We love the book Fredrick by Leo Lionni and many other picture books with mice as main characters so making a little mouse at art time today was a perfect fit. Using recycled materials for art isn’t just frugal it’s also a lesson in creativity for kids. What can they make with a recycled box? Crafts like that give them a few suggestions. If your child is strong enough to cut through cardboard have them do the cutting, it’s great for building hand strength.
- Gather your materials. You will need a small cardboard box from your recycling bin, a marker,pipe cleaner, glue, googly eyes, some paint and a paintbrush.
- Cut your box flat and draw one large Oval and two smaller ones.
- Draw a nose and whiskers on the large oval with a black marker. I drew mine in when it was dry but it would be much easier to do it before.
- Have your child paint the ovals. Let dry, I sped up the process by wiping the excess paint off with a paper towel.
- Cut out the ovals out .
- Glue the ears and eyes on.
- Poke a hole near the bottom of the body and attach the pipe cleaner (I cut mine in half) for a tail!
Books About Mice
Sheila Rae, the Brave
Frederick
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give…)
Tracy (design Lab 443) says
Love this, here is how ours turned out!
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Allie says
Oohh so cute !!