DIY paper mouse. How to make a mouse out of paper How to make a mouse out of paper

There is a very simple and easy way to make a mouse out of paper. Even children 3-4 years old can cope with such work. After all, the body of the mouse is just paper folded in half, and all the other details are circles and rectangles.

What will you need for the craft?

• Black and pink cardboard;
• White paper;
• Ready-made moving eyes;
• Stencil, scissors, pencil, glue stick.

Preparing parts

For subsequent work, you need to prepare the components of the mouse, these are:

• A strip of black cardboard for the body. My black stripe is 6 cm wide and 21 cm long.
• 2 black and pink circles, from which there will be ears;
• Two strips of white paper about a centimeter wide and slightly wider than a black cardboard strip. White paper, in turn, must be cut from different sides into thin strips. You will get a mouse mustache;
• Pink circle – nose;
• Thin long tail;
• If you don’t have ready-made eyes, they can be easily made from white and black paper.

How to make a mouse out of paper

Fold the black cardboard strip in half and glue the edges. It is very important not to press the folded middle.

Then add eyes, cut white stripes folded slightly crosswise - a mustache. And on top of the mustache there is a pink circle - the nose. And at the last stage, glue the tail.

That's it, the paper mouse is ready. Despite the black color, the mouse turned out to be bright and catchy.

The mouse is gray or white and has a curious nose and tail. The mouse loves his hole, especially looking out of it, he also loves cheese and is very afraid of the cat. Making a mouse out of paper is quite simple if you follow the simple instructions in the picture diagram.

Origami diagram: Mouse from a piece of paper

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1. Fold a square piece of paper along the dotted lines so that the edges meet in the center.

2. Fold along the dotted lines to create pleats and unfold back.

3. Open the parts indicated by the arrows and align them.

4. Fold inward along the dotted lines.

5. Roll in the opposite direction along the dotted lines.

6. Roll in the opposite direction along the dotted lines.

7. Fold in half.

8. Fold along the dotted lines. The back side too.

9. Open the part indicated by the arrow and level it.

10. Fold along the dotted lines to form a fold and unfold back.

11. Fold with a pocket along the dotted lines.

12. Fold into a pocket.

13. Fold inward. The back as well.

14. Draw the mouse’s face (eyes, nose and antennae) and the curious mouse is ready.

Paper is one of the most environmentally friendly and easy-to-use materials for creativity. Children usually enthusiastically cut and glue paper, creating various figures from it. Invite your child to make a cute little mouse, and he will willingly get to work.

How to make a paper mouse with your own hands - master class

To make a mouse we will need:

• paper in red, light grey, pink, yellow and green;
• glue;
• pencil:
• scissors;
• black handle.

Operating procedure

1. Let's make a pattern for a paper mouse - cut out the body, head, paw, tail, nose, apron, apron belt and two ear parts.


2. Let's cut out the parts of the mouse from colored paper. Cut out a body from red paper. From light gray - two parts each of the head, ears and tail, as well as four parts of the paws. We will cut out a nose from black paper, two small ear parts from pink paper, and an apron and an apron belt from yellow paper.


3. Glue the nose to one part of the head and draw the eyes with a black pen.


4. Glue the pink parts to the gray parts of the ears.


5. Glue the ears to another part of the head.


6. To the head part with the ears glued, we will glue another head part - with a nose and eyes.


7. We will roll the part of the mouse's body into a cone and glue it together.


8. Glue the head to the body of the mouse.


9. We glue the parts of the paws in pairs.


10. Glue the paws to the body of the mouse.


11. Glue the tail parts together.


12. Glue the tail to the body.


13. We cut out two strips from green paper with curly scissors and glue them to the apron. Glue the apron belt to the body so that the ends of the belt are located in front. Glue an apron on top.

The paper mouse craft is ready. If you increase or decrease the size of the pattern, you can make a whole family of mice. And also as a friend to the mouse you can

How to make very simple five-minute crafts without glue with mice with your own hands and sew a simple mouse from felt. Master class with step-by-step photos.

DIY toy or craft "mouse"

This craft is so simple that you can make it not even in five minutes, but in two minutes, since to make it you just need to cut out two parts and insert one into the other. What it will be, a craft or a toy, depends on the materials from which it is made. This can be paper, foam rubber or felt (alternatively, you can use soft viscose household napkins instead of felt).

Each material has its own characteristics.

Paper craft "mouse"

Paper is the most accessible material that is always available in the house. If you make a mouse out of paper, then any child who already knows how to cut can easily handle the work, so it can be done with children starting from preschool age. The craft is suitable for activities with children in kindergarten or school.

You can use any paper:

• colored paper for children's creativity (preferably double-sided)
• office
  notebook
• note paper
• waste material in which there is no shortage: newspaper or magazine paper

A paper mouse will turn out to be a craft, since paper is a fragile material, and a paper mouse can easily tear or wrinkle while playing with it.

Craft "mouse" made of foam rubber

An excellent material for making crafts that can serve as toys, because this material has the following advantages compared to paper:

• stronger than paper
• soft, bends easily and there are no creases in the bend areas
• quite thick, but very easy to cut with scissors

It will make toy mouse figures that will last a long time, even if children play with them a lot and actively.

Craft “mouse” made of felt or viscose

Like foam rubber, it is a soft material that does not leave pronounced creases after bending. Toys made from it will last longer than paper ones, but it is very difficult for children to cut. Most preschoolers probably won't succeed.

How to make a mouse craft

Since my daughter and I made these mice from viscose napkins when she had not yet gone to school, the photographs of the master class show the manufacturing process using this material as an example. You can use any other material.

Materials and tools

• Paper (foam rubber or felt)
• Scissors
• Pencil (pen or felt-tip pen), optional plastic eyes + glue
• Sample

Stages of work completion

The “mouse” craft is ready.

My daughter made a piece of paper cheese for her mice.

And I sewed a voluminous mouse for her using the same pattern.

A very simple three-dimensional mouse toy made of felt

This version of the toy mouse is more complicated than the previous one, as it requires the ability to sew with at least the simplest basting stitch. However, this option is quite feasible for children of primary school age.

How to sew a simple felt mouse toy

To sew this mouse you will need the same template as for the previous version, but with one more part - the third part will be the lower part of the toy and is the same part as for the head with a body, but without a tail and is quite a bit shorter and a little narrower (with emphasis on the letter "y") along the edges.

Manufacturing also occurs in a similar way, only point 4 will change and points 5 - 7 will appear.

4. Decorate the muzzle: sew on the eyes and nose from, make a mustache from threads.
5. Sew the top and bottom pieces together, leaving a small area for filling.
6. Place filling inside the toy: padding polyester, holofiber, cotton wool, etc.
7. Sew up.

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