Since ancient times, it was believed that a cat living in a house brings good luck. These animals were both worshiped and accused of being associated with otherworldly forces.
The mustaches were also credited with healing abilities.
Recently, it became clear that cats were not domesticated, but only began to live next to humans. They still remain free, but continue to love the chosen person.
No matter what abilities the cats have, a purr made with your own hands is a great gift.
Toys for children
How to make a cat craft? In order to please a child with a new friend, completely different materials are used. It all depends on the desired result, on the age of the child, as well as on your capabilities.
This means that if you have extra fabric at home, and for production you want to use cardboard, which you simply don’t have, this will not be the best idea. Therefore, start from the materials that you have on hand.
Fabric product
Fabric itself is a material that is very easy to work with, the main thing is to know how, and also to be careful and patient. With its help you can sew a toy of any shape and any color.
You can find various photos of cat craft variations on the Internet along with detailed instructions.
It is important to understand that if you want a voluminous cat craft for children, then you need to purchase padding polyester or cotton wool for stuffing in advance. For the eyes, you can use buttons or beads, and the same with the nose.
Hand sewing is fun for adults
When sewing crafts, you need to decide whether it will be a voluminous cat or a flat one.
In the process of preparing for work, there are several stages:
- Selection and preparation of patterns. The silhouette of a cat is quite recognizable by several details - a curved back, a long rounded tail, ears, paws and abdomen. The design previously applied to the cardboard is cut out and applied to the fabric, then cut out taking into account seam allowances;
- Choice of fabric. For crafts, you can take absolutely any material - from cotton to velvet, jeans or tulle. The color is selected taking into account plausibility (black or striped) or as your imagination dictates;
- Selection of accessories. For the eyes, you can take beads or buttons, tie a tail from lace or leftover threads, and a mustache from white pieces.
When sewing, the toy must be gradually stuffed with soft material (cotton wool or foam rubber), giving it stability and volume. This way you can get not only an item for fun, but also a pincushion or a pendant for a bag.
The matryoshka cat looks unusual - several fabric wedges with faces or figures painted on them, inserted one into the other.
felted kitten
An interesting method for making a cat would be to use wool and subsequently felt it. Of course, not everyone will like this technique.
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It is not very easy to master, which is why some people try to avoid working with it. But if you are not afraid to experiment with materials and want to bring a little creativity into your creative field, then you can definitely give it a try.
For beginners, we can recommend purchasing special kits for creating a cat with the main stages and a full description of all the steps. In this case, you won’t have to suffer much and fool around for a long time with making a new friend.
But if you want to take on something new and make a cat craft with your own hands without any kits, then all you need to do is purchase wool, a needle and beads that will serve as eyes.
First, try to make the animal yourself, but if nothing works, then you can always turn to art servers to find help among the professionals in your field.
New friend made from cotton wool
Perhaps, everyone probably has cotton wool, cardboard, glue and markers. To create a cat, you first need to cut out the silhouette of the animal on a piece of cardboard. Next, use cotton wool to fill all the resulting spaces, glue it to the base better so that your pet does not go bald in the future.
And now draw him a kind face. Felt-tip pens, markers or pens are better for this, since pencils are not capable of drawing on cotton wool.
Origami cat bookmark step by step
In order to make an unusual bookmark, you will need a sheet of paper measuring 21 by 10.5 cm for a large bookmark or a sheet of paper measuring 18 by 9 cm for a small bookmark. You can take colored or white paper.
It is better to use special origami paper. It is sold in stationery stores, but plain paper will make an interesting craft.
Take a sheet of paper with a wide side horizontally. If the paper is colored on one side, then the white side should lie in front of you.
- Fold the sheet in half.
- We unfold the sheet and bend the edges of the upper and lower parts to the central fold.
- We turn the sheet vertically, the narrow side is on top.
- Fold the top left and right corners to the center line.
- Bend the corner down. You should get a triangle.
- Unfold the sheet without straightening the folds.
- We bend the upper part of the sheet with triangular folds horizontally.
- Pull the corner up and fold a narrow strip. We repeat the action on the other side.
- Fold 1 vertex to the right corner. We repeat on the other side.
- We bend the corners along the folds in the opposite direction.
- Open the side and turn the corners inward.
- Bend the bottom corners. The beginning of the fold is in the middle of the narrow strip, fix the fold with your finger. Fold it in the opposite direction.
- We reveal the side. Press the corners with your fingers and fold them inward. If desired, you can glue the free sides.
We draw the cat’s face, add drawings of food, toys or a ball. Below we finish drawing the paws. Ready!
Plasticine pet
Children love to make different products from this material, therefore, they will only enjoy modeling a cat craft from plasticine. But first, don’t forget to warm it up for your son or daughter. Then it will be much easier to shape.
So, if you don’t want to make a regular plasticine cat figurine, then there is a more interesting idea. You can create it on a cardboard sheet, then the animal will immediately have a background that you can decorate yourself.
For example, if you want to make a black kitten, then the backdrop should match it. Let the baby sit in the night under the bright moon. This way you will get a truly wonderful composition.
Soft cats squishy
Anti-stress toys are very popular. You can not only play with them, but also decorate phone cases or notebooks. Making such crafts will bring pleasure to both adults and children.
- You will need a mold for a cat figurine. You can make it yourself. Take a piece of plasticine and form a thick cake. Then, using a stack with a round end, we squeeze out a rounded head at the top. Then we press down the oval tummy at the bottom. We make the tummy wider and deeper so that the cat turns out plump.
- Next we press out the triangular ears on the head, and draw the legs from below. From the head we make rounded handles. On the head we squeeze out a muzzle with a lower lip and nose. Then use a toothpick to press out the eyes of the strips.
- Take sunflower oil and pour it into a container. Add silicone sealant. Mix thoroughly. We wear gloves. The better the silicone and oil are mixed, the softer the toy will be after hardening. Without oil, the silicone will remain stiff and hard.
- Fill the mold with the resulting mixture and smooth the surface so that there are no gaps left.
- To make a colored cat, add acrylic paint of the desired color to the silicone and mix. Let it harden for 8-12 hours.
- Then we take out the cat. It comes out of the mold easily. The oil will make the figurine very greasy, so you need to roll it in talc to dry it. You can use starch instead of talc.
- Using scissors, we cut off all the excess edges to get an even and beautiful cat.
- We color the figurine. Silicone can only be painted with silicone. Mix acrylic paints with sealant. You will need black, white, pink. We paint the ears, eyes, muzzle. You can draw a spot on the tummy or tail. Let the silicone harden for a couple of hours.
The anti-stress squishy toy is ready!
Photos of cat crafts
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