Halloween for kids Costume ideas Black cat
Easy black cat costume for kids
Ages 6+ · about 30 minutes
A black cat costume is black clothes, a headband with paper ears, a stuffed sock for a tail, and whiskers drawn on with face paint. Everything comes from home, and it is ready in about 30 minutes.
What you need
- Black clothes
- A headband
- Black and pink card stock, scissors, and tape
- A long black sock or old black tights, and stuffing (old socks or newspaper)
- A safety pin
- Washable face paint
How to make it
- Cut the earsCut two black triangles with a flap at the bottom, and two smaller pink triangles. Glue the pink inside the black.
- Fix them onFold the flaps around the headband and tape them on, a little apart.
- Make the tailStuff the long sock or a tights leg, tie the open end, and a grown-up pins it to the back of the trousers with a safety pin.
- Paint the facePaint a small black nose and three whiskers on each cheek.
Tips by age
For younger kids
Your kid draws the ears on the card stock; a grown-up cuts and pins.
For older kids
Put a pipe cleaner inside the tail so it bends and stays curled.
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