How to make a cute little monkey from a clothespin...

Left, the monkey attachments before painting. Right,
 the finished monkey clothespin doll after painting.

       This little monkey clothespin doll is interpreted from a photo of a chimpanzee. Their are many different species of monkey that young students can study to craft their own versions if they do not wish to copy this one.

Supply List:

• one wooden clothespin
• one chenille stem
• oven-bake clay
• acrylic paints: brown, white, black and pale peach
• hot glue gun and hot glue
  

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. First, unravel the cotton balls to cover the lengths of chenille stem(s) that you will need for the arms and tail of the monkey.
   
2. Spread a tiny amount of the white school glue along the chenille stem and proceed to layer small amounts of cotton on top all the while smoothing the cotton down. Rub this covered wire between the palms of your hands to give it a nice even coating.
3. Take a nail or tack and bore a tiny hole into either side of the clothespin exactly where you will insert an cotton coated wire arm.
4. Add some glue between the center groove of the clothespin and adhere the tail in place.
5. Sculpt the basic nose and mouth from oven-bake clay along with a set of ears. (see photo above.)
6. Bake the clay according to the instructions given by the manufacture of the clay. Let cool and then hot glue these features in place.
7. Using acrylic brown paint the arms and tail. Let dry.
8. Now paint the monkeys facial features. I looked at a monkey online to see where to put the paint colors. 

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