Monkey Crafts

Monkey crafts are very popular among children because monkies are fun, playful, and exciting animals. Monkey-themed parties are very fun and no monkey party is complete without one of our crafts. Here you will find age-specific, fun, and easy crafts that your whole family will enjoy. Making a craft is a great bonding experience and making a monkey craft is a great opportunity to help your child learn about monkies and other animals. Choose a craft, be creative, and have fun!

This craft is a great way to help all of the party guests find their name at the table and have fun too.

For this craft you will need:

• Yellow construction paper or foam
• A pencil
• Markers
• Scissors
• Stickers (optional)

1. Trace the shape of a banana onto the yellow construction paper or foam.
2. Using scissors, cut out the shape along the lines you drew.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have the same amount of banana cut-outs as the number of guests.
4. Write one guest's name on the front of each banana with marker.
5. Write a fact about the guest on the back of the banana such as "This person can walk on their hands."
6. Decorate each banana. Be creative.

The bananas can now be used for a game. To play, put each banana face down, placing one in front of each chair at the table. Someone picks up a card and reads out the fact and the other people have to guess who the "monkey"/child is that the fact is about. If someone guesses correct, the child takes their name card and sits down. The game continues until everyone guesses correctly. This game is especially fun if pizza or desert is placed  on the table along with the name cards. The child whose fact is correctly paired with them first gets to dive into their food first.

For an added twist use this craft as a party activity. Have each guest decorate a banana however they would like. Like before,  ask each guest to put their name on front and a fact about them on the back. Then use the bananas to play the game as described above. As with our other monkey crafts, feel free to take this craft and adjust it to fit your specific needs. There are many variations you can use that are just as fun and easy.


This is a great activity to do at a party. However, monkey crafts are just as much fun to do by yourself or with a small group.

For this craft you will need:

• Paper plates
• Paint brushes
• Jars with water (for cleaning brushes)
• Various colors of craft paint (should include black, brown, and white)
• Brown construction paper
• Glue
• Scissors
• Decorating materials (bows, ribbons, string, colorful papers, etc.)

1. Give each person a paper plate.
2. Turn the plate over and paint it completely with brown paint.
3. Put the paintbrush you used in the jar of water.
4. Let the plate dry.
5. Use the scissors to cut a medium-sized circle out of the brown construction paper. 
6. Using the scissors, cut the circle in half to form two semi-circles.
7. Glue the circles on top of the plate to make ears.
8. Draw two white circle on the plate to make eyes. 
9. Let the circles dry and then draw two smaller black circles in them to complete the eyes.
10. Make a black circle with paint for the nose and draw on a smile. You can also use other things to make the nose such as a piece of foam or a large button.
11. Let each person decorate their monkey face however they would like. Put out a variety of materials and let each person explore with different designs for decorating their project. For example, someone could glue a bow next to the monkeys ear to make a hairbow. Someone else could use string to give the monkey funky hair. Feel free to explore all of the possiblilities and be as creative as possible.

This monkey craft makes a great sovenier to take home after the party.  Like all of our monkey crafts, it is also a good craft for families with a child who loves animals (especially monkeys!).

For this craft you will need:

• Popsicle sticks
• Craft paint (we suggest brown, green, and yellow paint)
• Paint brushes
• Glue
• Tape
• Foam
• Scissors
• Monkey-themed stickers
• A camera (for taking photos for the picture frame)
• Photo paper (for printing photos to be used in the picture frame)

1. Select a picture to be used in the picture frame. Keep in mind you may need to trim it later. 
2. Take four popsicle sticks and paint them with craft paint. We have found it is best when all the popsicle sticks are one color, two are one color and two are another, or they are all different colors. It looks best when you stick to monkey-related colors such as brown, green, and yellow. 
3. Let the popsicle sticks dry.
4. Arrange four popsicle stick in a square with the ends touching.
5. Glue the ends together. Let the frame dry.
6. Tape or glue the sides of the photograph to the back of the frame. Test the picture first to see how big it is and then trim it to make sure none of the edges are showing over the frame.
7. Decorate the frame with different monkey-related things. Cut out leaves and bananas from the foam and glue them on. Attach some monkey-themed stickers. It also looks nice if you cut out a monkey from the brown construction paper or foam and glue it on the frame. Be creative and decorate the frame how you would like. 

To give this craft a fun, personal touch and to make it a great sovenier, take a picture of each guest in their best monkey pose. Print out the pictures and supply them to the guests when they make their project.