Three Scampering Mice

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Model Magic®

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Why

What is your favorite story, song, or poem about mice? Create your own little creatures to tell your tales.

Steps

1. Many cultures have folk stories about mice, such as Aesop’s Fable "The Lion and the Mouse" and the Lakota story of "The Little Mice." One thing these stories usually have in common is the idea that tiny mice work hard. Tell your favorite stories about mice with little creatures you make yourself!
2. Choose a Model Magic® Naturals color for each mouse’s body. Roll the Model Magic into small ovals. Shape one end into a point.
3. Use black Model Magic to make tiny eyes and noses. Use bisque to make the mouse’s ears and tail. Air-dry your mice 24 hours.
4. Use your scampering mice to tell stories or sing mice songs. Why not make more characters in Model Magic, too?

When & Where

"We read Town Mouse and Country Mouse and then made mice to reenact the story. It was great fun!"
- Gary O., kindergarten parent.

"After seeing The Nutcracker, our boys were fascinated with the Mouse King. They made several characters to tell the story along with the music."
- Sarah Y., mother of sons ages 9 and 11.

Interesting Info

A female mouse is called a doe, a male mouse is called a buck, and a baby mouse is called a pinky or a kitten. The word mouse is derived from the Sanskrit word maus, which means thief. Do you wonder why they chose that word? All mice that live in North America have ancestors that came from Europe on ships.

Safety Guidelines

Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—

Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.