This Pete the Cat handprint craft is easy for your kids to make. It goes well with any of the Pete the Cat books. Includes free printable cat head template.

This cat craft is so easy to make. All you need is construction paper, scissors, crayons, and glue. Use the free printatble cat head template to make this kids craft even easier for you.

My kids love Pete the Cat books. They also loved making this craft.

My son started reading this year. I struggled with getting him to read. Finally, I found some books he liked: Mo Willems, Dr. Seuss, and Pete the Cat.

I like the repetition and songs his stories contain. It makes it easy and fun to read.

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This craft goes well with any of the Pete the Cat books. We read Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons before we made this craft.

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Pete The Cat Handprint Craft Supplies

• dark blue, yellow, and white construction paper
• pencil
• scissors
• black marker
• white crayon

Pete The Cat Handprint Craft Instructions

Trace your child’s hand on the dark blue construction paper. Your child’s hand should have 4 fingers pointing down and the thumb pointed out. The thumb will be the cat’s tail.

Cut out your child’s handprint.

Using the white crayon, draw tiny white lines on the tips of the blue fingers. These will be the cat’s paws.

On the dark blue construction paper, draw and cut out a cat’s head. You can use the free printable cat head as a template (see link below).

On the yellow construction paper, draw and cut out 2 eyes.

On the white paper, draw and cut out a cat’s nose and 2 small circles for the cat’s eyes.

Glue the 2 yellow eyes to the cat’s head. Next, glue the 2 white circles to the yellow eyes. Glue the nose to the cat’s head. See picture below.

Use a black marker to outline the white circles in the eyes.

Glue the cat’s head to the handprint body.

Enjoy your Pete the Cat handprint craft.

How To Print The Free Printable Cat Template

To print the free cat template, click on the picture below or on the link. This free cat template is for personal use or classroom use only. Feel free to print as many copies as you need.

Click here to print the free printable cat template.

Ways To Modify This Craft

You can add buttons to Pete to go along with the book Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons.

Or you can add shoes to Pete to go along with the book Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes.

You can make any color cat you want. If you have a black cat and you want to make a black cat, just use black construction paper.

Did you know Pete the Cat has fun games to play?

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