DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Cat Valentine's Day Wreath

This is a fun wreath to do by yourself or with a group.
 

Materials:

• Ring of cardboard (empty cereal boxes work wonderfully)
   
• construction paper (red and white)
   
• scissors,
   
• glue

Instructions:

• Trace a small plate and a large plate onto a piece of old cardboard.
   
• Empty cereal boxes or frozen dinner boxes work well.
   
• It doesn't matter if you go over the folds of the cardboard

• Cut a small strip of cardboard and glue it onto the back of the ring over any folds in the cardboard.
   
• This will reinforce the ring.
   
• Cut strips of construction paper (about 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches).
   
• Glue the strips into rolls (like making a paper chain)

• Glue the rolls of construction paper onto the wreath.  We made a red and white pattern, but you can do it however you wish.
   
• Print out the template of choice.
   
• Color the template pieces and cut out.
   
• Glue the head, heart and two paws on top of the wreath.
   
• Glue the body, tail and two paws on the back of the wreath (so it looks like the cat is peeking over the top.
   

Templates: 

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
    
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
   

Template   (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions