Monkey Paper Plate Face or Mask
Materials you will need for the monkey are a
printer, glue, scissors, something to colour with and a piece of paper (I prefer
construction paper).
You will also need a large paper plate. If you don't have
one (I never seem to!), you can take a dinner plate and trace it onto a piece of cardboard
(old cereal boxes) or you can take the lid from a 4 litre ice cream container and cut off
the edge.
- Print out the template of choice.
- Colour the pieces as appropriate and cut them
out.
- Glue the ears, mouth and eyes onto the paper
plate.
- OPTIONAL: TO MAKE A MASK
- instead of gluing on the eyes, you can hold up
the plate to your child's face and make marks where their eyes are.
- Then cut holes so the child can peer through the
plate.
- Now use a ribbon attached to either side of the
plate to tie the mask to the child's head
OR
- my preferred option is to attach a popsicle stick
or tongue depressor to the bottom of the mask (make two slits, thread the stick through
and tape to secure). Now they can hold it in front of their face and take it away if
they feel claustrophobic.
- Let the kids pretend to be monkeys jumping on the
bed (throw pillows on the floor to act as the bed).
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