To get acquainted with this rodent, invite your child to make a mouse out of paper. Most likely, he will be completely delighted with this idea!
The mouse assembly diagram is simple, so even a preschooler (with your help, of course) can easily cope with this interesting task.
For crafts you will need a square sheet of single-sided or double-sided colored paper in a suitable color.
Sequence of folding a paper mouse
Prepare a square sheet of paper.
If the paper is single-sided, turn it over with the white side facing up. Fold in half diagonally and then unfold.
Fold the top and bottom sides of the square toward the middle, folding both sides in half diagonally. You will get a rhombus.
Also bend the short sides of the diamond diagonally towards the middle. Iron the folds.
Return the newly bent parts of the workpiece to their original position.
Grasp the corner of the sheet, bend it to the left, connecting the top and bottom edges of the paper together.You should have a right angle at the fold.
Carefully iron the top of the sheet, making a fold along the dotted line and along the finished fold on the right.
The top of the sheet should lie neatly on the bottom like this.
Fold the opposite side of the workpiece in the same way.
In the middle of the craft, two movable triangles will be formed, on each of which a fold will be visible, passing through the top to the edge of the sheet.
Fold half of the triangle along this fold inside the craft.
In this case, the edge of the bent part will look out.
Do the same with the second movable triangle.
After this, in the middle of the workpiece you will have a small protrusion consisting of two small triangles. These are the future mouse ears.
To form the mouse's head, bend the left side of the elongated diamond inward approximately 2/3 of the length (along the dotted line).
Draw a line from the center point of the workpiece to the upper corner. Do the same on the opposite side.
Fold the shaded parts of the part under the craft.
Fold the workpiece horizontally in half.
Bend the upper part of the moving part to the right at an acute angle (as shown in the photo).
Spread the edges of the part in the form of a bag, forming an eye. Make the second ear the same.
Decide on the length of the mouse's body and tail. To do this, draw a line parallel to the left edge of the workpiece, stepping back approximately 1 cm to the right from the fold located across the craft.
Fold the right side of the craft along the dotted line to the left.
Return to original position. Turn it out along the folds.
Bend the sharp long part of the craft (the future tail) to the right, bend 3/4 of its length between both sides of the folded figurine so that you can draw a straight line along the base of the craft to the sharp corner on its right side.
Bend the lower protruding part of the figure inward. In the photo it is shaded
The mouse is almost ready.
All that remains is to draw the mouse’s face.
This is such a funny and inquisitive mouse made from one piece of paper!
