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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.

Mouse Paint Toast

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

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

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

 

Online Activities Online Mouse Stories Country Mouse & City Mouse @ Kidzclub Eek! There's a Mouse in the House @ Goodnight Stories Lion and the Mouse Story @ BBC The Mouse & The Lion @ Kidzclub Online Painting & Games Hickory Dickory Dock Online Painting @ Enchanted Learning Cat & Mouse Tic Tac Toe