Full moons and black cats are synonymous with Halloween. Help your young crafter celebrate the holiday by making a simple but fun non-spooky full moon black cat paper plate craft.
Materials
- Yellow, black, pink, and white nontoxic paint
- White paper plate
- Scrap cardboard
- Cotton balls
- Paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour some yellow paint onto the cardboard.
- Paint the front of the paper plate with the yellow paint.
- Allow the yellow paint to dry thoroughly.
- Pour some black paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of black paint on your child’s foot.
- Press the footprint into the center of the plate.
- Wash the paint off your child’s foot.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of black paint on your child’s fingertip.
- Press two black fingertip prints on top of the heel of the footprint. Reapply the paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a black tail extending from the bottom inside of the footprint.
- Pour some pink paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of pink paint on your child’s fingertip.
- Press a pink fingertip print in the center of the two black fingertip prints and in the center of the heel of the footprint. Reapply the paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a cat mouth extending from the single pink fingertip print.
- Pour some white paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of white paint on your child’s fingertip.
- Press two white fingertip prints onto the heel of the footprint about the pink print. Reapply the paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a paintbrush to paint on white cat whiskers and white cat toes.
- Use a paintbrush to paint two black dots in the centers of the white fingertip prints.
- Display the full moon black cat paper plate craft!
For more fun non-spooky Halloween craft ideas, try my Halloween Spider and Black Cat Handprint Craft and my Black Cat Paper Plate Craft.
Image Credits
Full Moon Black Cat Paper Plate Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting the Paper Plate Yellow © 2014 Heather Johnson
Yellow Paper Plate © 2014 Heather Johnson
Black Footprint on Yellow Paper Plate © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding Two Black Fingertip Prints © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting on a Black Cat Tail © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding Three Pink Fingertip Prints © 2014 Heather Johnson
White Cat Eyes, Whiskers, and Toes © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting on Black Pupils © 2014 Heather Johnson
Full Moon Black Cat Paper Plate Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson