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4 Kitty Cat Crafts Purrfect for Celebrating National Cat Day
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Oct 29, 2020 | STEM
October 29 is National Cat Day – a day to celebrate our furry, purry, feline friends. Whether you’re fur-tunate enough to have your own kitty cuties at home or your kids just love these itty-bitty fur buckets from afar, we’ve sharing four fun ways to celebrate the day, including:
Making a Purr-ty Paper Plate Cat
Create your own (flat) cat using a paper plate, acrylic paints in cat colors, construction paper, glue, and yarn!
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Start by showing your little cat lover some pictures of different kinds of kitties online. Then set out some kitty-colored paints, flip a paper plate upside down, and have your kiddo paint the entire back side of the plate in kitty colors.
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Next, trim the ridges off two opposing sides of the plate and take a notch out of the top - but don’t toss the scraps! You’ll trim one of the side pieces into a set of kitty paws and the other into your tail.
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Using markers or cut-out construction paper pieces, let your little one add facial details including eyes, nose, and mouth.
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Use glue to attach the paws, tail, and whiskers to your kitty cat’s face and voila! Flat paper plate cat!
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Creating a Parts & Pieces Kitty Collage
Save your junk mail and catalogs and get crafty with this cool collage project! You’ll also need a few sheets of black construction paper, scissors, and a stick of glue.
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Start by cutting out some kitty cat shapes for your kids – tear drops for cat bodies, oval heads, curved triangles for ears, long tails, diamond-shaped eyes, triangle noses, half-moon paws, and strips for whiskers and claws.
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Set the pieces out and let your kids get creative, gluing pieces down to pose their collage cats in all kinds of kitty contortions.
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Crafting a Kitty Cat Analog Clock
There’s always time to cuddle a kitty! Learning to tell time is much more fun with a kitty cat clock your kids make themselves. You’ll need two paper plates, construction paper, glue, a ruler, and an old school brad.
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Start by having your kids paint two paper plates, right side up, in a single kitty color like orange or grey.
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Once your plates are dry, give your kids a marker and have them add facial details including whiskers and a mouth and use construction paper to create and glue cat eyes, ears, and a nose.
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On the other plate, use your ruler and markers to carefully place long lines at each hour mark and four shorter minute marks between each.
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Create a ¾” circular template, then challenge your kiddo to trace and cut 11 more circles out of construction paper. Add numbers 1-12 and show your child where to glue them in place on your clock face.
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Cut two arrows out of construction paper – one longer than the other – and use the brad to secure them to the center of your clock face.
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Staple your kitty cat head to its clock face body. Meow it’s time to practice!
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Completing a Kitty Care Coding Challenge
With Learning Resources Coding Critters™ Scamper & Sneaker, your kids can learn to care for a cat without having to own one! Plus, even preschoolers can learn basic coding skills with these playful pets.
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First, read through the included storybook adventure, coding the activities shown on each page.
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Code Scamper to come out of her house and chase her ball or send Sneaker for a ride down the slide.
Then press Scamper’s nose to active Play Mode where kids can feed, pet, and care for their robotic kitten.
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How will YOU celebrate National Cat Day?