Cat Puppets

- 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.
- Paint the paper plate.
- This picture illustrates perfectly why non toxic paints are a requirement with young kids!
- While your child is painting , cut out two ears , glue or using double stick tape attach them to the underside of the plate.
- Have your child paint the cardboard handle or tongue depressor.
- While they are painting that twist some pipe cleaners together for the whiskers.
- 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.
- 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! **
Bingo!
And Bingo was his name-O.
B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
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And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O!
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And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
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And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
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And Bingo was his name-O!
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And Bingo was his name-O.
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And Bingo was his name-O!

” Oh, Tucker!”
by Steven Kroll is cute story about a clumsy excited dog , with colorful illustrations and kids love how he “whams” into everything!” McDuff moves in” by Rosemary Wells will pull at your heart strings , McDuff escapes the dog catcher and goes at it alone, that is until he finds Fred and Lucy!
flsweetpeasmom says
We did this craft activity this morning and my 2 1/2 year old daughter loved it! We made a cat and a dog and put on a silly puppet show. Thanks for the great ideas!
FluffyN says
We made seasonal bunnies instead of cats!
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ABC Cats says
Stay safe Everybody !