How to Fold a Towel Monkey

Co-authored by Lois Wade

Making a towel monkey is a cute way to impress your guests! To make a towel monkey, follow these instructions.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Be sure to orient it in the “landscape” position in front of you (i.e. long sides up and down, short sides left and right).
It may help to imagine that you’re rolling up a scroll.

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The rolled ends should all be bunched together like a bouquet.
Be sure to find all four corners.
The rolled towel should try to unravel, forming four twisting sections.
You might clip them to a clothes hanger, for example. The towel should now look like the body of a monkey hanging by its forepaws.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Be sure to orient it in the “landscape” position in front of you (i.e. long sides up and down, short sides left and right).
(It doesn’t doesn't matter which two so long as they’re opposite each other.) Again, imagine you’re rolling a scroll.
Make sure that the rolled lump is facing you when you’re done.
This will form the head (upper flap with roll) and mouth (lower flap, folded back under the roll).
The monkey is now complete!

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