Gandhi Jayanti – Monkey craft with Free printable

October 2nd is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti. It is a national holiday in India to mark the occasion of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the “Father of the Nation”. I wanted to try a craft that’s relevant to Mahatma Gandhi in the craft class this week. When it comes to Gandhiji and telling kids about what he preached, two things always come to my mind – The Charakha & his 3 monkeys. We started the class with a brief intro on Gandhiji, why he was famous, what he did for our country & then his preaching..

His classic preaching emoted very well with 3 monkeys are
“Hear no Evil”
“See no evil”
“Talk no Evil”

My little monkeys had fun depicting these 3 emotions ..

Then we got down making this super easy craft…

You’ll Need

Brown paper A4 size
Light Brown paper – half of A4 size
Yellow paper for the monkey
White paper for the eyes
Glue stick
Staplers
Scissors
Black Sketch pens

To make

First cut the monkey body in an elongated 8 shape from the dark brown paper
Cut out 3 rectangular strips for the legs & tail. about 3/4th inch x 12 inches long from the dark brown paper
Cut out 2 smaller rectangle strips – about 3/4th inch x 10 inches long from the dark brown paper
Cut out 1 oval shape from the light brown paper slightly bigger than the monkey’s face.
Cut out ears and paws using the same paper
Cut out 2 circles about the size of a 2 ruppe coin for the eyes. Draw eyes
Now do an accordion fold for the hands & legs
Stick / staple the paws
Roll the tail into a wound circle and staple on
Stick the mouth, ears & eyes
Draw the mouth and nostrils with a pen
Optional ( Cut a banana shape with yellow paper) and stick on.

Monkey craft Free Printable

To make it easier for you folks, I have a Printable that you can download for free. It makes a Cute little monkey and can be printed on an A4 sized paper.