Pinecone Mouse
Tools and Materials
Scissors
2 large pinecone scales (for ears)
White and brown acrylic paint
Small paintbrushes
1 short piece of twine (for tail)
1 egg-shape pinecone (for body; other shapes will work, too)
Craft glue
1 acorn (cap removed, for head)
1. Cut large scales into rounded ear shapes. Paint inner ears white. Let dry.
2. Paint twine brown for tail; while it's still wet, twist twine around finger to curl. Let dry.
3. Brush top of pinecone body with glue; attach acorn head. Brush wide end of body with glue; attach tail. Let dry.
4. Brush acorn head with glue; attach ears. Let dry.
5. Paint on brown eyes and nose.
“Using a pastry blender or 2 knives,”<<<
Sorry that never worked for me.
How in thunder, does 2 knives work? LOL, not for me.
I have the Pastry blenders, but prefer my wire whips.
I found in an old mining dump, a potato masher, that some one made, the handle was smooth wood, 4 thicker wires come down and form the support for a 3 inch square of woven BALING wire, that is woven to form 1/4 inch or a little larger square holes.
I always imagined some wife saying “Well if you want mashed potatoes, then get me a masher...”
I also found a small egg beater, attached to a tin cup, LOL about the right size for one egg, and it was a store bought contraption.
Bill hated it that I went around collecting baling wire, but I did it any way, as some of it is fine and copper and sometimes it was the common wire.
LOL, when they switched to using the thick twine, I saved that and made rugs, crocheted out of it.
Once we had been out in the desert about 5 days, just prospecting and camping, I had found choice wire the night before and as I rolled it up, Bill said “You are not going to put that in the camper.”
The next day, when we broke camp, the truck would not move.
The clutch had lost a cotter key, in the connector.
And we didn’t have an extra.
Poor Bill, he crawled from under the truck and asked “Where did you put that baling wire in the camper?”
LOL, baling wire makes a fine cotter key.
