Prepare to be swarmed with Sock Monkeys at the 20th anniversary of Sock Monkey Madness. This year’s theme is Rockford Sports with tons of Rockford Peach photo opportunities. Kids can make their own ...

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, ...

Just the sound of it makes you laugh. That's the whole point. The annual sock monkey event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday in Lewiston Hollow Mercantile, 335 Center St. The store sells country ...

They have been hanging around children's bedrooms and kid's toy boxes for many years. But it wasn't until October that 9-year-old Melissa Godbolt of Hammond finally met and made her first sock monkey.

Dee Lindner, award winning photographer and author/artisan known as the “Sock Monkey Lady,” has promoted and immortalized sock monkeys through various channels including radio, television and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Riverwest's Flying Fish Gallery is currently featuring The Sock Monkey Show. Consequently, the small, sunny storefront is stocked with 170 sock monkeys made by 104 different crafts people, ranging ...

Tony Millionaire's latest Sock Monkey book has been revealed. Fantagraphics Books will publish Sock Monkey: Into the Deep Woods. Fantagraphics Books "The precocious sock monkey Uncle Gabby, his ...