Making crafts "Cat" and "Cat"

Making various crafts is very exciting and, at the same time, a useful activity for children. Crafting a variety of characters and animals, the child actively develops fine motor skills, and with it, imagination. In today's article we will learn how you can make beautiful children's crafts on the topic "Cat" and "Cat" with your own hands.

Paper is the most accessible and pliable material that will be extremely easy for a child to work with. Using sheets of colored or snow-white paper, the baby can give free rein to imagination and make smart cats of all kinds.

A huge variety of cats and cats can be made from paper and cardboard. Crafts can be both simple and flat, and voluminous. They can be colored, painted and supplemented with all sorts of decorations. There are incredibly many options for the performance of mustachioed characters.

You must first prepare all the tools: scissors, paper and glue stick. The color of the paper is not that important, so you can choose any shade.

• The first step in making eye-catching paper crafts would be in the printout of templates for future cat and cat. It is not at all necessary to print the sketchy basics of such crafts on a printer - you can draw them yourself, using a ruler and a pencil.
• Once the template is ready, it will need to be cut very carefully with scissors. The cuts should be made clearly along the contour so that the craft is neat and attractive.If a very small child is making a mustachioed animal, this stage must necessarily be carried out under the supervision of adults in order to avoid possible injuries from working with scissors.
• The cut out "cat" blank will need to be carefully folded along the fold lines. After that, the craft will need to be fixed using a regular glue stick. If a liquid PVA composition is used, it should not be poured in large quantities, since this will negatively affect the state of the paper and the appearance of the product.

Original cats made of paper are ready! Even the youngest craftsmen can make such simple, but very cute crafts, since there is absolutely nothing complicated about it.

Great crafts are made from dough. You can make a very beautiful panel from it, which will become an original interior decoration. To make a smart cat or kitty out of dough, you need the following positions:

• pattern in the form of a cat;
• stationery knife;
• salty dough (to make it, you need to mix water, flour and salt together in proportions 1: 1: 1);
• foil;
• acrylic paints;
• frame;
• beads and ribbons are optional.

Let's get acquainted with the step-by-step instructions for modeling such an interesting and attractive homemade product.

• We need to prepare a template with the image of the animal... You can draw it, or you can download it from the Internet - any options will do.
• Knead the dough, slowly pour 300 g of water into it, and then add a little more.
• You need to attach a cat template to the finished dough, and then cut it out with a clerical knife. It is better to roll out the dough on a foil sheet.
• Next, the dough is left to become tough enough.... After that, the edges of the figure are sanded with sandpaper. An appropriate pattern must be applied to the surface.
• You can paint the figure with gouache or acrylic paints.... This activity is most popular with children.
• If the craft is made in the form of a panel, an attractive background should be created for the animal from the dough.... It can be painted with gouache. The dough product should be glued to this background, and then the finished panel should be placed in a beautiful frame.
• It is most convenient to glue the figure using glue gun.
• Kitty can be additionally decorate elegant beads, bows and other beautiful accessories.

A mustachioed pet can be modeled not only from cardboard, paper or dough, but also from a material such as felt. If you plan to make felt crafts, the little master will need:

• felt;
• scissors;
• multi-colored threads;
• glue;
• filler (padding polyester, cotton wool is ideal);
• paper and pencil;
• beads and other decorative elements at will.

Let's go directly to creative operations.

• On paper, you should draw the outline of the future mustachioed animal. After that, it must be transferred to felt material. For added convenience, you can use pins to secure paper and fabric together.
• You need to make 2 sides of the cat, and then cut them strictly along the contour of felt.
• On the face of the animal, you will need to mark eyes, nose and mouth. Buttons can act as eyes, and the nose and mouth will turn out to be very good if you use colored threads.
• Felt pieces must be sewn to each other. The tail, legs and head should be carefully sewn to the body. In the course of sewing the individual parts, do not forget to insert the filling material into them. The overcast seam is most suitable for making this original craft.
• The resulting product can be decorated at the request of the child. For example, make an elegant scarf for a cat out of beautiful ribbons, or attach a tie or bow to his neck.

Making this craft usually does not cause any special difficulties, however, it is better to be present for adults, since the sewing process may seem quite complicated to a child.

Creative and fun crafts are made from junk materials. Various little things that seem to many people to be unnecessary garbage can be a wonderful basis for making a variety of figures and homemade products for kindergarten or school.

For example, a very original cat can be made from ordinary wire. To do it, come in handy:

• wire with a length of 80 cm;
• threads - twine or semi-wool;
• wide-eye needle;
• glue "Moment" (ordinary PVA will not be enough here);
• wine cork or large bead.

Let's get down to creative work.

• Wire piece needed fold neatly in half, and then form a cat's tail.
• When the tail is ready, you can go to the formation of the body of the cat... It should be borne in mind that in the course of wrapping, the body will become more elongated, and the paws will shorten at the same time, since 1 cm will go to the foot and another part will go to the animal's body.
• To decorate a cat's head, you can use different materials. A wine stopper would be an excellent solution. Previously, you will need to make a small hole in it using an awl. This hole will be needed to accommodate the base wire.
• Having formed the ears, the wire will need to be inserted into the hole made in the plug-head.
• Next, a needle with a wide eye is taken. A thread is threaded into it, and then all the loops of the paws, tail and ears of the animal are wrapped around.
• The thread must be tied from the bottom, measuring 2 cm... The loop is wrapped around, after which the ends of the threads are once again tied into a single knot, the ends of the threads are fixed and cut off, leaving about 4 cm.
• Any remaining thread ends will be hidden along the winding of the cat's body.
• Having reached the head of the craft, the thread must be fixed with an ordinary loop.
• The cork-head will need to be smeared with an adhesive solution. After that, showing maximum accuracy, it will be necessary to wrap the cat's head coil by coil, then stick small antennae on the corresponding areas. The latter can be a variety of components, for example, a thin fishing line or a violin bow.
• You do not need to apply too much glue to the base, as this can begin to squeeze out in the gaps between the threads. A thin layer of adhesive will be enough to securely fix all the parts.
• If you wish, the original craft can be supplemented with a small pink nose and charming beady eyes... These details can be realized by means of paints applied to the surface, but other methods can also be used.

For information on how to make a cute cat out of paper, see the next video.