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Mouse Finger Puppet

contributed by Deb!

Dear Leanne

This is a craft I do at Christmas with my storytimes when I read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" -- this is the 'quiet as a MOUSE"..... It makes a mouse 'finger puppet. 

A note from Leanne (the mom who runs DLTK's Crafts for Kids):  this would also make a great craft for a number of other mouse-y rhymes or tales, like the City Mouse and the Country Mouse, Pussycat Pussycat Where Have You Been, Three Blind Mice or Hickory Dickory Dock

Instructions

• Fold the 1/4 sheet of paper in half again so you have a piece about the size of a index card. 
    
• Turn the fold toward your stomach & draw a curving line from the left corner (this is the nose) to the right side about 2.5" up from the fold. 
    
• Do not unfold the paper, but cut on the curved line. 
    
• Now glue the curved sides together. 
    
• The straight side should be left open (this is for your finger to go in)
    
• Punch a hole near the top corner (side opposite the fold) for the string to go in. 
    
• Tie the string in the hole for the tail (Tasha's into braiding right now, so we used 6 strings and braided the tail). 
    
• Now glue the pompom or bead on the nose & add reinforcement or wiggly eyes. 
    
• A little ways up the curve glue the 2 pink circles on for the ears -- one on each side of the 'mouse'.  I usually just glue about 1/2 of them on the construction paper & let the other 1/2 stick up from the body.
    
  I hope my directions are clear -- these are cute & the kids always like making them!!
    
  deb
  
  
  
  

cut 81/2 x 11 inch sheet into 1/4's

draw curvy line on folded paper

apply glue

add face, ears and tail