Thumb-wrestling book and craft

We are enjoying this book: Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-wrestling Smackdown.  It gave us this great idea!

The last page in the second chapter suggests how to draw your own mask.   Of course, my son saw the page and said, "I want to do that!"

I was hoping my son meant he wanted to simply draw a mask.  Of course, my son wanted to create a thumb costume out of felt like Stink did in the second chapter.  

 I am leary of trying to get glued felt to stick together around a thumb, especially when my son's hopes of success are high.

So we decided to cut the fingers off of an old baby glove.  We hot glued googly eyes and drew mouths and hair.  It worked!  He was satisfied!  They were easy!  And cute! 

Then we thumb-wrestled of course!  The object quickly became how fast his thumb costume could knock my thumb costume off!     It was a nice little project!