Hi friends! It’s that time of the month again! The Kids Craft Stars and I are joining forces to bring you our MONTHLY craft challenge post.

Every month we have a challenge between us bloggers to in-cooperate a different craft medium or theme into a simple kid craft tutorial. This month’s challenge was to create something using tissue paper and as you can image – this challenge was a breeze for us since that is one of our favorite craft mediums to use in ALL our kid craft tutorials!

So without further ado – today I present to you our Tissue Paper Black Cat tutorial that is not only super simple and really inexpensive but it’s also perfect for younger children too! Plus it goes along perfectly with one of our favorite children’s books – Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle {affiliate link} making it great excuse to have storytime too!

If you would like to make this “catty” kid craft with your child today, check out the full tutorial below. Plus there are also links to the other bloggers participating in this challenge, so be sure to click around! Happy crafting my friends!

Supplies:

* Large Paper Plate
* School Glue
* Black Tissue Paper
* 2 Gray Pipe Cleaners
* Black/White/Pink Cardstock
* Scissors
* Stapler

Directions:

* First have your child cut their black tissue paper into small squares.
* Squirt some glue all over your paper plate. Have children take the tissue paper and place it on top of the glue, until it’s completely covered.
* While they are working on that, cut some cat features from the cardstock. Think diamond eyes, pointy ears, mouth, button nose etc. Be sure to also fold your two pipe cleaners in half for the whiskers.
* To finish off the Tissue Paper Black Cat – glue/staple on the cardstock pieces and whiskers in the designated spots. Then display proudly!

As an added bonus to today’s craft {although I’m sorry it’s not tissue paper related} here is another example of a fun “cat” themed kid craft to go along with the book Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle {affiliate link}

Simply glue some popsicle sticks together to look like a cat body and add embellishments like black paint & cardstock pieces to give it life!

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Be sure to check out the fun blog posts below, to see what the other bloggers in the challenge came up with for our Tissue Paper Kid Craft Challenge! You can also follow us on Instagram with the #KidsCraftStars and see what we are crafting up daily!

Paper Plate Thanksgiving Turkey craft with Tissue Paper – Artsy Craftsy Mom

How to Make Confetti – Pink Stripey Socks

Pumpkin and Apple Tissue Paper Suncatchers – In the Playroom

Tissue Paper Fall Tree Craft – I Heart Crafty Things

Tissue Paper Black Cat – Glued to My Crafts Blog

Tissue Paper Roses – Easy Peasy and Fun

Tissue Paper Dragonfly – Crafty Morning

Decoupage Baby Food Jar Owl – Artsy Momma

Tissue Paper Sunset Craft – A Little Pinch of Perfect

Firefly Suncatcher Craft – I Heart Arts n Crafts

And “if” you decide to make our Tissue Paper Black Cat craft, please share a picture on our Facebook page for us to see. We love seeing our inspiration come to life!

edited 9/29/2015

In true fashion around here – I have ANOTHER kid craft that goes along perfectly with this particular book theme. We took an ordinary Styrofoam cup and turned it into a cat by painting it completely black, adding cardstock pieces and pipe cleaner whiskers to give it life! Super simple and sure to be a HIT!