Styrofoam Rodents

Have you seen the movie "Ratatouille"?  It's one of my favorite kid flicks. Did it change your mind about the rodents, especially the extra facts at the end?  Whether you're a rodent fan or not, you can't find fault with these cute creations. So, get rid of those leftover styrofoam eggs from last spring. On the blog http://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid/styrofoam-kids-crafts/?rb=Y#page=5, make a hit with the kids. Have them make up their own short stories related to their mice.  You can use another love of mine, a book called "Hooway for Wodney Wat" for inspiration.

This was relatively an easy project, but the glue gun who is our friend and enemy (enemy because too often we burned ourselves on the small details) had a lot of use that day.

I know. You're getting tired of my out of focus pictures. Please forgive me. These were done with my

infamously old cell phone, which got upgraded in April this year. Yeah!

We didn't add any whiskers.  Do you know why?

Supplies:
1. oval styrofoam shapes
2. paint
3. felt
4. small beads
5. small pearls (we had no pom-poms)
6. knife
7. scissors
8. pencil

Directions:
1. cut styrofoam oval in half
2. paint your choice of color; let dry
3. cut small circles from felt for ears; cut in half
4. with pencil push straight edge of felt into styrofoam (ears)
5. cut long tail from felt (ours were long and thick); you can make them shorter and skinnier

Duration:
This took one day