After you read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, help young readers grow their imaginations and develop their fine motor skills by making this mouse headband.
What you’ll need:
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Pink and brown construction paper
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Crayons or markers
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Glue
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Tape
Directions:
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For the band, help your little ones cut out a strip of brown paper about 2 inches thick and long enough to wrap around their forehead. Leave enough extra length to tape the ends together.
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For the outside of the ears, fold a piece of brown paper in half and cut out a set of circles (a helpful idea is to find a large cup to trace around).
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Using pink paper, cut out another set of smaller circles for the inside of the ears and a triangle for the nose.
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Glue the smaller pink circles inside each of the larger brown circles to make the ears.
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Put the bottom edge of each ear up against the strip of paper and tape them in place.
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Once the ears are attached, use marker or crayon to draw eyes, whiskers, and a mouth.
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Lastly, tape the ends of the strip together to fit snugly around each child’s forehead.
Activity adapted from The Educators’ Spin On It
