Summer is a great time to play outside, read more, and of course, make more art! We’re thrilled to share this free art resource with you, combining play, books, and art. Enjoy!
5 Days of Pete the Cat Crafts: Making Art Inspired by Books
Books for Art Inspiration:
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Read: Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock
Read: Pete the Cat Plays Hide and Seek
MONDAY: BUTTONS
Brainstorm Drawing (5 min) Draw Pete the Cat from memory
Draw Pete the Cat Worksheet (15 min)
Materials: printed worksheet, blank paper, pencils
Read: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons (10 min)
Make Button Stampers and Stamp Art (30 min)
Materials: corks, foam shapes/letters, paper, paint, paint palettes (hot glue to attach foam)
Button Mosaics (50 min)
Materials: buttons, cardboard squares, glue, pencils
TUESDAY: PIZZA PARTY
Read: Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party (10 min)
pizza worksheet (10 min)
mini clay pizzas and pies (30 min)
Materials: printed sheet, colored pencils, pencils; 5 bottle caps per kid (125 total), air dry clay, 1 inch cookie cutter, popsicle stick (to make lines in crust), polymer clay, tools
felt pizzas with different toppings (60 min)
Optional if kids finish early: Create a name/menu featuring all of your pizzas
Materials: felt (light brown, red, white, yellow, green, pink, orange), paper plate, glue
WEDNESDAY: CRAYONS ROCK
Read: Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock (10 min)
Crayon + Watercolor Paintings (50 min)
Make Cool Cat Crayons (30 min)
Materials: • watercolor paper, crayons, paintbrushes; crayon box, glue, scissors
Make Pete the Cat Puppets (20 min)
Make Another Puppet of Your Choice (10 min)
Materials: Brown or white paper bag • Scissors • Glue stick • Colored card stock or white paper that you can color
THURSDAY: SHOES
Read Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (10 min)
Decorate paper shoes (10 min)
Sneaker Tread Printmaking (30 min)
Materials: printed worksheet, markers; shoe sole protector sheet, scissors, paint, brush, newsprint paper and other paper to print
Shoelace Craft (50 min)
Materials: a piece of scrap cardboard, pencil, a shoelace, white paint, glue and glitter
FRIDAY: HIDE AND SEEK
Read: Pete the Cat Plays Hide and Seek (10 min)
Play Hide and Seek with Cut out Shapes (10 min, small groups)
Create Collage with Pete and His Friends (40 min)
Materials: large paper, scissors, glue, printed sheets, markers/paint
Secret treasure box (decorate and make treasures to hide inside)
Materials: cardboard box (1 per kid), scrap paper, mod podge, brush, buttons, other misc decorations, glue