Money can become an issue with the holidays quickly approaching. Fear not, because for no more than $1 you can give a gift that will warm the hearts of your friends and family – or at very least, make ...

OSAGE — The old-fashioned, handcrafted sock monkey dolls made with the original Rockford Red Heel socks from Fox River Mills have become a favorite piece of “Americana” over the years. Now, the Osage ...

happy thought Sock Monkey Show is good medicine Riverwest's Flying Fish Gallery is currently featuring The Sock Monkey Show. Consequently, the small, sunny storefront is stocked with 170 sock monkeys ...

For Diera White, making sock monkeys for children at the Jackson Interfaith Shelter and Allegiance Health’s Pediatrics Unit felt good — but also hurt. “It’s easy,” said White, 16, a junior at Jackson ...

Sock monkeys may have been from our grandparents’ generation, but you can still introduce these endearing stuffed creatures to your kids’ generation by heading to Midway Museum’s Sock Monkey Madness ...

ROCKFORD — A long-time fun tradition returned to Midway Village Museum today. Sock Monkey Madness Day. The family event has been around for nearly 20 years. It's a day full of fun and games where ...

The Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove, Ill. About 35 miles northwest of Chicago, there's some serious monkey business happening. Open since 2022, the Sock Monkey Museum houses nearly 2,100 of the plush ...

Arlene Okun bought a cute stuffed monkey made out of a pair of socks at a gift store 16 years ago. That led to her seeking the plush primates on eBay and via flea markets, and eventually opening up a ...

Sock monkeys were hanging from the rafters Thursday at the Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove. They also were spilling out of barrels, hanging from decorative trees and tucked into innumerable nooks, ...

Students for Environmental Concerns and Circular Fashion Expo promoted sustainable creativity through a sock monkey workshop at the Siebel Center for Design at 5 p.m. on Thursday. Most materials, ...

Sitting at 14 inches tall and made up of more than 1,400 Lego pieces is a custom sock monkey creation that 20-year-old Nathan Lilliebridge of Lake in the Hills hopes to make into an official set sold ...

The tiny treasure in Long Grove, Ill., has nearly 2,100 of the snuggly stuffies Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She started at PEOPLE in 2008, leaving in 2025. Kate ...