Homemade toys - Funny Swinging Monkey

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Homemade toys - Funny Swinging Monkey

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Before going to the details guide for how to make this funny swinging monkey, a very in interesting homemade toy. Please watch this video, it must be very inspiring and make you want to make this cardboard as soon as possible: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSwmVCj5Tg8

It is interesting right! Let's begin to make by your self this toy.

Material:

Thin cardboard
2 bamboo sticks
1 toothpick
1 plastic straw
1 popsicle
Some thin rope

How to make the homemade toy - Funny Swinging Monkey:

Draw 1 monkey body, 2 hands, 2 legs on your cardboard. Note that the hands should be long enough that the monkey will not be stuck when swinging.

Cut them all out.

Bore 2 holes on the body, 3 hole on the hands, 1 hole on the legs as this picture.

Slip your toothpick through 1 hand then the body, and then the other hand. Glue 2 hand to the toothpick. Be careful not to glue the body to the toothpick, that make the toy monkey can not swing.

Cut away the spare parts of the toothpick.

Do the same for the legs. Now you can see the monkey of your homemade swinging toy.

Carve 2 lines on each bamboo sticks, tie your thin rope to one of them at the 2 slits, glue to fixed the tie points.

Slip 2 ropes through 2 holes of each hands. Beware of the order, the higher rope slip through the hole that closer to the body.

Continue to tie the ropes to the last bamboo stick, glue to fixed them. ( After tying, if one rope longer than the other, make it some more rounds around the stick, glue again .. until 2 rope have the same length).

Make 2 hole on the popsile, put 2 segments of plastic straws through, glue them together.

Put 2 sticks through 2 straws, glue the sticks to the straws.

Now, you've made your self the funny swinging monkey, enjoy your very excited homemade toy.

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