What You’ll Need
- Paper plate
if you don’t have a paper plate, no problem! You can just cut a piece of paper into a circle! - Construction paper (any colors)
- Pipe Cleaner
if you don’t have a pipe cleaner, you can use a straw, ribbon, paper or draw on your whiskers! - Popsicle Stick
if you don’t have a popsicle stick, you can use a straw, ruler, or a pencil! - Glue
- Safety Scissors
- Tape
What To Do
- Let’s make our cat’s face! Draw your cats eyes, nose, and smile – but don’t add whiskers just yet!
- Color your cat’s face in – you can use any color(s) you’d like!
- Cut out the outer ridge of your paper plate (if you’d like!)
- Draw two triangles on your construction paper
- Draw a smaller triangle inside your big triangle.
- Color the small triangle in.
- Cut out your two triangles
if you don’t have safety scissors, ask a grownup for help! - Glue your ears to the back of your cat mask, so most of the triangle peeks out.
- Cut your pipe cleaner in half, then hold each half in half again
if you don’t have safety scissors, ask a grownup for help! - Glue or tape your pipe cleaner to the front of your mask
they should look like sideway v’s like: > and < - Glue your popsicle stick to the back of your cat mask, towards the bottom.
- Wear your mask!
Grown-Ups
Show us your little one’s Cat Mask on Instagram @nycchildrenstheater or email a picture to creativeclubhouse@nycchildrenstheater.org.
