As the spooky season approaches, it’s the perfect time to spark excitement with an art project that gets kids into the Halloween spirit. Nothing says “boo-tiful” quite like creating a cute black cat that adds a touch of festive charm to your Halloween decorations. 

Kids can channel their inner artists with our paper plate black cat craft! This adorable (or fierce) feline can be made with a playful or scary expression to match your Halloween vibe. 

And don’t forget to explore more Halloween crafts for kids to keep the festive fun going this October. 

Black Cat Paper Plate Craft

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It’s a purr-fect way for them to get creative while making a fantastic addition to your Halloween decor or story time. Plus, they’ll feel so proud showing off their spook-tacular masterpiece!

So grab a paper plate from the kitchen, gather some supplies, and download our free template for your little ones to get started making their black cat. They’ll love creating a Halloween masterpiece!

Supplies

• Paper plate
• Paint
• Paintbrush
• Black marker
• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Bold & Bright Crayola markers (optional to draw the happy mouth on)
• Black cat template (unlock the free template at the end of the post)

Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once you have the template printed, gather the materials needed for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this black cat to life!

First, guide your child to paint the paper plate with 1-2 thin coats of black paint. Let it dry completely before moving on to the next step.

Trace the face on the paper plate and cut it out.

Next, glue the inner ears to the center of the outer ears.

Now, place the ears on the top and sides of the paper plate and glue them in place.

Glue the eyes on the center of the face.

Position the nose below the eyes and glue it in place.

If your kids are making the happy cat, use the white Bold and Bright marker to draw the mouth beneath the nose. You are done after this step.

If your kids are making the angry version, glue the tongue to the bottom of the mouth.

Next, help your child glue the teeth to the top of the mouth.

Finally, encourage your child to glue the mouth below the nose.

Be sure to check out our paper plate crafts while you’re here! Your kids will love creating more fun DIYs like this one!

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Easy Halloween Ideas

Ready for more Halloween fun? We’ve got a treat (no tricks!) in store for you. Find a cauldron of creativity with our easy DIY projects and educational activities that will have your little ghouls learning and laughing all October long!

Read on below for some holiday books to share with your kids and hands-on activities that are sure to be a hit this Halloween. Save your favorites so you can brew up some magical memories together!

Halloween Books For Kids

Below are some of the top-rated Halloween books for kids. Add them to your home collection or borrow them from your local library.

Room On The Broom: This has to be one of our favorite Halloween books of all time! The story follows a witch and her cat as they happen upon some animals who help the witch. There’s danger, mystery, and friendship in this adorable children’s story.

5 Minute Spooky Stories: We love Disney’s 5-minute storybooks and this one is perfect for Halloween! See how all your favorite Disney characters celebrate this spooky holiday.

Ten Timid Ghosts: This is a fun countdown book about a witch who moves into a haunted house where 10 ghosts already live. The witch scares the ghosts out one by one until they devise a scheme to get her out of their house. This Halloween children’s book is good for kids who love rhyming stories!

Easy Printable Halloween Crafts

Mummy Paper Cup Craft – Let’s get wrapped up in Halloween fun! Have your little monsters create a mummy using a paper cup. It’s a fantastic way to get them excited about the season while crafting a spooky, yet adorable, mummy friend that’s sure to be a hit!

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Frankenstein Photo Craft – Kids can unleash their inner mad scientists and make themselves into a monster. They’ll love turning their own photos into cute monster faces, from Frankenstein to the Bride of Frankenstein.

Tissue Paper Ghost – Your little ghouls can make a not-so-spooky ghost with some tissue paper and our free template. It’s a fun way to make some Halloween decor while fine tuning their motor skills.

Zombie Cat Puppet Craft – For a purr-fectly ghoulish way to add some creativity to your Halloween celebrations, have kids turn a plain paper bag into a zombie cat! It’s a fun way for kids to use their imaginations and tell spooky stories.

Easy Printable Halloween Activities

Our witch activity sheets will add a bit of magic to your kid’s learning adventures! These fun worksheets invite little witches and wizards to explore counting, matching, and problem solving in a fun and festive way. They’ll pair witchy images, navigate a witch maze, and count and graph.

Each activity is designed to make learning spellbindingly fun, so download and print these bewitching sheets today to watch your kids’ skills grow with some Halloween fun!

Stir up some magical fun with the kids with the enchanting tale of a friendly witch and her cat’s adventures in Room on the Broom, then keep the excitement going with our Room on the Broom worksheets.

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Kids will mix fine motor skills, brew up pattern recognition, spot the letter D, and conjure new words with the witch worksheet and character flashcards. Cast a spell for a fun learning experience with these sheets!

Your little ones can spread their wings and have some bat-tactic fun with our bat worksheets! They’ll label parts of a bat to learn new vocabulary, trace their way through a letter maze and practice writing the letter ‘Bb’.

These sheets will have kids practicing scissor skills, letter recognition, and handwriting while exploring more about bats. Print out these bat-tacular worksheets today and watch your kids soar into learning and creativity!

This October, be sure to grab a copy of this I See Halloween emergent reader book! This printable book will help kids practice early literacy skills while exploring all the spooky sights of Halloween. The repetitive text and three key sight words, I, see, the, will help children build confidence in reading.

Choose from two versions: one fully printed for easy reading or one perfect for those eager to practice their writing skills with blank spaces for writing the word, “the”.

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