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Heckerty’s Halloween Hacks – Day 24 – Make a Black Cat from a Paper Plate

Black Cat from a Paper Plate 

 

What you need:

  • A paper plate painted black
  • template from the web (see below)
  • scissors
  • googly eyes
  • glue
  • white paint
  • pink paint
  • scotch tape

 

How to do it:

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Black Cat from a Paper Plate

  • Paint the backside of the paper plate black and let dry.
  • Turn the plate over to the unpainted side.
  • Cut out the body using the pattern.
  • Cut out the tail and head from the remaining plate. Set scraps aside.

 

  • Use tape to attach the tail and the head to the back of the plate, using the image as a guide
  • Glue on wiggle eyes and paint a pink dot for the nose
  • From the scraps of black plate, cut thin whiskers of equal length
  • Glue to the cat’s face
Make a black cat from a paper plate

Black Cat takes shape from paper plate

Black Cat from a Paper Plate

Black Cat now has a face and whiskers

 

Make a Black Cat from a paper plate

Make a Black Cat from a paper plate – see how easy!

Our cat was based on this awesome
one we found online at:

craftsbyamanda.com

Thanks, Amanda!

http://craftsbyamanda.com/2011/10/paper-plate-black-cat.html

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