Make a Dust Bunny

By Marianne Wilson McKnight

You and your mom or another older person can make a Dust Bunny together. Then you can give a gift of service to your mom, by using it to dust for her. To make one, you will need: an adult’s thick white sock, a needle, a sewing machine (optional), white thread, a ruler, scissors, a black marker, and a pink pom-pom.

1. Turn the sock inside out. Lay it heel-side down, and flatten it as much as possible (see illustration). With a needle and thread or a sewing machine, stitch a U-shape 1/2″ wide x 3″ long (1.3 cm x 7.6 cm) down the middle of the sock’s toe (see illustration 1).

2. Cut down the center of the stitched U-shape, ending 1/4″ (.64 cm) from the bottom (see illustration 2).

3. Turn the stocking right side out, lay it heel-side down, and flatten it as much as possible. With the black marker, draw two eyes. Using a needle and thread, sew the pink pom-pom nose below the eyes to only the top layer of the sock.

4. Slip the sock on your hand—now you are ready to dust!