ACORN MOUSE FAMILY

We love Autumn crafts for kids and being inspired by the colours and natural things around us. We’re lucky enough to have a little oak tree in our garden so we just had to make some acorn crafts of course! These adorable Acorn Mice are super simple to make and just darling!

We loved our first acorn mouse craft so much that we just had to make a whole Acorn Mouse Family! The little mice from this acorn craft project are perfect pocket pals for children and just right for giving as little Fall gifts.

LEAF SEWING - A fun Autumn / Fall craft for kids. This Fall activity builds fine motor skills and connects kids with Nature using real leaves. An unusual leaf craft kids will love. — Fine Motor Leaf Sewing

Make a Cute Hedgehog Family - A fun 3D Autumn craft for kids and a great way to develop fine motor skills. — Autumn Hedgehogs

Easy Stained Glass Effect Lanterns, a lovely Autumn/Fall craft for kids and a great way to explore colour mixing. — Colour Mix Lanterns

FALL LEAF ART - Make removable window paintings/window clings. A beautiful Fall leaf craft activity that captures the Nature's magic and brings all the beautiful colours inside. — Leaf Window Clings

Some of our favourite Autumn crafts have been Colour Mix Garden Lanterns, Autumn Window Films, an Adorable Hedgehog Family and we’ve even been Leaf Sewing! You can see all our fun Nature Inspired Arts and Crafts here.

Supplies For Your Acorn Craft Project – Mouse Family:

Acorns
Low Temp Glue Gun
Acrylic Paint
Yarn
Fine brush

How to Make Your Acorn Craft Project – Cute Mouse Family

(Remember acorns are small and pose a choking hazard!)

1 – Choose an acorn and two cups for each mouse craft. Use a low temp glue gun to secure the acorn cups into place to make each mouse’s ears. I love using glue guns for acorn craft projects like this because they set in seconds. (Glue guns can be hot please assist and supervise your children as necessary for their age.)

2 – Cut a length yarn and glue gun that into place too to make the tail. You could give each mouse a different colour perhaps?

3 – Now comes the fun bit. Your mice are ready to come alive with features! We really enjoyed choosing colours and designs to bring out their different personalities. Because the acorn mouse craft is so small you’ll need a fine paint brush. We used these Reeve Acrylic Paints. They’re my favourite set of paints for lots of nature crafts as they have a really good coverage, a great range of colours, and they’re mixable and fast drying too!

We love these adorable ACORN MICE! Get the kiddies out collecting for this acorn craft project today! Autumn crafts for kids are such fun. Squeak!

For the baby mouse we chose a small acorn for its body and used some little acorns that hadn’t developed properly for his ears. We found loads of them under the Oak tree!