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Candy Mouse Preschool & Hobby Craft
Child and Adult Craft Activity
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This brilliant craft makes itself into the shape of a mouse cone.
This can then be filled with candy and gifts and given out as a presents to friends & family!
Fundraise at your Christmas Fair this year ..
Make up a number of Candy mice cones prior to your event and fill them with relevant items - sell & boost your fundraising efforts.
Alternatively - print and display them on a stall with the tools necessary for the Children to cut and colour their own mice - allow a choice of fillings for each one !
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You will need
Card
Colouring pens
Staples/glue
Scissors
Colour coordinating wool - tail
Black thread - whiskers
Sweets or gifts
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To make
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Photocopy the head and body templates onto card & cut out.
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Decorate/ colour with your choice of medium.
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CANDY MOUSE HEAD ~ fold back the side flaps and glue/staple them together to form a cup/cone shape.
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Whiskers - Cut 3 lengths of black thread and tie off in the middle. Glue the knot beneath the black nose.
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Glue the lower point of the mouse nose to the body.
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Tail - Plait or cut a length of wool in the same color as you decorated the body. Staple or tape to the back of the body.
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Punch out the hole in the back of the head if you want to hang the mouse up for show. Use a reinforcing ring to strengthen the cut out area. Tie a length of ribbon through the hole and tie off.
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Fill the cone with candy sweets – pre-wrapped in clear food wrap so that the sweets stay clean!
OTHER IDEAS
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Adapt the mouse decoration to suit the theme you are doing – cover in hearts for Valentines Day and fill with red foil covered chocolates.
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For a birthday gift fill with balloons, candy and whistle blowers. Decorate with curling ribbons and sequins.
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Christmas gift for your pet cat – fill with a catnip mouse and cat treats! Alternatively put mouse/hamster/gerbil treats inside and decorate with paper holly and berries.
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Make up several templates and sell at your local fair/fundraising event.
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CLICK for full sized Candy Mouse Head Template
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CLICK for full sized Body
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