Crafts for Kids: M is for Monkey

by Oct 7, 2019Alphabetical, Animals, Crafts, Crazy Animals, Hand Cut, mnop, Printer, Zoo Animals

 

You can use monkey crafts to help your kids learn about the letter M. Monkeys are crazy cool animals that live in the jungle or are found in the zoo! Use this monkey as a puppet in several preschool songs and rhymes. Have fun making your monkey. This can be a tedious crafts, so it is best to prepare the materials for the young children.

Don’t forget to sing Five Little Monkeys on the day you make this craft!

Skills

Types of skills can include math, science, fine motor, dramatic play, social and emotional. Here is how this sheep applies these skills:

Science

If you have other crafts with your child, have them classify the monkey along with the other crafts. For example, monkey fall under animals, where worms are classified as insects.

Fine Motor Skills

Your child will use a pencil to trace the letter M template.

Also, your child will use a scissor to cut out the letter M.

Finally, your child will use their pincer grasp to peel and stick the googly eyes or sticker eyes on the monkey.

Dramatic Play and Social/Emotional

Children can use this monkey to sing the following songs: 5 Little Monkey Jumping on the Bed, Five Little Monkey Swinging on a Tree.

Children can pretend to be monkeys!

Boundaries

Make sure you supervise your child when using scissors and other sharp items.

Materials

You will use dark brown, light brown, and white construction papers, sticker eyes, scissors, and glue

Letter M template, sticker eyes, white and brown construction paper multiple sized circle templates to make the ears, head, and nose
Markers, scissors, and glue

Steps

Firstly, you would want to prepare all the materials as this task can be a little complicated for the younger children. If you child have the fine motor skills and cutting skills, go ahead and challenge them to do the following: cut out two small circles (that you have prepared) from the light brown construction paper for the ears, cut out one brown circle for the face, and cut one white circle smaller than the face.

Second, have the child use a pencil to trace the letter M template onto the brown construction paper.

Third, have the child use a scissor to cut the letter M carefully.

Then, glue the ears on the brown circle, flip it over, and peel the sticker eyes and stick it on he face. Use the white circle and glue it in the middle of the face. Now, use the marker and make two dots for the nose and a smile for the mouth.

Lastly, you can glue the monkey on the upper left side of the letter M. And there, you have your monkey!

Modifications

You can use googly eyes or sticker eyes instead of having the child draw them.

You can replace cotton balls with tissue paper, and have the child use their pincer grasp to crumble the paper and glue it onto the sheep’s body.

Be creative and make the sheep any color you like!

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