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The weather is getting colder, Little New-Yorkers, and for some people that might mean staying cozy indoors, while for others, that might mean heading out for some snowy fun! In Mice Skating, written by Annie Silvestro and illustrated by Teagan White, we’ll meet a group of field mice friends who can’t agree on the best way to spend the winter months. Millie, Mona, and Marcello love snuggling by the fire with hot drinks and card games, while Lucy loves making snow-mice, catching snowflakes on her tongue, and most of all, ice skating! Throughout the story, Lucy tries to find a way to share her favorite activity with her friends. When she thinks to make each of them their own warm winter hat, Lucy’s friends are finally able to join in the mice-skating party! 

Follow along with the steps below to make your own moveable mice-skating craft, and don’t forget to join us live at 3:30 pm every Tuesday via Zoom and Friday in-person for our Little New-Yorkers Hello Song, silly games and dances, a craft, and, of course, our read aloud!

Here’s a lithograph of New Yorkers skating in Central Park from our collection in the N-YHS!

Central-Park, Winter: The Skating Pond, Lyman Wetmore Atwater, 1862. Currier & Ives. Hand-colored lithograph, New-York Historical Society Library, PPAC.2020.1.60.

Something to color with: markers, crayons, pencils, pastels, or a cool combo!

* A note on supplies: If you don’t have exactly the supplies listed, improvise! These projects are designed to be versatile, so feel free to use whatever materials and tools you have at home. And if your final product looks different than what you see here, that’s wonderful!

Start by coloring in the mice friends! Lucy makes a hat for each of her friends - how will you decorate them? Do you have favorite warm winter clothes to wear?

We’re not done with coloring yet! How will you decorate the snowy mice-skating scene? Will the leaves on the bushes be green? Rainbow? What about the swirls on the ice rink? Remember you don’t need to color the top portion of the ice rink page, or the bottom portion of the page with the plants and bushes - the two will layer to complete the picture!

It’s careful cutting time! Use your scissors to cut out your two mice characters, leaving white space all around like a bubble. Cut out the two skinny rectangles as well!

Cut along the wiggly edge of the ice rink, too!

With your glue stick, attach each mouse to a rectangular stick.

Match the long edge of your cutout ice rink with the bottom long edge of the second page of your template. With the help of a grown-up, use your stapler to attach the two sheets together on the right and left sides. Make sure not to staple along the bottom edge!

Use your fingers to open the bottom edge of your craft up, like a pocket! Slip your mice-skaters inside!

Hold the bottom of your sticks to make your mice glide and twirl across the rink! 

Have you ever tried a friend’s favorite activity the way Millie, Mona, and Marcello tried Lucy’s ice rink? Thanks for following along! We hope to see you, and your creations, at Little New-Yorkers soon! We’d love to see your artwork - join the conversation and tag us on social media @nyhistory! 

Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Go Mice Skating!

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