DLTK's Hickory Dickory Dock
Clock and Mouse Craft
This is a great craft for kids just learning to tell time. Make sure
you check out the full Hickory Dickory Dock section for
more ideas and for verses to the popular nursery rhyme from one o'clock to noon
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We made this craft when Kaitlyn was about 2 1/2
years old -- She's 4 1/2 now (yes, that's how long these things sit
before I get them on the site sometimes *blush*). If you prefer, you can
choose to make JUST the clock or JUST the
mouse. If you're doing the craft with younger kids, you may want to make
each part on a separate day (so they don't get tired). When we did it, we painted all the clock pieces and made the mouse on day
1. On day 2, we assembled the clock and added the mouse to it.
TEMPLATE FOR CLOCK (B&W
only)
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MATERIALS:
CLOCK
- 3 cardboard tubes ( paper towel) (or cut down gift
wrap rolls to about the same size)
- ALTERNATIVE: substitute a Kleenex box for the
3 cardboard tubes.
- small paper plate
- brass fastener (optional)
- paint (whatever color you want your clock) or old
paper bags or gift wrap
- glue
- scissors
- tape
MOUSE
- yarn (we used shades of brown + a short piece of
pink for the tail)
- The mouse looked a lot like "Tutter"
from bear in the big blue house when we were done.
- If you used blue wool it
would be a very good likeness.
- egg carton cup (the part that one egg goes into)
- piece of cardboard or a 3 1/4 inch diskette (temporary use)
- glue
- scissors
- piece of cardboard (small piece for the ears --
old cereal boxes work well)
- wiggly eyes (or make paper ones)
- small pom pom for a nose (or make a paper one)
INSTRUCTIONS:
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CLOCK:
- Paint all three cardboard tubes and the
plate (the top, eating part of the plate should be painted, not the
bottom)
- I realize we used a very odd color
for our clock, but Kaitlyn is really enjoying mixing her own
colors (she calls it her "science"). This is equal
portions of Crayola blue, green and red plus a double portion of
white.
- Let dry completely
- Print out the clock face template.
It's a "tracer page" so that young children can practice
their numbers. It's a little bit smaller than I would have
preferred, but it had to fit in the plate.
- if you're making the craft with
older children, you can have them trace a circle... (an old CD is
about the right size for tracing).
- Then have them print their own
numbers on the circle -- you may want to pre-make an example so
they can follow along how the numbers are arranged.
- Suggest to them that it's easier to
do 3, 6, 9 and 12 first (the four corners) and then fill in the
other numbers after.
- If you chose not to use the
template, you'll have to make your own hands too.
- Cut out the clock face and the hands.
- Glue the face onto the center of the
paper plate
- Either poke a hole with a pencil through
the center of the clock (adults should do this part) and put the hands
on with brass fasteners OR just glue the hands onto the clock,
pointing to ONE O'CLOCK.
- If you use brass fasteners, you can
have the kids turn the clock to TWO O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK, etc as
you sing the different verses of the song.
- Tape the three tubes together in a
triangular shape (this will make the clock sturdy enough to stand up
on its own).
- Glue or tape the paper plate to the top
of the tubes.
- To make the clock even sturdier, you can
cut a rectangular base out of a piece of cardboard and glue/tape
the clock to it.
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MOUSE:
FINAL ASSEMBLY
- Tie a piece of wool that is 2 1/2 times the length of the
clock onto the mouse.
- Put the wool through the clock. The child can pull the end
of the wool to make the mouse climb up the OUTSIDE of the clock and let go of the
wool so the mouse runs down.
- You can attach a craft stick or a straw to the end of the wool
the child holds onto as a handle if you like.
- Kaitlyn had the most fun when she ignored
the clock and just dragged
her mouse along behind her (taking it for walks)
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