Easy Craft Stick Monkey for Kids
Learn how to make a Craft Stick Monkey with some simple craft supplies. This is a fun and easy craft to try if you’re exploring a zoo or wild animal theme in your classroom. Kids will love having these cheeky monkeys hanging up on your classroom wall.
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More Zoo Animal Crafts for Kids
Here are some more kids craft ideas that you can make with your kids. These wild animals will be a hit in your early years classroom.
- Egg Carton Monkey
- Paper Plate Lion Craft
- Toilet Roll Giraffe
- 3D Polar Bear Craft
- Cardboard Tube Zebra
For more ideas, visit 60 Zoo Animal Crafts for Preschool
Materials Needed
- 5 craft sticks
- School glue
- Scissors
- Brown paint
- Brown paper
- Brown pipe cleaner
- Brown sharpie
How to Make a Craft Stick Monkey
1. Make the monkey’s body
Line up four craft sticks. Cut the fifth craft stick in half and use it to glue the four original craft sticks together.
2. Turn over the craft sticks and paint them brown.
Use a paintbrush to paint the craft sticks brown. Or use some brown crayons and color over the sticks instead.
3. On a piece of brown construction paper, draw a face, stomach and ears with a brown sharpie.
When drawing the ear, make sure to have a section that extends further out. You’ll need this extra flap to attach the ear to the body of the monkey.
4. Cut the brown pipe cleaner into a tail, legs and arms.
⅓ of the pipe cleaner can make the tail. Then another ⅓ will become the arms, and the remaining ⅓ will be the legs.
Bend the ends of the arms and legs to make the feet and hands of the monkey. Curl the tail as much as you like.
5. Paste on the paper feaures.
When the paint is dry, glue the face and stomach onto the front of the monkey’s body.
6. Paste on the pipe cleaners.
Turn the monkey’s body over, and attach the ears, tail and limbs to the back of the monkey.
Are you going to make this Craft Stick Monkey with your kids? Don’t forget to pin the idea for later.
