Cat with Moving Eyes Craft

Material

• White watercolour paper
• Scissors
• Permanent marker
• Glue
• Large plate (to trace the face with)
• Paint: tempera watercolour cakes/paint, bowl of water,  paintbrush, crayons, coloured pencils, coloured markers
• Decorate: Felt, foam sheets, coloured paper, stickers, wool, string, etc.

How to Make A Cat with Moving Eyes

Draw the Cat

1. Trace a paper plate for the head of the cat.
2. Draw to large circles for the eyes.
3. Draw a heart for the nose and a J and backwards J for the mouth.
4. Draw lines for the whiskers.
5. Draw to long lines coming down for the body.
6. Add curved lines for the feet.
7. Draw another line in the middle to make two legs.
8. Draw curved lines on either side for the back legs.
9. Add the tail.

Time to Cut out the eyes

1. Pinch the eyes and make a cut and continue to cut out the rest of the eyes.
2. Cut out a long strip of paper long and wide enough fit under the eyes of you cut.
3. Draw the eyes on it with oil pastels.

Time to Decorate

1. Decorate the cat with oil pastels and watercolours.
2. Also decorate the strip of paper with the eyes.
3. Set aside to dry

Time to attach the eyes

1. Place the strip with the eyes on the back of the cat, add glue at least 2 cm away from the strip with the eye on either side of the strip.
2. Glue down a sheet of paper. Let it dry.
3. Turn it over and test out the moving eyes!

Age Suitability

This activity is good for kindergarten aged children 4 years old and up. My kids are 4.5, 4.5 and 8 years old.

Mess Level

The mess level for this activity is low.

Difficulty to Create 

Easy.

Skills Developed

Gross motor skills, language development, number recognition, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.

Materials

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• White watercolour paper
• Scissors
• Permanent marker
• Glue
• Large plate (to trace the face with)
• tempera watercolour cakes/paint,
• bowl of water paintbrush
• Oil Pastels or crayons
• Glitter

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