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Printable Cat Template – Cute, Fat, and Rolly

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This cat craft is super easy to make and is a fun cutting and gluing activity for kids in pre-school and kindergarten. Just download and print the free printable cat template. Then color, cut and paste!

Materials:

Instructions:

1. Download and print the Cat Craft Template PDF. 

Cat Craft Template

 2. Cut out the different shapes.

3. Color the pieces with markers or crayons.

3. Glue the pieces together to finish their unique and awesome fat cat! Every student will put their cat template together differently.  I love doing this activity with my students because its so easy, and at the same time it reinforces cutting skills!

 After we are done, I display each child’s work around the classroom. You can attach a straw or a popsicle stick to the back of the cat with tape to make a cute cat puppet that kids will love!

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Black Cat Craft – A 3D paper cat that can be a puppet or hang on the wall.

Cat Puppet – An easy printable cat template craft.  Just print out, cut, and color, then add a straw or popsicle stick to make a puppet.

Cat House Drawing – An easy drawing of a house filled with cats! 

Draw A Funky And Fun Clown House

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Bubbles, Bozo, Balloons and Pies! A fun clown house to make that’s full of surprises! For this clown house craft, a piece of paper is divided into sections and you can draw a different picture in each “room”. Use a ruler to draw lines and divide the paper or fold the paper into even sections.

clown house craft

You will need markers, white copy paper, and a ruler (optional) for this activity.

To make this clown house drawing, first fold a piece of paper into 4 or 6 sections.  You can also use a ruler to divide the paper into sections if you prefer.
Draw a different room in each section of your paper.  You can add a living and dining room, bathroom, closets, basement, laundry room, and bedroom to start.

Make sure to add lots of colors and clowns!  The trick to drawing clowns is give them big shoes and wild, colorful hair and outfits.  Use lots of polka-dots, swirls, and curly-Q’s when decorating their costumes.  You can make them look like they are wearing clown makeup by drawing x’s as their eyes, and a red dot as their noses.  I like to make them look like they are pouting, so I give them heart-shaped lips.

You can draw some stairs and add windows to make your drawing look more like a home.

Add more clowns, pets, robots, and anything else you can think of to make your drawing more colorful and interesting!]]>

Construction Paper Clown Craft

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Here is a colorful construction paper craft that is perfect for a costume party or carnival!  You can cut out the shapes ahead of time or let the kids cut out the shapes and assemble the clown themselves.

Materials

  • Construction paper (A variety of colors)
  • Markers
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Sequins (Optional)
  • Foam shapes (Optional)

clown craft for kindergarten

For The Craft:

1.Cut out a white oval to make the face for your clown.

2. Create a wig – I cut out small cloud shapes using a rainbow of colors for this.

3.  Draw on facial features using your markers.

4. Create the shirt and cut sleves into each side. For the pants I cut out a rectangle and then cut a slim triangle from the bottom.

5.  Create shoes and gloves.

6. Assemble the pieces together and paste them onto a piece of construction paper. I used black construction paper because I like how it makes the other colors pop but you can use whatever color you like for your background!

7.  Add decorations using sequins and foam shapes to complete your craft!

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Oil Pastel Self-Portraits

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Oil Pastel Portrait

Oil pastels are a colorful choice for art projects of all kinds. They can be found at any art store. Also look for them at yard sales, flea markets, and thrift stores to save money.

Decorate your classroom or hallway with self-portraits that your students made.  The portrait shown on this page were drawn on white construction paper.

Materials

  • Oil Pastels
  • White Construction Paper 9×12 inches

Directions

To get started, draw the outline of your portrait lightly on your paper.  Start with an oval for the face.  Then add the hair and eyes. You can draw an S to make the nose.  I like to show this trick to my students, as it makes for an easy way to create this feature.

Draw the lips and other details. Fill in the outline, starting with lighter colors, and finishing with darker colors.  Blend the colors together using your fingers or the oil pastel itself.  Continue coloring until your whole paper is filled with color or leave the background showing if you prefer a more minimal look to your portrait.

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