You will need:

• 1 empty oatmeal container and lid
• 1 scissors
• 1 sheet of: yellow paper, orange and pink paper
• 2 large googly eyes stickers
• 1 black marker
• Printout of template
• Tape

 

 

Step 1: Cut out a circle of orange paper and glue it to the top of the lid.

Step 2:  Cut a rectangle slot, out of the lid. It should be large enough for a quarter to fit through.

Step 3: Cover the outside of the oatmeal container with construction paper. Tape into place. Trim of any extra paper.

Step 4: Place the template onto the orange paper. Cut  out the large triangles (ears), and tail.

Step 5: Place the template onto the yellow paper. Cut out the smaller triangles for the inside of the ears.

Step 6: Tape the yellow  triangles to the middle of  orange triangles. Then tape the two ears to the back of the container

Step 7: Place the template onto the pink paper and cut out the pink nose. Tape it to the front of the container

Step 8: Use a black magic marker to draw strips on the tail, the whistkers and mouth as shown.

Step: 9: Stick the googly eyes in place

Step 10: Glue or tape the tail to the back of the container.

You can print out the template here:  Kitty_Template

And to complete the experience, make sure to pick up a copy of the book on amazon, or at your local library.