I have very fond memories of one of the ornaments that hangs on my Moms tree: some little mice sleeping in walnut shells that my sister and I made when we were wee Girl Scouts. I knew for sure I wanted to make some for my own tree, so I asked my Mom to send me a picture of them so I could re-create them.
Well...maybe my memory is failing or maybe I like to look at the world through rose-colored glasses, but apparently those cute, sweet little mice actually look like this:
Umm...not exactly how Id pictured them.
I mean, these guys have probably been around for almost twenty years, so theyre probably a little worse for wear. But I have a feeling that they were never quite what I remember anyway.
So this ornament is a little bit of an improvement, but the new version is definitely sweet and cute.
You will need
A walnut
A filbert (also known as a hazelnut)
Some fabric and felt scraps
A cotton ball
A sharpie
A rubber band
A hot glue gun
Start by cracking open a walnut. You can feel free to eat the walnut. Unless, of course, youre allergic to nuts. In which case you might want to skip this ornament altogether. Warning: this ornament contains nuts!
Next, get a filbert. I guess these are actually called hazelnuts, but I only even knew them as filberts. In fact, Ive always called my little mouse Philbert in honor of his head. Anyway, get the nut. Draw a face.
Then glue a cotton ball into the walnut shell. Cut a chunk out of a rubber band for the tail and glue it to the bottom of the walnut shell.
Glue a scrap of cute Christmas fabric over the cotton ball to make a blanket.
Then put the filbert in place.
To make the hat, take a half-circle of felt...
...and glue it into a cone shape.
Glue on the hat, ears, and a loop of pretty thread, and Philbert will be ready for your tree!
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