How To Make A Mouse No Clay or Wires Includes Witch Outfit

In this video I show you how I made a mouse using only foil, masking tape, and paper towel.There is no clay or wires used. I use acrylic yarn to make the fur. Please see pinned comment for timestamps and links.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

*Timestamps - Supplies - Links* intro: 0:00 supplies list with animation: 0:06 flying mouse: 1:31 Introducing the mice: 2:27 Head and body: 3:42 Mouth: 6:56 Head and body (mouse with no added mouth) 9:09 Taping the body: 11:14 Ears: 11:52 The legs: 13:41 The tail: 21:48 The arms: 23:16 Cutting off a nose: 26:11 Adding skin (paper towel): 27:17 Painting the body: 30:43 Adding fur (yarn): 33:30 Eyes: 36:42 Whiskers: 38:07 Intro of outfit: 39:48 Hat: 40:21 Cape: 42:23 Dress: 44:33 Broom: 45:38 Goodbye: 47:38 To make a mouse you'll need: foil masking tape tacky glue paper towel acrylic yarn paint for body, eyes, limbs Optional: Varathane How to make a Pumpkin House: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZyleqdsbbl0oZo Broom (2015 version): www.sharonojala.com/2015/10/how-to-make-miniature-broom.html Visit me: Facebook facebook.com/wherethegnomeslive/ Instagram instagram.com/ojala_crafts/ Blog www.sharonojala.com/

[@darnelleechols8556]

Hi Sharon! ❤️ Sorry to hear about your eyes, but I'm glad you're on the mend. Be blessed dear friend. I've never met you, but me and a lot of people care a great deal about you. You bring a bright, delightful ray of sunshine 🌞 into our lives. Love you! 😘

[@jacobsmith8525]

When you were creating the mouth all i kept imagining was a velociraptor. I need dinosaur tutorials now hahaha. Love the craft!

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

I know! I saw a lizard and a dinosaur while editing lol maybe one day I’ll make a few :)

[@alisavogt2892]

OMG, that's exactly what I was thinking! 😂

[@darnelleechols8556]

Great video. I love that you gave different variations so we can costumize our mouse characters. They're so cute!! The little witch's costume is adorable. :)

[@dmmomma]

Oh Sharon!! I know that pain! My baby poked me in the eye twice in one year! It was so painful! BTW hate mice but love yours! Really great job! Hope you are feeling much better!

[@susanbeem6324]

Everything you make is so charming. I squeaked when you cut off the mouses nose. I love how you call your little mouse her and she while making it. I'm glad to see you making videos again, I missed your creative and positive energy.

[@sheilacarsins6222]

Super cool! I love your little witchy mouse with her fabulous fur and pretty little pink hands and feet, nose and mouth, and tail! Thanks for sharing this! 😳😳😳😃👻🦇🐈‍⬛️🎃✨️💖

[@anastasiasholeinthehollerc8697]

So cute, what a great idea. I could see lots of animals being made this way..

[@gabrielleschmidt1435]

I love your work! The mouseies are SO Cute!! I can't wait to try this!😻🐾

[@sandrahickey3593]

These mice characters are amazing. I love how to create the fur from yarn. I don't know if I've got the patience, but loving your videos.

[@robinpesek3657]

Bless you and your precious eyes.

[@bostongw]

Love the way you improvise the materials when you are out! Good lesson for us who run to Amazon frequently - short pins with black tops are on Amazon.

[@Feeoryne]

Hi Sharon, thank you for sharing all your wonderful ideas!! I hope your eyes heal soon!! You are an amazing person and artist!! You keep me going during these crazy times... Thanks again!!

[@jenniferadams370]

Sorry about your eyes! Hope you're starting to feel better now! Such a cute little mouse😊 I'm going to try this!

[@Rynax-]

So sorry to hear about your eye, Sharon! I hope you recover quickly. I always get so excited when I see a new video from you on my feed. Thank you for sharing this cute little mouse with us. Get well soon

[@jeanne1271]

Girl ! That is some awesome talent !!! And you sure did make laugh when you cut that nose off and said shocking isn’t it , I don’t think they were expecting that !!!! That was hysterical ❤️

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

lol I'm so glad you got a giggle out of it! And thank you so much :)

[@vimalawensus5261]

I love your style of art, Excellent!!! I tried making birds using the same technique. The legs were challenging. I wonder if you have some ideas to make thin bird legs.

[@laurencetaymans630]

Thank you so much for your tutorial, it has given not only technical support but most importantly, motivation to get back creating!

[@PossumLady8262]

Oh I’m so very sorry to hear about your eye issues! Hopefully since your surgery it’ll be right as rain. My husband had a detached retina last year and had emergency surgery...very scary. I’m happy you caught it in time! Just take care and do what the doctors say. I’m planning on trying to make three mice ..one with each grandson...they love your channel as much as I do.. ❤️😊

[@carolpanzarella5897]

You are amazing! The creativity is endless! Thanks so much for sharing with us!

[@debbieknielsen2077]

I love making the mice ! They are precious ! Thank you so much.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

You’re welcome 😊

[@randomviking8676]

I made my very first piece last night! 😀 It's a comfy armchair. Did fine with the foil and tape but I sure need work when it comes to the paper towels and glue, lol! Seems I left way too much glue on the towels and the whole piece was still damp and wet in spots this morning. I used dollar store 'Jenga' block pieces for the bottom of the chair. Gave it a nice weighted feel, as well as a super level bottom. Thank you for all the great videos, it was fun trying it out on my own. 😊

[@lindapowers374]

Glad you are on the mend. Could you possibly do a reincarnation of the little bitty field mouse? It is so cute. and I am trying to do a similar one. You are such an inspiration. I am up there in my late 70's so it is nice to be able to keep crafting that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. LOL

[@princezzpuffypants6287]

Omg your eyeszzzzz. 😬😵 Hopefully you'll be all healed up before the holidays are in full swing. Thanks for sharing this adorable little mouse. 🐁

[@RoeRoe123]

Omg I'm so sorry to hear about your eye surgery. I hope you're better than before ❤ Bless you for sharing.

[@thatnicolechick222]

I just found your channel last night but I’m hooked. I love all this stuff so much!

[@loricody4956]

Oh I hope your eyes heal up soon! Eye surgery, and you still manage to post a video! Amazing. The time stamps are helpful, for later reference, but I ALWAYS watch your videos all the through. (Lots of times, more than once.) They are always packed full of great info. I’m trying to patiently await, part three of the pumpkin tutorial. Take care and don’t over do it!

[@dianaadams4628]

Oh no about your eye! I had the same thing happen needed immediate surgical repair. Hope your recovery is going well.

[@angelamcclendon39]

You are so amazingly talented! I recreated the spooky tree last year and I love it! Keep the video's coming ❤

[@mikesmith2905]

Hope the eye is healing well. Love the fur! Neat trick.

[@vermontmom4232]

Glad you are healing well. We need our eyes and well given what you do, must have been scary. I too have scratched my eye, did not need surgery but boy was it an annoying feeling. Cant open your eyes with out it pooring tears a stinging. I am sorry, but glad it is on the mend. Happy healing. 💞

[@ClaudiaMcNeely]

That is so cute! I love the snap-on clothes! I was going to try to make a dragon this way, but couldn't figure out how to do the face Wish I had watched this before I started needle felting him.

[@lucyl.4356]

Oh Sharon I am so sorry about your eyes and surgery. Glad you feel better. OMG that little mouse is so cute! I' ve always loved mice. You are so talented! I was so excited to see you posted this...thank you.

[@denasewell]

It would be awesome for you to do a video on how you did the stop motion with the little mouse! I love love love your work it is magical

[@hilaryellis1232]

Loved watching this and can I also say that you have a very calming voice. I have pressed the bell button so that I don't miss any of your videos. x

[@FrancesMacaulayForde]

Wonderful! I'll say it again: you are amazing! So inspiring. Thank you and so pleased your op was successful. Stay well.

[@agooddaytocraft]

Oh Sharon, so sorry to hear about your eye. Hope all goes well for a full recovery 💜 Bravo, you did it again. So cute. It is amazing what you can do with foil, tape & paper towels. The first time you bent the head down I could see a dragon. Hope you can make one sometime.

[@auntdeedeesdollnursery3212]

OMGOODNESS, I was just thinking of how cool this idea would be using a Christmas tree dollhouse for Christmas. Hope that's doable. Also I would love to see a Christmas dollhouse tours of gnomes home. Just an idea. I think that would be so much fun. Just throwing that out your way. But I'm sure you have your own ideas. Blessings 😇🤗

[@sboz86]

I love the look on the witch outfit, the paper towel pattern gives it a burlap effect. Burlap on a witch costume is proper imo.

[@pattyfine]

Incredible!!! I could watch you all day making all the wonderful things you make. You're so crafty! Love it! 😊 Patty

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

Thank you so much!

[@thethrifteddragon8157]

So cute. Just watched this again;) I made one of my art dolls a hat like this from this video but painted it like a mushroom. Lol

[@madzabinga8382]

Sorry to hear about your eye troubles, glad you seem to be on the mend. Your mouse turned out so cute! It would be so cute to make a little forest critter nativity set this way. As always, you have inspired me to do something creative!

[@jantucker9355]

Well those mice are darling! I love them. The witch hat and outfit is so cute!!

[@1959dixie]

This is absolutely amazing. How talented do u have to be to do this.

[@sondostalgana395]

Please I want a tutorial from crochet, a house or cottage of the gingerbread man

[@train-kun5313]

The mouse is so cute! also can you make one with cotton balls? because thats all I have right now ;-; Hope you get well soon!

[@jonihenry8124]

Aw, she turned out so cute!!!

[@mike1968442]

Creatively excellent! But any animal besides a snake and mice. They both give me the hibbie gibbies.

[@brendal.7424]

Happy Halloween, hope your recovery is quick and worry free. She is so cute with her hat, cape and broom. Thanks for sharing!

[@cheriwhitley8385]

❤️❤️❤️❤️makes me; sooo happy!!!..I will always choose a video from u over going to get candy!!!hehe.soo sorry about your eye..hope u r doing a lot better and the surgery solved the problem..thanks for the video...u should do a bakery like a gingerbread house for the village!!.I’ve been working on gingerbread stuff this week cause I decorate my kitchen in gingerbread for Cmas.l🍄❤️

[@GWest5068]

Please take care of yourself...we love you and want you healthy....love these little mice...going to try and make these...tfs

[@sherrymuzykazekestravels6793]

Amazing talent and so much thought goes into these creations. I really am glad I found your channel.

[@mezmarionybarra]

Thank goodness your surgery went well I almost forgot to mention that I just got so wrapped up in your adorableness🤗 so so glad you're well❣❣❣❣

[@comfort-and-joy]

35:26 She’s so cute as a little sheep 😭😭😭🐑

[@Watcherrye]

Super video! I do have a couple of suggestions although your creations are perfect as they are. Albino mice, rabbits, etc. have pink eyes usually, and are small BB looking eyeballs. If you take a sewing pin with plastic balls on the end makes fantastic eyeballs, they are even glossy looking which helps. You can use the black ones or pink your choice and I cut the point off the end of the pins (makes them shorter and of course safer) either super glue, or hot glue them into place. Just ideas, to take or leave, your the creator.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

Thank you very much! I think for the purposes I use my mice and rats for the color red isn't a great option for the eyes but you are absolutely right about the color. It's just a personal choice for me and my creations aren't made in a realistic form. As for the pins, I do use pins for eyes sometimes.. it's nice to have different options for those who might be limited in supplies. In my videos I'll use felt, paint, pins and whatever else I can think of lol it depends on the character I'm making. I don't have a set way of making any parts really. For my shoe brush hedgehogs I used pins on some and paint on others. Jump to 32:36 in this video to view kzbin.info/www/bejne/emGTXqmvaJqUpq8

[@Watcherrye]

@@WhereTheGnomesLive ❤

[@nephee7359]

i cant help myself but the whole mouse with mouth and without mouth part sounds funny 😅

[@MagentaDreams70]

You are super talented. Thanks for sharing. 🐀

[@130alon]

Oh, my gosh! So sorry to hear about your eye! Frightening! So glad the doctors were able to help you.

[@katnilsson]

I pray and hope your eye has healed according to the doctors plan. Your little mice are so beautiful, it’s just amazing what you can do with a few household items. I would never thought of it myself. Keep on going but after your eye has healed first. Happy Halloween (I hope I wasn’t too late)! We don’t have much of Halloween here in Sweden so I like to watch you on other side of ocean celebrating it instead 😀

[@kikik5266]

Praying for healing.

[@shaggyspade2468]

Yeeeeessssss, this is Amazing! Thank you! Hope you feel better!

[@taniawelch1149]

Absolutely exquisite 🩷🐁🐀

[@genahamstra9287]

So cute! Thank you for sharing. Hope your eyes heal quickly. 😊

[@kellyholmes6396]

Thank you. So cute. Ugh anything bothers the eyes is so miserable. I hope they heal soon. God bless.

[@TurtleSoupBeads]

I love how you use what you have great job tfs

[@BarbaraTristan444]

Absolutely Adorable!👍 💗🐁💗

[@MissGroves]

I have just found your channel, saw the adorable mouse and loved her. Good luck with the eyes. :)

[@kellymcallister2376]

So cute and fun 💖🐀🎃

[@sharonryan9024]

You are so awesome and im so glad you are feeling better

[@BejaVue]

I am so sorry about your eyes, that must have been so painful. I hope you are doing well now. I really, really love this video. I watched it twice last night and started making a mouse. Only mine is twice as large as yours. Mine is only at the masking tape stage now, I still have to add the paper towels and fur. I hope to make some more that are the size of yours. I love your gnomes too. I love everything you make. I hope to try to make some trees in the future as well.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

thank you very much and my apologies for the late reply. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, that makes me very happy. Don't worry about sizes too much, it's normal for things to be much bigger than you planned on, it actually happens to me still. I use those ones for display. I truly believe that each project we do teaches us something new. And sometimes these little creatures will lead you in a whole different direction than you started out, I encourage you to just go with it. Many of my best projects started off as one thing and ended up being something completely different. Years ago I sat down to make a little mouse and ended up with a tiny troll named Louie but he became a beloved character that so many people love today. Anyway, thanks again for the kind words, it means a lot. Happy crafting!

[@BejaVue]

@@WhereTheGnomesLive thank you so very much, you are such a kind, thoughtful and beautiful soul! You are so generous to share your talent with all of us. I have named my giant mouse ( she's 8 inches tall, lol) Penelope. Once she is finished, I will try to tag you on instagram. I have 2 smaller ones started but I am hoping to make one even smaller. You have inspired me so much to make things I would have never thought about making. Your little gnome world and all of your little characters are so cute!

[@janehouck1906]

So adorable and amazingly creative 🤗. Hope you fully recovered from your eye surgery 🙏❤️

[@mariakelley8410]

So cute and so many ideas! Thank you for sharing!

[@jeanlebaron7628]

She is adorable. I love her 🧡🖤🧡🖤

[@lorraineinfla]

I love the mouse. It s genius!

[@mayrakopjansen2814]

WoW those mice are so cute

[@TF-gn1dp]

Wake up in the morning to a notification of a new video from Sharon @ Where the Gnomes Live - my day is now complete :)

[@debbralehrman5957]

She looks lovely. I adore her outfit. I so enjoy your tutorials you do them where they are easy to follow. I'm sorry to hear about your eye. It is good that they were able to take care of it. Can't imagine how uncomfortable it must have been. But good news you are on the mend. So happy you were able to finish the Halloween Mouse. Did you say if she has a name? God Bless.

[@delo9725]

Love your work!!!

[@nessiemonstercrafts]

Sharon, she is just the cutest wee mousie ever. I have some lovely white and fluffy sheepskin scraps with the fleece on still, do you think if I trimmed the fleece off the skin, would it work for the mouse's fur instead of using yarn?

[@castleofcostamesa8291]

That is too adorable!!!!

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

I’m so glad you think so, thank you ❤️

[@aprilvincentdavis8641]

Super Cute! And I Hope You Get Feeling Better Soon

[@annette-thetwistedsister8727]

Sorry to hear about your eye Im watching this in 2022 so I do hope they are a lot better, the mice are so cute looking forward to getting creative myself.

[@cookingwithgramma9954]

So cute, can you make a rat? Not as a witch, just a rat. My daughter and grandson have pet rats and would make a cute gift for them. I made your creepy tree for my daughter who loves all things Halloween. She keeps it out year round, named him Harvey, he wears a Santa hat in December.

[@beckygarcia4416]

How long have you been making your figures like this? They are adorable!

[@sandylowry6741]

Love this! I am so inspired by your videos. Thank you

[@JoanDam248]

You are so awesome! I love mice, and I will make some of Them for sure! ❤️💕

[@markkevin7245]

Great video ... I’m addicted , when’s your next video ?

[@doreenwatson-read]

so cute, is it just me or did anyone else think she could be making a T-Rex when she added the lower mouthpart. I hope your eyes are feeling must better, it sounds like you had a tough time of it. x

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

I remember something about that.. I think it was mentioned in the comments before lol but ya, so many things can be made, just change the shape a bit. And thank you, the eye situation went really bad for a couple months. I'm still dealing with it but not nearly as bad now. The Dr said it'll take a long time for it to settle. I left it too long before getting help so I have to suffer the consequences of that. My mother told me to go in but did I listen, oh nooo not me! lol

[@Pamsdolls]

hope are geting butter soon hugs from pam iam praying love your work

[@karentidwell8970]

So Cute!! Definitely going to give it a try! And Thank you so much for muting when you do the tinfoil :)

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

oh my, thank you! Honestly, this video in particular was hard to edit. There was way more popping and crackling sounds than I could get rid of and I was hoping it wasn't hard for some people to listen to. I normally can mute a lot more in other foil videos so I truly appreciate your comment!

[@alwayspositive999]

Great video ur very talented thanks

[@madelynhernandez7453]

Omg I love them.

[@rc31802]

Omg thank you. I plan to make some mice and maybe a hedgehog

[@amandapittar9398]

I know this sounds daft, but I melted at the ear holes in the witch hat for the mouse ears…also the tail balancing to stand up reminded me of the mouse in the New Cinderella😊

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

not daft at all. I melt at things like that too so I totally get it, lol

[@RoeRoe123]

This is so adorable 🤗 thank you!

[@kteaching5106]

that was awesome!

[@fatmaemenirylmaz6281]

I am very curious if you do it in squirrel. you are awesome

[@fibraeartessurya]

Lindos demais ameiiiiii todos

[@mikrogamis721]

Take care with the eyes! I unfortunately got a glaucoma and progress retina detachment diagnosis about 2 years back, in addition to all my other medical issues (and the whole 3 1/2 year homeless, on the street thing). ..So yes, I feel for you. (And at least, your Canada HAS medical coverage!) Witch mice in a pumpkin house?...why not?

[@joannep7212]

Your health comes first. Thankyou for your fabulous videos.