What's a bash without a few party animals? Select your child's favorite -- we monkeyed around.
Cull stuffed animals from kids' rooms for a simple centerpiece (and ask guests to bring theirs). Your child can draw a picture and cut paper bananas for Pin the Banana on the Monkey. A banana cake is decorated to look like a monkey; it's set out on the table with fresh bananas, candies, and banana-flavored milk.
Favor How-To
Yellow lunch sacks become favor bags filled with candy and toys. Fold bag top, and punch two holes; slip a monkey bead or keychain onto cord, pass ends through the holes, and tie closed.
Monkey Cup How-To
Serve drinks in cups animated with construction paper. Use hole and craft punches to punch construction-paper circles for eyes, ears, and mouth; attach with a glue stick. For the mouth, cut a circle in half and leave a gap; for the ears, fold back a tab. Cut a paper tail; curl around your finger. For a favor pail, punch holes in a cup and add a pipe-cleaner handle.
Mask Invite How-To
For memorable, fun invitations, send out construction-paper masks with details written on the back (the same oval shape can be turned into a pig, bear, or other animal). Use the template to cut the outer shape from both brown and yellow construction paper; glue together with a glue stick, and cut out eye holes. Then use the template to cut out yellow features, and glue on. Punch holes at sides; tie on ribbons.
Here is a fun one. Can you imagine growing a plant that moves like an animal when you Tickle It.
See video ..this is real and now you can grow a pet TickleMe Plant in a party favor.
TickleMe Plant
Thanks for sharing this. I was looking for some ideas for my son’s Curious George party.
Loved the monkey mask invitation! I am an avid scrapper and used this as an embellishment on a Monkey around page! Scrappyaya
Hi girlymom2, the template is working now. You can also try this: http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf1/0305_monkey...
I am so frustrated that I cannot get the monkey invitaion template. I have been trying for days to do so in order to make invitations for my daughter's party. I guess I will attempt to make my own. Why advertise the template in the first place, if it no longer available?? Thought I could count on Martha Stewart to do be reliable!
Make sure there are no spaces!! (like between the pdfs/pdf1 for example) - or you can just email me, I would be happy to send you the link!
peachiekeene@rocketmail.com
Wow, this site sure is making this process difficult. LoL! Lets try that again... I am going to separate it into sections this time... you might have to mold the link together:
http://marthastewart.com/
images/content/web/pdfs/
pdf1/0305_monkeymaks.pdf
Okay, try this link:
http://marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf1/0305_monkeymaks.pdf
I arrived at it by clicking the link provided by the website (above, in the 'mask invite how-to' section); however, that link did not work so I played with the link's address a bit. I removed the 'preview.corp.mslo.com' and replaced it with marthastewart.com - eureka, we now have a template!
The mask template link doesn't work for me either :(
I recently threw a monkey party for my two girls. I made my own stickers using sticker paper and finding cool monkey images online for the favor bags. I used the brown and yellow color theme which was a hit. Each guest had their own brown place mat with their own initial at the dinner table which also functioned as another favor when the kids went home.
I made this cake, it was the first cake I ever made
The template is here:
http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/
pdfs/pdf1/0305_monkeymaks.pdf
The template is here:
http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf1/
0305_monkeymaks.pdf
I am unable to open the template with either of the links. Any suggestions?
I found the link for the monkey masks in another article. Try this
http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf1/0305_monkey...
Cannot open the mask invite templates. Is it possible to fix this? When I try to go there it takes me totally off Martha Stewart.com
NOT ABLE TO OPEN TEMPLATE FOR MASK INVITES, IF ANYONE CAN OPEN IT, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME - NIKZAM@AOL.COM
I can not get the template to open for the mask invites. If any can open it can you send it to me via e-mail. heather.flowers@hotmail.com