Dr. Seuss and his zany books have had a huge impact on children over the years! Every child we know loves them and always wants to learn more about this imaginary world his characters live in.

To celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day, we’ve made this easy Cat In The Hat craft. It’s a simple Dr. Suess craft kids will have a blast making!

It’s part art, part craft, which means it’ll appeal to lots of different children.

All you need to do is grab some paper, paint, glue, and a few other supplies and you’ll be ready. Not only will this craft help keep the kids engaged, but it’ll also help with fine motor skills!

Download the free printable template and make it with preschool, kindergarten, and elementary children any time of year!

Printable Cat In The Hat Craft

Supplies

• Colored cardstock
• Scissors
• Glue
• Red paint
• Q tip or pencil with eraser
• Cat in the Hat template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)

Directions

Download the Cat In The Hat template and print it out on white cardstock.

Using the eraser side of the pencil or a q tip, dip in a small pool of red paint. Make dots all around the top, middle, and bottom portion of the hat.

After finishing the hat, make dots all along the bow tie as well. Let the paint dry completely before moving on.

Once all the paint has dried, cut out the pieces.

Assemble the cat by gluing the body to the front of the cat’s neck.

Place the cat’s white fur in the middle of the body and glue it in place.

Position the bow tie in the middle of the neck and glue it down to secure it.

Finish making the cat by gluing the hat to the top of the head. We pulled the ears forward, on top of the hat as well.

Take the completed cat and glue it to a brightly colored piece of paper.

That’s it! Isn’t this so cute?

More Dr. Seuss Fun

We’ve got lots of other fun and easy ways to celebrate Dr. Seuss Day! If you need more ideas, check them out below and pick your favorites.

We can’t talk about Read Across America Day without mentioning books, right?! There are so many awesome Dr. Seuss books. Read them during the week leading up to the big day, or just read them before bedtime.

These are some of the top Dr. Seuss books. Grab them from the library or buy them from Amazon to add to your home library collection.

Are You My Mother? is a cute book about a little bird who’s trying to find his mom in a big world!

Oh, The Places You’ll Go! – This book is a classic Dr. Seuss book about the ups and downs of life. It’s such a great read!

Dr. Seuss Second Book Collection– This boxed set of five Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss—The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Dr. Seuss’s ABC, Oh Say Can You Say?, Oh the Thinks You Can Think!, and I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! is a great addition to your home library.

Want more craft ideas? We’ve got you covered there as well!

This handprint Thing 1 printable craft is one of our readers’ favorites! It’s simple and can be given to your child’s teacher as well.

If Horton is one of your child’s favorite characters, you have to make this Horton Hears A Who printable puppet craft. It’s great for pretend play after making it too!

Make this Dr. Seuss paper plate fish craft to go along with this Cat in the Hat craft.

Kids will actually want to take a bath when they use these Lorax bath bombs. Get ready for Dr. Seuss dress-up day with this Dr. Seuss dress or these Thing 1 & Thing 2 shirts.

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