CURIOUS GEORGE DECORATIONS
Use standard party decorations; streamers, balloons, table decorations in
red, yellow and blue. Tie a bouquet of balloons to a bunch of bananas for 
a fun and easy table centerpiece. 
Incorporate different elements from your child's favorite Curious George 
story or focus on one book to create your theme. Using butcher paper, construction paper, large appliance boxes and kid-safe paint
you can transform your party space into a world of imagination. 
Hire a talented teen to help you make the decorations. 
Popular Curious George Titles:
Curious George Visits the Zoo
Curious George Rides a Bike
Curious George Flies a Kite
Curious George Gets a Medal
Curious George and the Birthday Surprise

With the release of the Curious George movie and television series it may 
be even easier to find posters and other items to add to your decorations.

Monkey Party Favors

Make these cups and use them as table place settings,
or fill with Curious George party favors to take home. 
You'll Need:
brown paper cups
brown construction paper
plastic google eyes
glue stick and/or a hot glue gun

Cut four semi-circles for each bag. Use a glue stick to attach one semi-circle on each side for the ears, two for the mouth, so that they almost create a circle. Use the hot glue gun (adult) to attach the eyes just above the mouth. Fill the bag with tissue paper or shredded paper (Easter grass). Add candy, fruit snacks, banana chips, crayons, stickers etc. For place holders, make a paper circle with
the guests name and place the cup onto the circle.

CURIOUS GEORGE PARTY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Upon arrival, transform your guests into Curious George with monkey ears 
and tails. You can make the ears with stiff felt or craft foam glued to a head band. The tails are simply a long strip of brown fabric tied around the waist with a long piece dangling behind. Be sure you don't make the tail so long that it gets in the way when playing games.

Coloring sheets
Provide coloring sheets, crayons and markers for the children as an ice-breaker activity. this will also keep them busy while they wait 
for all of the children to arrive or at the end of the party while 
waiting for mom and dad. Click here for coloring sheets >>

Traditional games with a twist...
Adapt traditional party games to match your Curious George theme.

Pin the Tail on the Monkey
Draw a monkey on some poster board or purchase a poster.
You can make tails using brown construction paper.

Play Hot Banana instead of Hot Potato

Ted Says
play just like Simon says, except that the leader is wearing 
a yellow hat and says - "Ted Says".

Monkey See 
Play follow the leader with fun monkey movements and sounds.

Feed George
Paint a monkey face on a large box. Cut a large hole for George's mouth. 
Give the kids 3-4 yellow bean bags. The object is to stand a marked 
distance from the box and get the bean bags into George's mouth.

Treasure Hunt
Go on a treasure hunt to find bananas, or museum artifacts for the Man 
in the Yellow Hat (Ted). Write or draw picture clues that lead from one 
clue to the next. 

Yellow Hat Drop
Purchase or make a large yellow hat and photo copy 5 images of Curious George. Clip a clothes pin onto each image. The object of the game is stand on a stool and simply drop the clothes pins into the hat. The children stand in a line and take turns. Every one gets a small prize after taking their turn. You can also play this with 3-4 monkey beanie toys. and toss the monkeys into the hat.

Monkey-ing Around
Don't forget that Curious George has acquired his title from being 
playful and mischievous...

If you have a large kid-safe party room provide several balls in a variety 
of sizes for the kids to play with. Exercise balls, beach balls and foam balls 
are particularly fun to play with. Play some music and have fun!

Bubbles
Use a giant bubble wand to make bubbles for the kids to catch.

Not that we would ever encourage kids to color on the walls...
but it is one of George's favorite activities. Cover a large wall space 
or appliance box with white butcher paper. Give the kids some crayons
or paint and see what they create!

Monkey Crafts
Use the Internet to find patterns for monkey puppets, or other fun 
activities. Here are a few links to get you started:
Paper Bag Monkey Puppet
Monkey Paper Plate Craft
Monkey TP Tube Craft

Try making monkeys with egg carton cups (painted brown), brown chenille stems and google eyes.

CURIOUS GEORGE PARTY FAVORS
Make a monkey face on a brown paper bag, using brown construction paper and plastic eyes. Then fill the bag with animal crackers, Curious George stickers, banana chips and any one of these toys...
either crayons, mini book, barrel of monkeys game, beach ball, toy figures... Curious George party favors >>

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