Marty Allen

How To Use Your New Sock Puppet Friend! Hi! Here is a video from my YouTube (YouTube.com/sockpuppetcity) that very quickly explains how to use your new sock puppet friend. We’ve been sharing puppets with lots of new folks this season, and I want to make sure everyone feels comfortable and confident using theirs! I hope to add more simple tutorials and fun videos down the long road. Please reach out if you ever have any questions about anything ever, but in particular about sock puppets and their portraits. For now thanks so much to all of our new friends and all of your amazing support! #puppets #puppetsofinstagram #sockpuppets #sockpuppetcity #martystuff #tutorial #howto

Sock Puppet City is open for business at the Seaport Snowport in Boston! Huzzah! We are at Booth 5, just a couple booths down from last year right on the corner! M-Thurs, 3-8 Fri-Sat, 11-9 Sun, 11-8 Hours extend on 12/8 We are so grateful for all the support in getting here! The indispensable Joe DeGeorge (@dolphindegeorge )helping build our booth, incredible old friend Christian the Hebear Hebert with a Dan Fencer assist on the holiday desk construction, the whole dang Carpenter/Silvia (@maecarp )family getting us moved in/housed/fed/loved/dog bestied. Sock Puppet City Mayor Chris Porter (@yoisthatblood )on the warm greeting with a cup of Dunks. Joey J on the other side getting us loaded in, Leigh’s Mom getting us all the extras (especially our cool coats!) Somebody else who I forgot that is you but my brain is broken, but truly so many wonderful friends just checking in and cheering us on. We’re surrounded by so much love and support, THANK YOU. And the good folks at Constant Contact (@constantcontact ) putting it on, giving support, setting us up with an incredible scholarship, and most importantly giving us pizza. And of course the world champions of markets and merry making, without whom this would not exist, they made it up and they make it happen- the Makers Show (@themakersshow ) And last and best is my partner in life and business, Leigh, who does it all. (@leighwltr ) Come visit us! Buy everyone you know sock puppets and sock puppet art! @seaportbos #snowport #snowportboston #sockpuppetcity

Sock Puppet City’s hand-made sock puppets are available for sale online! And they are on sale through March 31, and in limited supply! Meet Bloop, Floop, Jellybean, Dennis, Juicebox, and Slurp, the first Official Sock Puppet Collection from Sock Puppet City! In celebration of this triumph, we also made our own commercial that’s a salute to our favorite toy commercials of the 80s and 90s. Handmade puppets, homemade commercial! Get one while they last! Support a small family business! #SockPuppetCity #SockPuppets #HandmadeToys #puppetsofinstagram #independentartist /collections/sock-puppets

He’s a shark with too many feelings. He’s a cowboy frog who’s never seen a horse. Two new handmade sock puppets. Small batch, available now #sockpuppet #handmade #puppetry #comedy #characterdesign Video directed by @leighwltr

Meet Eddie Jr. the Emotional Support Shark and Yeehaw the Cowboy Frog. Ed has a lot of feelings, and wants to share ALL of them. Yeehaw loves horses but has never seen one. Two new sock puppet characters are here! Meet The Animal Friends! We made a very small batch to start, just enough to see what happens. Grab one before they disappear back into the ocean / prairie. #puppets #puppetsofinstagram #craft #smallbuisness #sockpuppets

Meet Eddie Jr. the Emotional Support Shark and Yeehaw the Cowboy Frog. Ed has a lot of feelings, and wants to share ALL of them. Yeehaw loves horses but has never seen one. Two new sock puppet characters are here! Meet The Animal Friends! We made a very small batch to start, just enough to see what happens. Grab one before they disappear back into the ocean / prairie.

Working on two new sock puppet characters. Almost there, more soon!

Jellybean the Dino-bud and Uncle Monsterface sock puppets are moving on! We salute their service as we make way for some newwww characters. Grab these two while you can, we won’t be making any more in 2026. New friends soon announcements incoming!

We are later than we wanted to be, but finally we can introduce the missing piece in our cast puzzle- Honk!! Honk is the God of Noise and he has a ton of interesting things to say- just not with words. Honk is a true friend, always ready with helpful advice and an encouraging hug. He keeps our adventurers on course, and plays the most awesome kazoo solo you've ever heard. Honk is back on stage in Muse at Mile Square Theatre tomorrow and all of next weekend!! To get tickets to Muse and find out more, visit the link in our bio.

Hiya I’ve been busy working on a play called Muse! It’s made for neurodivergent young people, and is directed by Sock Puppet City’s other awesome half, Leigh Walter. I’m fabricating props and performing in the play! It’s being produced by a new company called Square Ducks Productions. They’re quacking awesome. Amazing shadow work by Andrew Benincasa, costumes by Natalie Loveland and a ton of talented folks coming together to make this one! Many familiar faces from Perfect Party for Trees spotted! Tix in bio! Performances March 20-29, 2026
Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 11am and 2pm, Sunday at 2pm Family Tickets (1 neurodivergent member plus 1-3 caregivers/family members): $25
Observer Tickets: $20 /events/square-ducks-muse The play was written by Devin Fletcher and originally performed by Bluelaces Theater Company. #theaterforyoungaudiences #neurodiverse #puppets @squareducksproductions @leighwltr @andrewbenincasa @areyouduffenough @naeembot @leigh_poulos @yetcharming @cassidy.fdx @hannahjaneginsberg @bannah_hakke @nataliemarieloveland @thedevinfletcher

Seven Sock Puppet Portraits are retiring from Sock Puppet City next Tuesday. We’re sending them off with a sale, grab one while you can! #sockpuppetcity #puppetsofinstagram #puppets #sockpuppets #ameliaearhart

We are retiring seven esteemed Sock Puppet Portrait Citizens! But before they go, they are on sale! There are some heavy hitters in the mix! Final civic availability: February 17–March 2 More to say soon, but during our Symposium several charts were referenced, 2-3 trust falls were experienced, and a long-standing policy was clarified: Sock Puppet City’s cast of Sock Puppet Portraits has permanent Residents… and temporary Visitors. Residents are here to stay. Visitors pass through, cause a mild emotional disturbance, and eventually move on. New Visitors will arrive in due time. Retirement neither guarantees nor prevents future visitation. Several of the remaining characters ARE VISITORS.