I'm so excited to share that I’m one of five artists who were chosen to collaborate with the wonderful company, PinPaint, on a new series of Story Bags!

It's an adorable home for a sock puppet or plushie friend, designed by me and produced by PinPaint!

My bag is called the ‘Dream Stage’ and comes with three interactive pins - a little microphone, show slate, and a robot radio that you can switch between 'showtime' and 'bedtime'! 

Two Mermaid Unicorn Mountain music and puppetry shows featuring a Sock Puppet City pop-up are coming to Massachusetts in celebration of Jesse Farrell's Action Draculas!

Family-friendly Show at:
Upstairs at Bow at Bow Market
Saturday, June 28, 11am
1 Bow Market Way, Somerville Mass

Vampire-friendly Show Celebrating Jesse Farrell’s Action Draculas: 
performing as MERMAID VAMPIRE MOUNTAIN at HUB Comics
Sunday, June 29, 7pm
19 Bow St, Somerville Mass

We’re so excited to announce a limited first edition Pizza the Puppet Sock Puppet for sale!

Pizza the Puppet is a hand-made sock puppet, and I’m initially only making 20. I need to both see how he does and figure out the process. For this first limited run we made a ridiculous specialty box!

Sock Puppet Dance! Sock Puppet City’s first OFFICIAL COLLECTION celebrates their arrival with a dance party! https://youtu.be/ddHvsYhhSXk

AND! Our sale is extended to April 13! Wow! Who is YOUR favorite?!?

This video was a really fun way for me to stretch out my creative muscle juice. I love playing with rhythm, color, and editing, and transforming a space with puppets. And we’re getting to know the first official crew while we’re at it.

I like to imagine it's a kind of dance battle to take over the screen itself, where everyone is the winner.

Bonus:  an original song by me Marty. 

Watch! Enjoy! Dance along!

I’m so excited to share that my hand-made sock puppets are available online again! Not only are they back, but they are on sale, and in limited supply!

In celebration of this triumph, we also made our own epic commercial that’s a salute to my favorite toy commercials of the 80s and 90s. It was a labor of love, so check it out and please share to help us grow our small family business! Come for the sock puppets, stay for the rocking jingle by Mermaid Unicorn Mountain!

We’re rocking our SALE in a WHILE SUPPLIES LAST fury.

Welcome to our first edition of: Confessions of a Puppet Person! Sign up for our newsletter so that you don't miss future editions!

I get this question a lot: “Why sock puppets?”

I often answer something to the effect of: “Well, I was sleepwalking behind a haunted house when I tripped and fell into an old washing machine. When I woke up, I was in a WHOLE OTHER WORLD. There, I met, befriended, and started a small business with a wild-eyed wizard who was also a well-dressed troll who was also a sock salesman. The rest is history!”

see the REAL REASON story at martystuff...

Sock Puppet City is the storefront for all of artist Marty Allen's sock puppet sales.

You can learn more about Marty's sock puppets as a body of art as well as lots of Marty's other related work as an artist, writer, musician, and creative producer and get the latest updates at Martystuff (and/or by following Martystuff on Instagram).

All of Marty's art is interwoven in a big world of stories, dive deep (if you dare).

Welcome to Theodore Thursdays! Are you ready to get awesome?

Beginning September 7, 2023, I’m releasing one new chapter of the first novel in my book series Theodore & the 7 Layers of Space. Book 1 is called Brick & Bird. Check out the cover! YES THE SOCK PUPPET PORTRAITS ARE IN IT! ALONG WITH ALL OF MY ART!?!

There are two ways you can access my book. The first is via a free app for phones or desktop called Wattpad where the community is awesome, my illustrations are supported and it’s free for you to access and enjoy! 

https://www.wattpad.com/1322091403-theodore-the-7-layers-of-space-book-1-brick-bird

The second is via my new Patreon, where you can directly support me as an artist and storyteller while getting yourself access to an ad free copy of the book, and get exclusive behind the scenes videos, songs, discounted merch and more awesomeness!

http://patreon.com/martystuff

The gift that keeps on giving, custom sock puppets of friends, family members, loved ones, pets, sea-faring associates, and so forth. 

Celebrate imagination and creativity with hands-on puppet-building. Awesome fun for both kids and adults and kids with their adults, this scalable workshop is perfect for: families, birthday parties, team-building exercises, or just a wonderful way to make a day or night more interesting and creative.