Silly Jungle Monkeys

Making Your Monkeys

Step  1.

Gather your materials. For the first part of this project, you will need 3 brown fuzzy sticks, 2 large wooden beads, 2 small wooden beads, 2 small wiggly eyes, and paint.

Step  2.

Begin by painting the face of your monkey. Use tan paint to draw a half circle on the bottom of the 1 of the 2 large wooden beads. Pro Tip: Place the bead on a paint brush for easy holding while you paint! Let dry as you work on your monkey’s body.

Step  3.

Fold 2 of your 3 fuzzy sticks in half, then wrap them around 1 straight fuzzy stick.

Step  4.

Grab your 2^nd big wood bead (not painted); this bead will act as your monkey’s torso! Pinch the top 3 fuzzy stick halves together and slide the wooden bead down the fuzzy sticks until you get to the middle.

Step  5.

Let’s make your monkey’s legs and feet! Fold 1 of the bottom side strands in half.

Step  6.

Next, fold the end in – it should look like the letter W.

Step  7.

Pinch them together, so you can split the “toes” apart. Finally, tuck the fuzzy stick into the bead to hide the pointy end. Repeat on the other side to create second leg!

Step  8.

Time for arms and hands! Fold the top left fuzzy stick in half to begin forming the arm. Tuck the fuzzy stick into the bead to hide the pointy end.

Step  9.

Fold the end in into a W shape and pinch together. Repeat on the right side to create second arm.

Step  10.

Take the last fuzzy stick strand, top middle, and fold it forward.

Step  11.

Wrap the fuzzy stick under the right arm, and around the back of the monkey.

Step  12.

Finally, wrap it under the left arm and back up.

Step  13.

Slide the head of your monkey onto the strand sticking up.

Step  14.

Bend the excess pipe cleaner (sticking up) around the top of the monkey’s head. Leave a little slack to make “pegs” for your monkey’s ears on the left and right side of the head.

Step  15.

Slide your small wood beads onto each “peg” on the sides of your monkey’s head to make its ears (you can glue them on to reinforce them).

Step  16.

Take your wiggly eyes and glue them onto your monkey’s face and watch him come alive! If you have adhesive wiggly eyes, even better! Just peel and stick them on! Just curl your monkey’s tail and voila! You’re all done! For an extra fun touch, cut a yellow fuzzy stick into small pieces to make a banana for your monkey!

Making Your Jungle Canvas

Step  17.

Time to paint your jungle background! Paint the top half of the canvas blue for the sky. Paint the bottom half with strokes of greens; going darker on the bottom and lighter on the top, until you cover the bottom half of the canvas to create grass. Let your paint dry.

Step  18.

Grab some green feathers and glue them to the top 2 corners of your sky (we used 4 on each side). Fan them out to make them look like jungle leaves!

Step  19.

Glue your silly monkeys to the canvas, either hanging on a branch or playing in the grass!