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Santa Mouse Ornament

December 16, 2011

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Santa Mouse Ornament
This week I was able to recreate a craft from my childhood. For as long as I can remember one of these adorable Santa Mice have hung from our Christmas tree. My sister was kind enough to bring me hers so I could make some for my family’s tree.

Materials Needed:
Walnut Half Shells
Felt (gray, red, black)
cotton balls
glue
black thread
small googly eyes

Directions:

First clean out your walnut shells. It was necessary for me to sacrifice one half of each shell in order to extract a complete half of a shell. You may be a better nut cracker than me though 😉

Cut a length of ribbon for the hanger. Glue the ends together. Cut a triangle from the red felt. Glue two sides together, with the hanger inside, to make the Santa hat.


Glue to the top of the walnut. Make sure to leave enough room at the front of the walnut for the nose, whiskers, and eyes.

Unroll the cotton ball and pull out a length of cotton to use for Santa’s hat. Glue the cotton around the base of the hat covering up the seam between the felt and the walnut.

This is what your Santa Mice should look like at this point:

Pull off another small amount of cotton and glue it to the top of the Santa hat.

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Time for the nose and eyes. Cut out a small circle from the black felt. Cut lengths of black thread for the whiskers. Glue on to the tip of the walnut. Glue on googly eyes.

Cut out small ears from the gray felt and glue on. Trace the bottom of the walnut onto the gray felt and cut out. Cut out the body shape and a tail at the same time.

Glue onto the bottom of the walnut and you’re done!

I made four little mice for our family and Bryce hung them on the tree for me today. Aren’t they cute??

Santa Mouse Christmas Ornament Tutorial

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By Trish - Mom On Timeout December 16, 2011 Christmas Crafts, Crafts, Kids, Sidebar

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Comments

  1. FlossieBlossoms says

    October 16, 2013 at 7:00 AM

    Very cute! To make walnuts easier to crack right in half without breakage, put them in a low heat oven for 20-30 minutes. That dries out that membrane that holds the 2 halves together. I have great luck using this method.

    Reply
    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      October 18, 2013 at 5:29 PM

      Okay I simply have to try this 🙂 Thanks for the great idea!

      Reply
  2. Mel says

    December 6, 2012 at 1:51 AM

    Very cute, and these are the only mice I would like in my house xo

    Reply
  3. Noreen says

    November 24, 2012 at 8:02 AM

    These are so cute! I have a couple to hang on my tree each year, too, that have been hung many times before.

    Reply
    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      November 24, 2012 at 8:16 AM

      I just love mine! They add a bit of nostalgia to our tree each year 🙂 Thanks for stopping by Noreen!

      Reply
  4. Chatty Chics says

    December 26, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    Adorable. I’ll have to make these next year with my son! So stinking cute! Thank you for sharing!
    Melody
    ChattyChics.com

    Reply
  5. Julie Huston says

    December 24, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    These look really cute! I would love it if you shared you Santa Mouse here:

    http://juliejewels.blogspot.com/2011/12/show-off-your-stuff-3.html

    Reply
  6. The Sunshine Crew says

    December 23, 2011 at 5:50 AM

    Love these! Pinned them to my Crafts board on Pinterest. Second pin this morning from your lovely blog. So glad I discovered your blog through Sunday Showcase. Am going to subscribe so that I will get your daily posts.
    Have a great day!
    Colleen
    🙂

    Reply
  7. Steph @ Crafting in the Rain says

    December 22, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Cute! My kids would love this!

    Reply
  8. OhioMomPatriot says

    December 22, 2011 at 7:04 AM

    Just adorable! Thanks for the tut!

    Reply
  9. Artsy VaVa says

    December 21, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    These are so cute!

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