Remove the flat bottom section of a common brown paper bag leaving just a tube of bag remaining. Each girl draws a poodle toward one opening on the bag, steps into it and secures it to her waist by tying a string of ribbon or yarn around the bag and the child. Boys may slit the brown bag tube 12 inches from the bottom, tape the front bag slit to the back bag slit on both sides and create a pair of paper bag pants that can be rolled up as a wearable sock hop craft. The paper bag pants and poodle skirt can be worn during a 50s sock hop dance party.
Create sock puppets with your preschool class. Send a note home to parents asking for unmatched socks to be donated for the craft project and instruct students to add embellishments such as yarn for hair, buttons glued for eyes and glitter paint lines around the mouth. Include a story retelling activity with the sock puppets when completely dry.
On a large piece of mural paper, preschool students in groups of two or three can create a hopscotch board by drawing 12-inch connecting squares. Each child takes a turn writing a 10-inch high number in each square beginning with the number "1." Allow the students to play hopscotch in an open area of the classroom in only their socks; it's a sock hop!
Print or sketch coloring pages centered around the 1950s and teenagers dancing at a sock hop. Photocopy each image for the preschoolers and instruct them to fold the pages into a book. The students color the photos and dictate a caption for each page while the teacher writes their exact wording. The product can be a sock hop storyline or simply a collection of comical statements.
The teacher creates a template of a 2- or 3-inch long sock from a manila folder and instructs the preschools students to trace and cut out 10 small socks from construction paper. Each child glues the socks in the shape of an "S" for sock hop, onto a second piece of construction paper.
Decorate the walls of your preschool classroom with student-made decor from the 50s. Trace each child's outline onto a piece of white mural paper and instruct each to color her figure with clothing as if she were participating in a 50s sock hop. Each child can replicate teacher-provided photographs of teenagers wearing poodle skirts, button-down collared tops, scarves, cuffed pants and rolled-up shirt sleeves.
Instruct each students to create his own album by coloring a paper plate black around the outer rim, leaving a 4-inch white circle in the center. The center circle may be decorated with glitter, foam shapes or crayon drawings. Hang the records on the wall and plan a dance party for a preschool movement activity.