Candy Cane Mice

I have made these for years but have no idea where the idea or pattern came from - look how cute they are (and they're very simple)!

                                  

You need felt in 2 colors, small googly eyes, something for the nose (I use mini pompoms), and candy canes.

Draw the pattern on cardboard or heavy cardstock, then cut out. It's an oval, 4" tall x 2 1/2" wide for the body, and the ears are 1 1/4" x 4" long, see picture for the shape. Trace the shapes onto felt and cut them out. Cut 2 (1/2") slits on the body where the candy cane will go, and 2 (1/2") slits on the head where the ear piece will go. Fold one end of the ears in so you can insert it into one of the slits and then feed it up thru the other slit. Glue on the eyes and nose. Insert candy cane thru the body for it's tail.

on the left is the pattern, in the middle is the cut out felt shapes.
note where the slits are, they don't have to be perfect but you
get the idea where they should approximately go. the vertical
slits on the narrower side of the body are for the ears,
the horizontal slits on the bottom is where the candy cane goes. 

feed the ear piece  down thru one slit then back up thru the other

insert the candy cane so it's on the underside of
the mouse. 

Halloween Nail Art

I don't do nail art on myself very often - my left hand is hopeless when it comes to drawing things! Was inspired though when I saw a picture of someone who painted googly eyes on her nails and I wondered if I could change the idea to just super gluing actual googly eyes on my nails... sure enough, it worked (and it's kind of funny). Surprisingly they stayed on for a few days but I have to admit, it felt kinda weird and I wanted them off.

So my next attempt at nail art is a little more "normal"; I just painted them different halloween colors and dotted on eyes instead (I used craft paint and the little round end of a paintbrush to make the dots), also tried a ghostly one based on the squash ghosts from a few days ago - wasn't hard to do on myself at all. This will be easier to live with I think...