1. Gather your materials. You will need a paper plate or heavy card stock cut in a circle, some paint , paper for ears, pipe cleaners, some cardboard or large tongue depressors for the handle and dark colored marker for the eyes and mouth.
2. Paint the paper plate.
3. This picture illustrates perfectly why non toxic paints are a requirement with young kids!
4. While your child is painting , cut out two ears , glue or using double stick tape attach them to the underside of the plate.
5. Have your child paint the cardboard handle or tongue depressor.
6. While they are painting that twist some pipe cleaners together for the whiskers.
7. To attach these to the plate poke two holes in the paper plate and using another pipe cleaner make a loop, slide the whiskers in then tighten the loop , and twist. Cover the pipe cleaner on the underside with tape to protect your child from any pokes.
8. Draw on the eyes, and mouth, attach the handle, and voila!

** To make it harder for older children you can cut out eyes, a mouth and use more than one color paint too! **

1. Gather your materials. You will need a paper plate, 3 sections of an egg carton , scissors, some pink paint ( or red and white) , a paint brush , some black paper and glue.
2. Mix your paint, I know I have been saying this a lot lately but this simple step of mixing colors is such a fast and easy color lesson and kids love to mix things!
3. Paint the paper plate . While your child is doing this cut the egg carton into 3 pieces, one whole cup and two half ones. Also cut 2 small black circles and two tiny rectangles for the eyes and nostrils out of the black paper.
4. Paint egg carton pieces. You need to paint the inside of 2 egg carton pieces and the outside of the other.
5. Glue on the eyes.
6. Glue on the snout.
7. Glue the nostrils on.
8. Glue on the ears.