Free monkey SVG files

Sizes, materials and the thin parts of a monkey

Every monkey here is 100 mm on its longer side. The faces are the sturdy ones: on the plain monkey face nothing is narrower than about 3.5 mm at that size, so it stays strong in 3 mm plywood, and it cuts well in vinyl and card down to about 60 mm across. The hairline, the nostrils and the smile are fine cut lines, about 2.4 mm wide on the faces. Weed them with a pin after the outside has come away.

The whole monkeys have long arms and a tail about 4 mm wide, and a face that is smaller than on the face designs. Keep those at 80 mm or taller in vinyl and card. For wood and acrylic, or for anything smaller, the three silhouettes are the ones to use: the monkey on a branch, the swinging monkey and the walking monkey have thick limbs and little or nothing inside to weed.

Hanging a monkey from something

Five of these designs come with their own branch, so they can hang from the top edge of a card, a shelf or a door frame, or be welded to the top of a name. If you want the monkey without the branch, slice the branch away in your cutting software just above the hand: the arm ends in a round hand that looks finished on its own. Mirror the monkey to make it face the other way.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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