Came by these today and remembered this thread...thought they may help someone out so here ya go...
http://lennytaylor.freeyellow.com/Monkey.htm
http://breezeb.tripod.com/crafts/sockmonkey.html
http://lennytaylor.freeyellow.com/elephant.htm
Check through this page...there are sock monkey printables...cards, stationary, etc...
http://breezeb.tripod.com/printables.html