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DIY Cat - O - Lantern




Materials Needed:
 
 
Carving knife
 
Pumpkin
 
Paintbrush
 
Black paint
 
cat ear templates (print out from allyou.com/cat-lantern)
 
1 sheet black craft foam
 
butter knife
 
felt of craft glue
 
books (to use as weights)
 
t-pins
 
pink pipe cleaners
 
 
 
Directions:
 
1. Cut hole in bottom of pumpkin and hollow out.
 
2. Paint pumpkin black and allow to dry.
 
3. Carve a cat like face, using this photograph as a guide.
 
4. Place outer ear template on craft foam and trace around, repeat and cut out. Snip along vertical line (marked on template). Place ears on work surface so tips point away from each other. On backside of each ear, use butter knife to score across dotted line (see template). Place inner ear template on pink felt, trace around twice. Cut out. Glue inner ears to front of outer ears. Weigh ears down with books and allow to dry.
 
5. Fold tab of one ear back, pinch along tab line so ear puckers. Use T-pins to secure to pumpkin. Repeat with other ar. Glue two pipe cleaner whiskers on each side of nose.
 
 
 
 
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