Anyone who has been reading this blog long enough knows that I love recycling. I just like the thought of taking something that would normally sit in a dump somewhere and instead make into something that is beautiful and useful. The holidays is when I really look for great recycling idea and projects. This is a great project for Halloween that helps to take tin cans and reuse them.
Materials Needed:
- Black acrylic paint
- Empty vegetable can
- Paintbrush
- Felt: black, goldenrod, pink, gray, glittery black
- White craft glue
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Acrylic sealer spray
- Pattern
Instructions:
- Be sure that vegetable can is clean and dry. If there are any sharp edges at the opening, have an adult smooth those with a little sandpaper first.
- Paint outside of can black and set aside to dry.
- From goldenrod felt, cut out two almond shapes for eyes using the pattern.
- From black felt, cut two slits and two eyelids for eyes using the pattern.
- From pink felt, cut out a nose using the pattern.
- From gray felt, cut six 4” long thin rectangular strips for whiskers.
- From black glitter felt cut out two triangles for ears using the pattern.
- From remaining black glitter felt, cut enough to line inside of the can.
- From plain black felt, cut a strip the length of the felt about 2.5” wide.
- When paint on can has dried, spray with acrylic sealer spray and set aside to dry for 10 minutes.
- Using white craft glue, line the inside of the can with the black glitter felt.
- Using white craft glue, attach eyes, slits, lids, and nose to the front of the can.
- Glue the first 2/3 of the whiskers to the can next to the nose, three on each side. Leave the last third of each whisker unglued so that they stick out from the side of the can.
- Glue triangle ears to the inside front of the can.
- Take your black strip of felt and using the hot glue gun, roll it into a tail and secure with glue. Starting at the back of the can, come around to the front and secure in place with hot glue.
Tips:
- Adapt this project for any color cat by simply changing the felt color.
- Fill a cellophane bag with Halloween candy, tie with an orange or black chenille stem and place inside this can for a fun gift.
- Fill cat can with plastic forks and napkins for a festive table decoration.