We have an absolutely adorable craft for you today. It is a monkey pop up card, which is perfect for the Year of the Monkey, for Chinese New Year; it does after all, say “Happy New Year” on the front *bit of a giveaway that*
Just so as the card doesn’t get too lonely, we also have a colouring page as well, with another Monkey theme. Perfect for you to get the kids to colour in, perhaps while you are trying to sort out the card for them :-D.
The card is simple to create, as you can see from the template:
All you need to do is:
- Fold the printable in half, along the line as shown, so that the monkey is cut in half (lengthways)
- Cut down the mouth with some scissors until you reach the point of the triangle
- Score, or fold, along the dotted line around his mouth, on both sides creating a triangle
- Open out the card now, and fold the monkey the other way (widthways)
- Make sure the mouth opens, you can of course colour it in behind the mouth, and that the folds are secure enough for the mouth to open whenever the card is opened too.
All done! Well, except that you need to colour everything else in of course.
If you are the kind of person that likes a video tutorial, then nip over to the KiddyCharts YouTube channel, and there is one there for you; don’t forget to subscribe to us will you?
As promised, we have another printable for the Chinese New Year, and the Year of the Monkey to give away too. This time, a simple colouring page for you.
I hope you like all of these printables. Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter for more free resources every single week. It is also worth following us on Pinterest too, so that you can keep up to date with what we are doing there as well – we always pin as many great resources from other people, as we do our own articles:
If you don’t have time to do this card, or the colouring now, then do pin it for later too, won’t you? See you again soon.
This is a collaboration with the rather wonderful Hattifant; do check her site out, she is just wonderful. She also has a couple of additional colouring pages for Chinese New Year of the Monkey for you to take a look at too. Even more fun for the kids!
Helen Neale
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!