Turning fabric scrap into educational puppets


Interactive session: Siti Nur Hanisah engaging primary school pupils in a sock puppet activity as part of Mearpet’s programme. (Below) Some of Mearpet’s handcrafted puppets.

KOTA KINABALU: You would likely have done it before – putting a sock over your hand and playing a puppet game.

For one teenager, that simple childhood game sparked an idea that would go beyond playtime, turning scraps of fabric into a movement for education and sustainability.

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