Quick Start
Cheeky Monkeys
Instructions
Will you play it safe or take a chance and spin again
to try to win the most bananas? Look out for the monkey
with six bananas, it could be a game changer!
Contents
• 1 two-part 3D tree • 32 monkey cards • 1 pool board • 1 spinner board
• 1 two-part plastic spinner arrow
Spread the monkey cards
face down on the table.
Setting up the game
Cheeky
Monkeys
Slot together the 3D tree by
matching the coloured strips
at the bottom to create four
coloured sections.
Take one monkey from another
= player. Hook it on the tree with
any others collected on your turn.
Take any monkeys collected
= on your turn and place onto
the pool board.
Place the
spinner and
pool board
within reach
of all players.
1b
Spin the spinner
Turn over a monkey card. Spin
= again or hook your monkey on
the tree.
Each player chooses a coloured section
of the 3D tree (red, blue, yellow or
green). They then take one face down
monkey card from the table and hook
it onto their section.
Attach the spinner arrow to
the spinner board.
1a
Take turns to spin the spinner.
If the arrow lands on...
Take all monkeys from the pool
= board with any collected on your
turn and hook onto the tree.
1c
The cheeky monkey!
When there are no
monkey cards left on the table,
count how many bananas you
have collected. The winner is
the player with the most bananas.
The pool monkey!
The youngest player starts
by spinning the spinner.
More fun!
If the arrow lands on a
banana section, turn
over a monkey card
and place it face up
in front of you.
Your monkey will be holding 0, 1, 2, 3 or 6 bananas.
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Decide whether to end your turn by keeping the monkey
and hooking it onto your section of the tree or take a
chance and spin again to try to win more bananas. If you
spin again and land on a banana section you can take
another monkey card from the table, but if the arrow
lands on...
1d ?
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Remember...
...the ?, take all the monkeys you
have collected on your turn, together
with any monkeys on the pool board,
and hook them onto your section of
the tree. Play passes to the next
player.
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If you have not collected any monkeys on your
turn, play passes to the next player.
Top tip: There is one monkey with 6 bananas!
If the spinner lands on a
banana section, you can
spin again as many
times as you like until
you decide to hook the
monkeys onto your
section of the tree or the
arrow lands on another
spinner section.
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...the pool monkey, take any monkeys
you have collected on your turn and
place them on the pool board. Play
passes to the next player.
...the cheeky monkey, you can take
one monkey from another player’s
section and hook it, together with any
other monkeys collected on your turn,
onto your section of the tree. Play
passes to the next player.
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activities including
colouring sheets, tasty
recipes and craft ideas
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Players then take all the
monkeys from their section of
the tree and count how many
bananas they have collected.
End of the game
The game ends when there are no
face down monkey cards left on the
table. N.B. The person playing at this point
Any monkeys on the pool board at the
end of the game are not counted.
takes any monkeys collected on that turn
and hooks them onto their section of the tree.
Make a paper plate monkey
Paper Plate Monkey
sturdiness of a paper plate
paper plate monkey! The
Go bananas with this fun
animal faces. With some
it perfect for making fun
and its round shape makes
of paper plate animals.
can create your own jungle
paint, card and glue you
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paint • Pink card • White
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• An adult to help
plates • Brown
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• Scissors
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You will need:
Monkey face
Paint a paper plate with
paint and leave it to dry.
draw around a
brown On pink card,
a
glass three times to make
face shape.
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The shape should look similar
to the one above.
Cut out the face shape.
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Monkey eyes
Monkey ears
Remember not to hook
your monkeys onto your
section of the tree until
your turn is over!
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2
1
3
3
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2
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The winner!
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1
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The winner is the player with the
most bananas.
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Paint two large discs of
card with brown paint.
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white
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card
Glue a small disc of pink
the
to the centre of each of
brown discs.
Almost done!
eyes
Stick the ears, face and
plate.
onto the painted paper
Why not try creating
some other paper plate
animals like the ones
we made below.
Finished!
onto
draw a nose and mouth
With a black felt tip pen,
on
He is now ready to stick
your cheeky monkey’s face.
mask!
to make a funky monkey
your wall or add elastic
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Cut two small discs of white
pupils.
card and draw on black
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Why not make your own cheeky
monkey to hang on your wall.
You can download
this FREE activity sheet
from our website.