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A 10–15 minutes craft for ages 5–12, using supplies you likely already have — Sharpie Markers, Pom Poms, and Scissors.

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    Make Candy Cane Mouse

    Your creative buddy says:
    "Let's stick together and make this one!"

    Step 1: Print and cut the template

    May need grown-up help
    Have an adult help you print the attached printable. Then, cut it out with a scissors.

    Step 2: Outline the template

    Trace the ear template on to one color of felt. Trace the body template on to another color of felt. Great Grandma always made hers red and green, but you can make your mice any color you like.

    Step 3: Transfer the cut lines

    Each mouse needs four straight lines cut inside its body. To mark where the lines need to go, fold your template back to the start of each line. Make a dot. Then, fold back to the end of the line. Make another dot. Connect the dots.

    Step 4: Cut out the mouse

    Cut out the mouse body and ears.

    Step 5: Snip the cut lines

    Fold the mouse so one half of your cut lines is on each side of your fold. Snip your cut lines evenly.

    Step 6: Insert the ears

    Put the ears through the two cut lines that are closest to the mouse’s pointy nose. When you push your ears through, make sure the right side of both the body and ears are facing up. The side with your sharpie lines is the bottom, or wrong side. Push the ears through from the top, then pull them back up from the bottom.

    Step 7: Add the eyes

    Glue on some googly eyes!

    Step 8: Add a nose

    Glue a Pom Pom on for a nose. Let your mouse dry.

    Step 9: Insert the tail

    Push the candy cane tail from the bottom up through the back cut line, then back down through the second cut line.
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    Clean up

    Put things away so your space is tidy for next time.

    Tidy up our space

    Put away our supplies

    Check off each supply when it is put away — and any clean-up tips underneath are done too. You might find a fun surprise!

    • A cartoon of Sharpie Markers
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Pom Poms
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Googly Eyes
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of White Glue
      Where they belong:
      • — Don't forget! Close glue lids.
    • A cartoon of Felt
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    • A cartoon of Paper
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Scissors
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Printer
      Where they belong:

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