How to Make a Sock Monkey Costume

Carry a banana with your costume.

Many have fond memories of a soft cuddly sock monkey lovingly stitched together by Mom or Grandma. This simple toy has been a favorite of children for generations, so you'd think that a toy this easy to make would be easy to turn into a costume. Good news, it is. With what you can dig out of your own closet and find in the craft department of your nearest super store, you can bring this childhood memory to life.

Things You'll Need

• Gray sweat suit
• White or tan socks
• White or tan mittens
• Gray ski mask
• Fabric pen
• 10" X12" piece of cardboard
• 10" X12" piece of gray cloth
• 10" X12" piece of pink cloth
• 10" X12" piece of tan cloth
• Needle and thread
• White glue
• Scissors
• 6" X 24" piece of gray cloth
• 6" X 4" piece of white cloth
• Pink face paint

Instructions

Mask

1. With fabric pen draw two monkey ears on cardboard. Cut them out.

2. Using cardboard ears as pattern draw and cut out two ears from pink cloth. Glue pink ears to one side of cardboard ears.

3. Draw and cut out two ears that are about an inch larger than cardboard ears from 10" X12" piece gray cloth.

4. Glue gray ears to other side of cardboard ears. Wrap excess around to pink side and glue down. Ears will be gray on one side and pink with gray edges on the other side.

5. Sew ears to ski mask.

6. Draw an oval shape slightly bigger than the mouth of the ski mask onto tan cloth. Cut it out. Cut it longwise in half.

7. Sew over mouth of ski mask.

8. Paint your nose pink.

Tail

1. Sew piece of white cloth to end of 6" X 24" piece of gray cloth.

2. Roll cloth into tube and sew together.

3. Sew to back of sweat pants.

References

• Family Education: Halloween Costume finder
• coolest-homemade-costume ideas.com: Coolest Homemade Monkey Costumes