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Make a Fun Paper Bag Monkey Puppet With Your Preschoolers

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 Letter M is for monkey preschool lesson #crafts
When planning the Letter M is for Monkey lesson for my preschool class, I was convinced I would find so much material that it would be difficult to decide what I wanted to use. Not! It was shocking to see how much WASN’T on the internet for monkeys. Really?

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So, it presented an opportunity for me to create my own. Of course, when it comes to stories, Curious George fills the bill. We borrowed a DVD from the library with a series of Curious George cartoons on it. We also read Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed! The library has a number of great picture books that tell about monkeys. But I still needed a craft!

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Three puppets made by Preschoolers!

Our craft was a puppet.

This lunch-bag puppet is my creation. I found a few ideas online that I kind-of liked but the final product is original. Please feel free to use it.

Monkey Fun Facts:
Monkeys have tails – apes do not. Guess what? Chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys. I must admit, when I learned that at first I was a little sad. It was a childhood myth I need to get over LOL!
Famous Monkeys / Apes:
  • Cheetah – Tarzan’s chimpanzee friend
  • King Kong – a gorilla; King of the Apes
  • Dexter – a capuchin monkey featured in the movie Night at the Museum

 

Paper Bag Monkey Puppet
Supplies
paper lunch bags
Pattern 1 
Pattern 2
Card or cover stock
glue sticks
Elmer’s glue
googly eyes*
crayons

puppets

Instructions

  • Print pattern 1 and 2 on card-stock.
  • Color the parts on page #2 before cutting the pieces out.
  • Cut out pieces on both pattern 1 and 2.
  • Using Elmer’s glue, attach the head to the foldout part of the paper bag.
  • Glue on the face piece with eyes and then the part with the mouth partially covering it.
  • Glue the arms in between the fold of each side of the bag.
  • Attach the hands to the arms
  • Glue the tail sticking out of the fold.
  • If you prefer googly eyes, glue them on last. There are dots for eyes right on the pattern that also look cute!

Monkey Puppet Pattern #1

DIY puppets

Monkey Puppet Pattern #2

Look at this cute monkey puppet we made in #preschool! #crafts Share on X

Enjoy!

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