Star your own wild monkey parade with the Barrel of Monkeys game! These little monkeys have gone wild, and when you throw them all in a big pile, they're all tangled up with arms and tails. Can you pick up one monkey and then pick up another with the first monkey's arm? Don't drop your monkeys as you build your parade, or you'll lose your turn! Build the longest monkey parade to win!
Fun monkey game challenges you to pick up monkeys and build a parade to win! Pick up each monkey with the last monkey's arm! If you drop your monkeys you lose your turn.
Barrel of Monkeys is a toy game released by Lakeside Toys in 1965. It was created by Leonard Marks and Milton Dinhofer in 1961, and in 1964, Herman Kesler partnered to sell it to Lakeside Toys. Lakeside Toys released it in 1965 and today it is produced by the Milton Bradley Company within the Hasbro corporation. Milton Bradley's editions consist of a toy barrel in either blue, yellow, red, purple, orange, gray or green. The barrel contains 13 monkeys but can hold 24, their color usually corresponding to the barrel's color. The instructions state, "Dump monkeys onto table. Pick up one monkey by an arm. Hook other arm through a second monkey's arm. Continue making a chain. Your turn is over when a monkey is dropped." In addition to these basic instructions, the barrel also contains instructions for playing alone or with two or more players.
Time magazine ranked Barrel of Monkeys at No. 53 on their 2011 All-Time 100 Greatest Toys list.
Difficulty: Very Easy
Year: 1964
Players: 1-2 players
Playing time: 10 minutes
Age: 3+
Components
15 Monkeys
1 Instruction Sheet
ABOUT THE GAME
HOW TO PLAY
