Socks for kids

A few years ago I packed a shoe box for operation christmas child. Operation christmas child sends shoe boxes full of toys, soap, toothbrushes and other little things to children who would never get a christmas present otherwise.
Check out their website if you would be interested in something like that.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/Home/index_Aug09_EE_IE6/
So a few months after my shoe box was sent out I recieved a letter from the young man who recieved it. It was very cool and I was so exited to hear from a kid in another country. Uganda, Africa to be exact. We sponsered him for a while, and once in a while we still send him money. I am blessed to still talk to him at least once a week. I love recieving emails from him!
But he is an adult now, and there are kids around him, who don't have a lot of toys. So my plan is to send him some sock critters to hand out to the kids around him, who don't really have any toys. If anyone has any ideas of other types of homemade toys that would be great!