Last week, we focused our learning activities and art around pets. This week, we will be continuing that theme. A few days ago we used a fork to paint a cat.
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- Black Construction Paper
- Pink Construction Paper
- White Construction/ Computer Paper
- Paint (We used black and white mixed together)
- A Plastic Fork
- Googly Eyes
Start by cutting out two triangles and several thin rectangles from the black paper. These will be the whiskers and the ears. Next, cut out a smaller pink triangle. This will be the nose. Lastly, get your paint into a small dish or a paper plate. We mixed black and white paint together so that the cat would be a dark gray, but you can use whatever colors you’d like.
Have your child use the fork to paint a circle on the paper. You may get an oval, you may get a square, or you may actually get a circle. If your child is still learning shapes, try drawing a circle on the paper and having your child just paint inside of it. Our daughter has an excellent understanding of shapes for her age, so we did not have to offer much guidance, but it is always best to adapt crafts to your child.
After the painting is done, this will need awhile to dry. We let ours dry for about 8 hours and it was still a bit wet, but dry enough to finish. Let your child place the googly eyes, whiskers, ears and nose. We always try to offer minimal guidance so that our toddler creates something that is unique to her.
The finished art project will be a cute cat that can be used as part of a preschool/ home school lesson or just as something fun to do.
We have had a few requests to include books that our crafts can be paired with. Here are some perfect books to read before or after this craft!