If You Give A Mouse A Cookie {BOOK} Craft

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie is always a class favorite for back to school. Today we are sharing this fun craft activity.

Supplies:

Canvas or Cardstock
Paint
Paint Brush
Scissors
Glue
Black Marker
Black & White Cardstock

Mouse Instructions:

Paint your child’s hand with blue and light brown paint. (refer to the photo) Make sure they keep their hand open to avoid smearing the paint.

Press your child’s hand down firmly onto the canvas towards the bottom.

Help your child gently lift their hand off the canvas to avoid smearing the paint.

Allow the handprint to dry completely.

Repeat the steps above but this time, paint only your child’s palm with light brown paint.

Turn the canvas around.

Press your child’s hand down firmly onto the canvas gently overlapping the first handprint just a little bit.

Help your child gently lift their hand off the canvas to avoid smearing the paint.

Allow the handprint to dry completely.

Dip your child’s fingertip into light brown paint and give the mouse some ears.

Use a paintbrush to add pink to the ears, a nose and paw prints.

Dip a milk cap or small circle shape into light brown paint and stamp it onto the canvas, just over the paw. Once the paint is dry, add chocolate chips with darker brown paint.

Allow the paint to dry completely.

Use a black marker to add eyes, trace the nose, a mouth, whiskers and paw prints.

Use a paintbrush to add a bit of red to the mouth.

Your mouse handprint craft is complete!

Boy Instructions:

Paint your child’s hand with orange, blue and flesh toned paint. (refer to the photo) Make sure they keep their hand open to avoid smearing the paint.

Press your child’s hand down firmly onto the canvas towards the bottom.

Help your child gently lift their hand off the canvas to avoid smearing the paint.

Allow the handprint to dry completely.

Repeat the steps above but this time, paint your child’s palm with flesh toned paint and fingers with brown paint. Do not paint their thumb.

Turn the canvas around.

Press your child’s hand down firmly onto the canvas gently overlapping the first handprint just a little bit.

Help your child gently lift their hand off the canvas to avoid smearing the paint.

Allow the handprint to dry completely.

Dip your child’s fingertip into flesh toned paint and give the boy some ears.

Dip your child’s fingertip into pink paint and give the boy rosey cheeks.

Use a paintbrush to add a green collar to the boys shirt.

Dip a milk cap or small circle shape into light brown paint and stamp it onto the canvas, just over the boy’s hand. Once the paint is dry, add chocolate chips with darker brown paint.

Allow the paint to dry completely.

Use a black marker to add eyebrows, eyes, a nose, mouth and chin.

Your boy handprint craft is complete!

 

Of course, everything is better with cookies so bake or buy some to share with your kids or students. Children make connections to books and everyone loves a good cookie. We hope you love this fun craft. Bringing books to life is our favorite!

 

Happy crafting!