Looking for a fun and easy craft to keep little hands busy? This cat hand puppet made from paper is perfect for young kids and only needs a few simple supplies: paper, glue, and scissors. With just a little cutting and pasting, you can bring these cute kitties to life! Itโ€™s a great activity for storytime .

A hand inside a black cat halloween hand puppet from Skip to My Lou.
Cute Hand Puppet with Movable Mouth

This puppet is not only fun to make, but it’s the perfect way for kids to refine their fine motor skills and show their creativity, through imaginative play. Playtime and storytelling just got more interactive!

Related: Want to create a puppet theater? Grab your sewing machine to make an easy doorway puppet theater thatโ€™s perfect for small spaces! Or, if youโ€™re into upcycling and wood projects, transform an old dresser hutch into a fabulous DIY puppet theater for endless imaginative play.

Cat Puppet Supplies

These are the supplies you will need:

Video: Watch How to Make a Cat Puppet

How to Fold a Cat Hand Puppet

Follow these simple instructions to fold a hand Puppet in next to no time! If you are struggling to follow the instructions, be sure to watch the video which shows everything clearly.

Step 1: Start with a black piece of rectangle paper and then fold it upwards, but leave a little section of the top of the paper sticking out from the fold as shown in the second image below.

Two hands holding a large piece of black square paper.
You’ll need a large rectangle piece of black paper.
Two hands folding the paper upwards, but leaving an inch free at the top.
Fold the bottom upwards, but not all the way to the top, leave about an inch free.

Step 2: Glue the top strip and fold it over to secure it.

Two hands applying some glue to the top section of the paper.
Add some glue to the top piece of paper.
Two hands folding the top section of the paper with the glue downwards to secure it to the bottom section.
Fold it downwards and stick it to the bottom section of the paper.

Step 3: Now fold the paper over from right to left to form a smaller rectangular shape. Take the top section on the left-hand side, and fold it in half back towards the right-hand side. Flip the paper over 180 degrees and do the same with the other side to form a smaller rectangle. Open the paper up and you will have two sections where your hand can fit in.

Two hands folding the black paper over from right to left to form a smaller rectangle.
Fold the paper in half, from right to left to form a smaller rectangle.
Two hands folding the top section of the paper on the left in half back towards the right-hand side
Fold the top section of the paper on the left in half back towards the right-hand side.
Two hands flipping the paper 180 degrees and folding the other side over to form a smaller rectangle.
Flip the paper over 180 degrees and do the same with the other side to make a smaller rectangle.
Two hands in the open pockets which control the cat's mouth.
Put your hands into the two open pockets, this is how you can control the black cat’s mouth.

Step 4: Take a rectangular piece of pink paper and, using scissors, cut it into the shape of the cat’s tongue. Glue this on the inside flap opposite the area where your hands go in to control the cat’s mouth as shown in the images below.

Two hands holding the cat's tongue cut from a piece of pink paper.
Cut the shape of the cat’s tongue from a piece of pink paper.
Two hands glueing the cat's tongue to the black paper.
Attach the tongue with glue.
Two hands showing the open cat's mouth and the area where the tongue should be glued.
Make sure you glue it in the right place which is on the inside of the black paper.

Step 5: Cut a smaller circle from the pink paper for the cat’s nose. Cut longer strips of white paper for its whiskers. Glue the whiskers to the nose. Attach the nose on the outside section of the black paper, opposite from where the pockets are for your hands.

Two hands holding a smaller piece of paper for the cat's nose and longer strips of white paper for its whiskers.
Cut a smaller piece of pink paper for the cat’s nose and longer strips of white paper for its whiskers.
A black piece of paper with the cat's nose secured.
Glue down the cat’s nose securely.

Step 6: Cut two round circles from white paper for the cat’s eyes and glue them down. Now cut two smaller circles from black paper and glue them inside the white circles for the cat’s eyes.

Two white cirlces are applied as the cat's outer eye.
Glue down the outer section of the cat’s eyes.
Two small black circles are glued to the inside of the large white part of the eye.
Now add the inner section of the cat’s eyes and secure with glue.

Step 7: Now cut out the cat’s ears, first the black outer part and then the pink inner part. Glue the pink inner ear shapes onto the larger black ear shapes.

Black paper cut into two cat ear shapes.
Time for your cat to listen!
Two hands glueing two smaller pink ear shapes on top of the larger black ear shapes.
Glue the two smaller pink ear shapes onto the larger black ear shapes.

Step 8: Fold a small lower section of the ears over, apply some glue, and secure them to the cat’s face near the top. Finally, use a white marker or crayon to add some details to the cat’s eyes.

Two hands folding a small section at the bottom of the ears over.
Fold a small section at the bottom of the ears over.
Two hands glueing the ears to the top of the cat's face.
Using some more glue, secure the ears to the cat’s face.
Two hands adding some detail to the cat's eyes by using a white marker.
Add some detail to the cat’s eyes by using a white marker, or crayon.
A finished Halloween black cat hand puppet.
Puurfect!

This cat hand puppet made from black paper is the perfect Halloween black cat craft! Simple and fun, itโ€™s an ideal way to add a bit of spooky charm to any Halloween activity. Want to get even more creative? Try drawing your own black cat, or add to the Halloween spirit with these Halloween templates, perfect for a variety of crafts. From witches to pumpkins, these templates make it easy to create all kinds of Halloween fun! I am also loving this cute origami pumpkin with witch hat.

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