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Thursday, August 14, 2008

5 Little Monkeys...

What could be more fun than 5 little monkeys? Well, 5 little monkey puppets of course.




This is a super easy project and kids love it.



Here's what you need:

  • Brown construction paper
  • Scrap paper (for hats...)
  • Crayons or markers
  • Craft sticks
  • Glues stick
  • 2 circle shapes to trace (one should be slightly larger than the other)

Here's what you do:

  • Remember this is for fun, your little one doesn't care if your an artist.
  • Trace 5 large circles, and 5 smaller circles. Cut them out.
  • The smaller circle is the nose and mouth piece of the puppet. The larger circle is the actual face.
  • Find where you are going to need to place the smaller circle on the larger circle, and draw an x on the larger circle (this will help your child know where to place the glue it will be covered by the smaller circle).
  • Cut out ears from the left over brown paper. You can draw an x as a guiede for glueing with these as well.
  • Okay be brave it's time for the glue. Show your little one how to smear the glue on the x and then place the smaller circle on top of the glue.
  • Now it's time for the fun stuff draw on eyes, nose, mouth...use scrap paper to make hats or other accessories.
  • Glue your little monkeys to the craft stick and have fun acting out the story!!

Have fun, and delight in the day!! DeeLight

1 comments:

Susie said...

FUn! This will be on the list when I start school with Sophie in September!