Puppets
Mouse Finger Puppet
For childen.
Take a brown or gray (or any other color the child wants) piece of 9x12
inch
construction paper. Fold it into 1/4's. Cut each out.
(If
you don't need very many you will need a rectangle that is 4
1/2"x6".)
Fold it in half the long way. From the folded end, start at the
bottom and cut to curve up to the end of the top. Staple or glue
it closed but leave a litle open where the tail will be. Hole punch a
hole at the
top of the mouse. Tie a piece of yarn in the hole and tie the
end.
Make two circles for the ears. Color or paint it (if
desired).
Staple it about 2 inches from the narrow part of the mouse pattern on
the top. Draw a face (eyes, nose, and a mouth on both sides) on the
mouse. For older children, follow the above instructions except
hole punch holes to thread about 20 inches of yarn starting at the
bottom of the mouse (make a knot at the side) to the top and lace the
yarn over the top and through the holes. Take it through twice at
the end and make a knot at the
side of the open end and then leave enough for a tail. Make a knot at
the
end of the tail. Use this for different mouse songs,
fingerplays, or stories.
Felt Mouse Finger Puppet
For the parent or teacher or older child.
Make a rectangle that is 4 1/2"x6" out of brown or gray piece of felt
or
corduroy fabric. Fold it in half the long way. From the
folded
end, start at the bottom and cut to curve up to the end of the
top.
About 2 inches from the narrow part of the mouse pattern and 1 inch
from
the bottom, hand sew pink eyes. Thread a darners needle with 6
strands
of embroidery floss or yarn. Place the needle through the wrong
side
of the felt or fabric and wrapping about 5 or 6 times (for the floss)
or
about 2 or 3 times (for yarn) around the needle. Go through to
the
wrong side of the fabric. Reinforce the stitch. Repeat this
step
on the other side. (If you don't have babies in your home you can
use
2 beads.) Make a knot in yarn or embroidery floss and sew
starting
at the bottom of the mouse to where the tail will be. Make two
felt
or corduroy fabric circles for the ears about 1 1/2 inch by 1
inch.
Sew it on above the eyes by reinforcing it on the sewn mouse on the top
and
then on the wrong side. Go to the right side and make about three
straight
stiches. Connect the yarn together and repeat the same way.
Reinforce
the stiches with a knot. Sew together with yarn on the top part
of
the ear. For the nose, sew a pom-pom at the bottom of the
curve.
Make sure you grab the middle part of the pom-pom sewing it on to the
tip
of the nose. Use this for different mouse songs, fingerplays, or
stories.
Kids Crafts: Mouse Finger Puppet
Snacks/Home Economics
Mouse Cookie
Frost a sugar cookie white. Add two snack crackers or other round
cookies (for ears). Frost those. Add a licorice lace for
the tail. Add colored candy or raisins or chocolate chips for the
eyes and
nose.
AMouse
in the House: Friend, Jan. 2005 @ lds.org This link may not work in
2006+ so go to: Gospel Library.
Three Blind Mice
KIDiddles - Three
Blind
Mice (lyrics & music)
Three Blind Mice
Sheet
Music & Music
Enchanted
Learning - Three Blind Mice and Printout
to Color
Hickory Dickory Dock
KidsRCrafty:
The
Clock 1-12 Dot-to-Dot
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down!
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Hickory Dickory Dock Online Painting @ Enchanted Learning
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Color
Theme: Mouse Paint Toast
Art: Have the child create his/her own mouse using red, green, blue,
orange, yellow, and purple.
Note: You can use one from: Story
a Month (you need to enlarge one of the mice) or childstoryhour.com:
Land Animals to Color: mouse.jpg or any other mouse
coloring page
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry
Bear by Don Wood
Use these patterns:
Strawberry
Coloring Page (large) or any other one located at: Food Theme:
Strawberry
Cartoon Critters
Mouse Coloring Page - 1
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