C is for Calico Cat



C is for Calico Cat


C is for craft, too!  For this, I drew a cat shape on a piece of cardstock, then gave the girls (3 & 4) each a bowl of 1 1/2 inch squares of fabric from my scrap bag.  I painted Mod Podge on the BACK of the cat drawing (just a few inches at a time, or it dries too fast), and the girls arranged fabric squares all over the paper.  I painted over some of the squares again with the Mod Podge where they were overlapping or just not stuck down well.  Then we let them dry and I cut the cat shapes out.  For eyes, we used those flat bottomed, colored glass pebbles that you find in the silk flower section.  I don't know what those are really for, but they're pretty.  I drew the cat's eye pupil on the back, flat part with a Sharpie; from the front it looks pretty neat coming through the curve.  Then we glued on the eyes with craft glue, added a foam shape for a nose, and pipe cleaner whiskers.  We discussed how "calico" is an adjective, along with cat starts with C.