. Using puppets allows kids to express all kinds of alter egos.

How playing with a sock puppet is great fun for children and can also help build their speaking skills as you use the characters to tell all sorts of imaginative stories.

Evie has made a sock puppet that looks just like Bluey. Take a look and find out how to make your very own Bluey sock puppet.

Sue Randleman, Kurth Memorial Library director, shows women at Bucker Family Center how to make sock puppets to help tell stories to their children.