when it's raining outside and you have a couple of spare hours, make a sock monkey:
a) you need: pair of socks, needle and thread, pair of eyes, stuffing.
c) turn inside out and sew up legs, cut down the line in between the legs as illustrated.
d) turn the monkey back the right way and stuff through the hole. then sew up the gap.
e) get the second sock and sew and cut as shown.
f) stitch on mouth and fill with stuffing
k) same now with the tail. stuff
m) tell jokes to your new monkey friend!
By the way, His name is Iolo