Newspaper cats - Arts, Crafts and DIY

29 Comments

A quick and easy craft with your child on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Tried and tested by a primary school teacher and mum!

Material

1 sheet Newspaper
1 pack A variety of markers
1 Glue stick
1 A pair of scissors
1 Coloured paper of your choice

Method

Lay newspaper on your table and draw a simple outline of a cat on it. Draw a tail separately.
Help your child to carefully cut around the cat and its tail.
Glue the newspaper cat and tail onto your A4 coloured paper, make sure it’s glued right on the bottom so that it looks like the cat is sitting on the ground
Use a black marker to draw two almond shaped eyes, a upsidedown triangle mouth, lines for the nose and some whiskers. Add details such as patterns on their tail and body with the black marker.
Use left over coloured paper, to make a collar to paste on top of the neck area. To make the colour pop, use complementary colours: blue background, orange colour or purple background, yellow colour. And Voila! A sweet newspaper cat!!

Notes

Super easy to make!
Tip: if you find the newspaper to be too flimsy, glue it onto another of piece paper first before drawing a cat on it and cutting it. It’s much more durable that way for little hands!

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About The Author

Wendy Finds

Hi there! I’m a school teacher who loves all things creative - be it film, theatre, art, photography or travel. Above all I’m a mum - you can find me on insta via: wendyfindsbeauty

29 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 03 Nov 2023
    1:09 pm
What a very cute idea

- - mom112217 said
  - 16 Feb 2021
    2:06 pm
An easy and fun creative project!

- - mom111059 said
  - 20 Jan 2021
    5:55 pm
What a great recycling art project.

- - mom62624 said
  - 10 Dec 2020
    4:05 pm
A wonderful idea, very cute.

- - mom462038 said
  - 29 Nov 2020
    9:22 am
If we bought the newspaper, this could be doable.

- - Kylie said
  - 06 Nov 2020
    8:17 pm
That looks really cute. Not sure my drawing skills will be as good.

- - mom462792 said
  - 26 Oct 2020
    9:33 am
looks so cute

- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2020
    12:39 pm
Wow, I love it and recycling at its best

- - ralu said
  - 12 Oct 2020
    9:17 pm
That looks cute , thanks for sharing.

- - BellaB said
  - 02 Oct 2020
    6:57 pm
Cutting and gluing is always popular, and this doesn’t need fancy things to make it. Thanks.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 01 Oct 2020
    9:02 pm
Perfect – we have everything already

- - mom101628 said
  - 27 Sep 2020
    11:48 pm
Great idea and just in time for the holidays coming up. Thanks for your post.

- - mom462038 said
  - 24 Sep 2020
    1:09 pm
Yep, we made so many things with newspaper when I was a kid, then I made them with my kids and plan on making with my grandkids

- - mom462929 said
  - 31 Aug 2020
    10:04 pm
So cute! Clever way to recycle too.

- - Ellen said
  - 31 Aug 2020
    4:19 am
Easy as and cute

- - Forgetful Mumma said
  - 28 Aug 2020
    2:03 pm
My boy loves cats and arts and crafts. This is soooo simple and cute! Will definitely have to try this one!

- - linaianna said
  - 25 Aug 2020
    8:48 am
What a good Idea the only thing is the ink on the newspaper getting on their hands.
- Wendyfindsbeauty replied
  
  27 Aug 2020 , 9:43 pm
  This is true. But there’s actually a pre printed one you can use! Let me know if you’d like me to send it to you. I’ll just need your email I think.
- - mom62527 said
  - 24 Aug 2020
    2:35 pm
Looks simple and cute with not many expensive materials needed. I’m sure any child would love making a newspaper cat.

- - shanika said
  - 24 Aug 2020
    11:04 am
Lovely craft idea.

- - mom93821 said
  - 23 Aug 2020
    5:43 am
A very cute and creative cat craft idea. The cat looks terrific!