"Rodent You Be Our Valentine?"

Ok, dont' worry... there will be no "Rodent you be my Valentine?" notes accompanying our sweet mice... but I couldn't resist a little "rodent" humor here on the blog. This is what the Raiger and I decided on this year for our Valentine's and since she's only 2, really this is what Mommy decided on this year. Aren't they cute? They were fairly easy {would have been easier if my children were a little older} and the results are worth a little extra time. I only needed 16 for Morgan's class and I think even less for Paige.

Here's what you need {found most at Michaels, some I had}:

• 6mm eyeballs
• 5mm pom poms
• a little tacky craft glue
• some sticky squares or dots
• a sheet of pink foam
• pink yarn
• Hershey's Kisses

You use the glue to attach the eyes, nose, and tail... the sticky square to hold the kisses together.

Be sure to get your kids in on the fun because everything is more stressful fun when you have scissors, glue and toddlers.

I made a little template for the ears by tracing a Hershey's Kiss and adding the ears then I used that template and traced my ears on the foam with a water soluable fabric marker, cut out as many as I needed, then ran the little ears under water to wash off all my markings. They dry really quick. And they're so cute you won't be able to stop taking pictures of them. I honestly think my husband may think I've lost it... oh well! I seriously took about 100 pictures of these little mice...

And this one looked like he was smiling...

Y'all give it a try... maybe you should do every Hershey's Kiss in the bag and then they'll all be so cute you won't want to eat them. Nevermind... if you're like me you'll say, "Oh darn, his eyes are crooked... Mommy better eat this one!"