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How to make adorable hazelnut mice.

Naomi Pahl
Mar 16, 2016
2 min read

I was about 11 years old and it was a month before the holdiays. My mom worked at a hospital that was putting on a Christmas craft sale and she asked if I would like to help make and sell something at the show. We decided to make Christmas tree ornaments. My first business: 'Kids can Kraft' was born. What can I say? I like alliteration. :) I remember getting to stay up late for a few nights, glue guns blazing and yarn flying for what could possibly be one of the cutest crafts I have ever seen. Have I mentioned the word 'adorable' yet?

It was a blast to rehash this craft from the past with the kids!

Watch the DIY video below, OR scroll down to read the instrucitons and infographic!

Hazelnut Mice in 6 easy steps!

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Materials:

walnut

hazelnut

nut cracker

butter knife

ultra fine sharpie

felt (I used an upcycled wool sweater)

scrap fabric (small patterns work best)

cotton/fiberfill

scissors

yarn

glue gun/glue

1.Crack walnut using a similar kind of nutcracker:

Make sure walnut is positioned with the seam perpendicular to the pressure points of the nut cracker. Apply pressure only until the seam slightly cracks open. Slip the butter knife into the crack and twist until you can seperate the walnut halves. Using the butter knife, clean out nut and all the hard membranes and snap off pointy bits.

2. Pick a hazelnut that can easily fit into the top half of the walnut. Draw a face on the hazelnut, using the pointed tip of the hazelnut as the nose.

3. Cut out ears from felt. I just cut around the tip of my thumb, which gave me the perfect size. Glue ears onto the head, positioned at the back of the hazelnut.

4. Glue the tail into the pointed tip of the walnut

5. Place cotton batting in the center of the fabric scrap and bring opposite corners together. Pinch the tips together and hold in your left hand. With your right hand squirt hot glue into the bottom of the walnut. Place fabric and batting with the pointy ends directly immersed in the glue. Make sure there is still room to fit the head.

6. Put some more glue into the top of the walnut and push hazelnut into the walnut until it fits snuggly.

~If you wish to make this into an ornament- before you push the head into the walnut, place 2 ends of the same string (or ribbon/lace/yarn) into the glue, and then place the head into the walnut.~

These make great gifts, ornaments, cute figurines for fairy gardens, they can be attached onto presents, or just be used for old-fashion fun! My kids love to play with these little cuties along side their Callico Critters.