DIY Jumbo Jumping Monkeys!
This project was part of a series of ideas for my niece’s Toy Story birthday party. To see my original ideas and how they turned out, stay tuned. Continue reading for an easy guide to making DIY Jumbo Jumping Monkeys.
This one was extremely easy to do. The idea was simple enough, create a garland using jumbo sized jumping monkeys. I got the inspiration from The Photographers Wife.
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- Heavy Weight Red Cardstock. I used 110lb Cardstock from Michaels. I waited for them to be on sale, plus I had a 25% off everything including Sale Items coupon.
- Cricut Machine or equivalent. You can use scissors with the template, but it will be a lot of cutting depending on how many monkeys you want.
The template was simple to find. I used this one from TheCraftChop.com.
Once you have your template, upload it to the Cricut Design Space. Increase the size of the Monkey. To fit two on a page, make the size the biggest you can while fitting 2 on a page. If you don’t utilize this space, you probably will be wasting quite a bit of paper (and money). You can either use the ‘attach’ function to set them on the page (see more about the “Attach” button here) or you can adjust them when prepping for the cut (stay tuned for a detailed post on cut prep).
I made it work this way:
Originally I thought I would need to figure out a way to attach the monkeys together. I was considering fishing line or a very fine thread, perhaps double-sided tape. Fortunately, the template above is pretty much a replica of the real Jumping Moneys toy. Because of that, they attached to one another as simply as the toys too. No need for wire or tape.
