The mouse and the match box

One day I needed a quick story for a group of young children, so I dumped out the matches from the box in the girls' room and used it for a quick home for little mouse.  The story was a winter story about a little mouse looking for a warm little house.  It was very off the top of my head but made the children warm inside.  I already had the little needle felted mouse from another story.

This box is usually in the girls' room filled with matches for story time.  I keep the matches up on a high shelf that can't be reached as I have one child who is easily swayed by impish notions that come her way.  They do however, light and snuff the candle themselves and have since around 4 years old.  The girls helped sew up the cover and chose the picture from a greeting card.  I scanned it and printed it on iron-on paper and simply ironed it onto the felt.   A very easy way to get a cute effect without having to resort to embroidery.