We had enormous fun reading the letters and playing with all the puppets and would like to thank everyone who entered our Sock Puppet Competition. The end has left a void in our lives and the postman is no longer greeted with the gleeful anticipation that he has come to expect. We were so overwhelmed with the clever ideas and amount of work put in by the entrants that we immediately knew we couldn't just pick one winner, so in addition to the £75 (in Hawkin Vouchers) first prize, we spontaneously created a second prize of £25... and then decided to give everyone who entered a £5 voucher because, basically, they were all brilliant.
Puppet punch-ups were narrowly avoided as the judges fiercely defended their favourites. Special mention has to be made of 'Silence of the Lambs' - a woolly sheep, with Hannibal Lecter style mask (scary) sent in by the Heath family and 'Michael Sockson' - a Michael Jackson look alike puppet, entered by Sian Pilkington. There were many others that amazed us with their ingenuity, but a socky consensus had to be reached: the winner of the first, £75 prize goes to Elizabeth Saunders (aged 13) for 'Slurpy the Snail'.
Points had to be awarded for Slurpy being a sock puppet in every sense - even the shell is made of two rolled up socks. Simple, but very effective.
Click here to see more of our favourites. 
The judging panel (we'll leave you to work out the puppets from the judges).
Thanks once again to everyone who entered and for giving us so much entertainment. Your vouchers will be in the post shortly, and don't worry - we couldn't bear the idea of parting you from your puppets any longer, so they will be returned to you at the same time. Don't forget to keep an eye on this blog for details of more competitions in the future.
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