-Crafts- Mouse Invasion!

One of my favorite daily blog reads is Thrifty Decor Chick.  If you are at all into decorating, you should do yourself a favor and check this one out.  Sarah is amazingly creative, and she describes her projects in such a simple, straightforward manner -- it makes you think anyone can do it.

A few days ago, she posted about decorating her stairs with silhouettes of mice for Halloween.  Sounds creepy, but looks adorable!

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How cute is that?!?  I can barely stand it.  I immediately wanted to do it in my house, but then I remembered two things:  (1) my stairs are carpeted, and (2) I have three children under the age of 4.  There is NO WAY they would leave these things alone.  I would find ripped and crumpled mouse bodies all over my house.

But I still loved the idea, so I enlisted the help of my third graders.  Every Friday, they earn 20 minutes of "Friday Free Time."  During that time they can draw, play games, talk....whatever!  Last Friday I asked if anyone was interested in helping me decorate the room for Halloween, and nearly all 20 of them volunteered.  I let them stick the mice where ever they wanted.  It's actually pretty hilarious...I keep finding mice in the most unexpected places: on my tissue box, on my printer, behind my bookshelves.  The room looks great!

If you are interested in trying this project yourself, you can download the template here.  I just printed them out on printer paper, and then we cut them out.  If I were doing this for my home, I would probably make a template and then trace the mice on black contact paper.  Then you can cut them out and stick them wherever you like.  Enjoy!

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