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Paper bag cheese (paper bag challenge from Tinkerlab)

February 9th, 2012 | 14 Comments

I’ve been thinking for 2 weeks about this challenge, I wanted something new that Nico could help with making and play with when done. Finally the night before the launch of the challenge I asked my mother because I was stumped. She gave me the same ideas I had thought of and didn’t wanna do. Then she came up with a cheese! Nico has a little plush mouse called “EE” so I thought it would be great since she likes cheese lol.

My mother got the idea from a radio she had bought my little cousin back in the 80′s and now found one for Nico. It’s a mouse sitting on a piece of cheese (the radio) and her mouth moves to match the sounds coming out. So I thought cool, I can make a Swiss cheese with a hole and he can play with “EE” making her go through the hole. I explained to him what we were doing and he was very excited all day about it, but I only finished it when he went to bed.

His only part in this was the painting of the bag and cardboard to make the hole in the cheese.

I would have used a tp roll but “EE” is not that small so she didn’t fit through one. I used a white cardboard he painted yellow instead, after I thought about yellow construction paper, which would have worked fine too, but he wouldn’t have been able to help. I positioned the hole fairly centered so it wouldn’t make the structure weak because it’s a fairly big hole. If you have a smaller mouse you should be able to use tp rolls and make 2 holes.

I made the tunnel part of the hole with the cardboard, then I flattened the bag and did a sunburst from the inside of the tunnel. I used a pencil so I could erase it after. I took a utility knife and cut along the lines both sides of the bag at the same time.

Then I put the tunnel inside and glued the sunburst in it, therefore making the edge smooth for him not to paper cut himself playing.

I then filled the bag with batting the best I could.

The ending was tricky, I had to cut a slit on the sides where the bag folds in and overlap it so it wouldn’t cave in too much.

I folded the edge a little tiny bit and stapled it together, did some paint touch up at the end…

…and voilà!

If you do this, we’d LOVE to see a photo of it. Email it to us or post it on our Facebook page. We’d love to do a Facebook album, a Pinterest board and a page of your creations

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Written by Valérie

Valerie is the creative mind behind "Glittering Muffins", stay-at-home mom of Nico, a little dynamo that is bursting with energy. He also is the inspiration behind the blog (and the name) with his keen interest in cooking, baking and, well, glitter. Valerie constantly is thinking about twists to the traditional arts, crafts and recipes to make them her own and is inspiring others while doing so. Outside of the blogging world, her main activity is Nico, with the occasional TV show (non-toddler related) and casual game here and there.

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14 Responses to "Paper bag cheese (paper bag challenge from Tinkerlab)"

maryanne @ mama smiles says:

February 10, 2012 at 10:03

Very cute craft!

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1. Valérie says:
  
  February 10, 2012 at 12:02
  
  Thanks! He loves it and so does “EE” according to him, lol.
  
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KJ@letsgoflyakite says:

February 11, 2012 at 06:38

Oh I love this idea!! My girls have those little stuffed mouses from IKEA which would work perfect!!! Such a cute project.

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1. Valérie says:
  
  February 11, 2012 at 06:48
  
  The toilet paper rolls would work well for those little mice and you could even make 2 holes for more going through the hole fun. Don’t forget to take photos and share back if you make one
  
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Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says:

February 17, 2012 at 09:28

I Love this idea! We just posted our 2nd Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday Link Party today and would love for you to share this! http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/02/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link_16.html

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1. Valérie says:
  
  February 17, 2012 at 10:16
  
  Thanks for the invite, we linked and buttoned up (if that’s even a word lol).
  
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EE the mouse and her house | Glittering Muffins says:

February 17, 2012 at 12:47

[...] the mouse and her house February 17, 2012By ValérieIf you haven’t met EE in our paper bag cheese post you can also meet her here in her house. After making her a cheese I thought she could use a house. [...]

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toysinthedryer says:

February 18, 2012 at 19:38

A for adorable! I’d love to have you share this with our readers for our Fun Stuff Fridays link up. http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/02/fun-stuff-fridays-11.html

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1. Valérie says:
  
  February 19, 2012 at 20:08
  
  Thanks, we linked up and love the name btw
  
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Carrie says:

February 20, 2012 at 20:04

So cute!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!! I hope you will share with us again this week!

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Vicky says:

February 22, 2012 at 23:08

That cheese bag is just too cute. He looks very serious about the whole thing. What a hard worker. Vicky from Mess For Less

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1. Valérie says:
  
  February 23, 2012 at 06:53
  
  Thanks! He always looks serious not sure why, lol. We’d love to see yours if you make one
  
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Beth says:

February 24, 2012 at 06:26

This is AWESOME!! What a FUN idea!!! I can’t believe how amazing it looks from a paper bag – WOW! I am featuring this at TGIF this week – http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2012/02/tgif-linky-party-18.html – Thanks for linking up & sharing your creativity with the rest of us =-) Come on by, grab an I WAS FREATURED button, and link up what you’ve been up to this week!
Beth =-)

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1. Valérie says:
  
  February 24, 2012 at 20:28
  
  Thanks! I grabbed a button, you are our first one And of course we linked up as well, thanks again for the feature and opportunity!
  
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