Cat Popsicle Stick Craft

This cat popsicle stick craft is a simple and adorable kids craft made with painted craft sticks and basic paper shapes. It’s a great low-prep project for animal themes, fine motor practice, or a quiet afternoon craft.

Materials for a Cat Popsicle Stick Craft (Simple Kids Craft Supplies)

This one keeps things easy. If it’s not in the photos, it’s not on the list.

Wooden craft sticks
Orange acrylic paint
White cardstock
Black cardstock
Orange cardstock
Scissors
Glue stick
Hot glue (used to attach craft sticks)
Black marker

Once everything is out and ready, you’re good to start assembling.

Cat Popsicle Stick Craft Step-by-Step (Easy Kids Craft)

This one is basically a “build-a-cat” situation… but with popsicle sticks. The best kind of situation, honestly.

Step 1: Gather your supplies

Set out the orange paint, craft sticks, cardstock, scissors, glue, and marker.

You’ll be glad everything’s within reach before the paint step starts, because once kids see paint, they suddenly become very fast.

Flat lay of orange acrylic paint, child-safe scissors, white and orange cardstock, four plain wooden craft sticks, two hot glue sticks, and a black marker on a white background.

Step 2: Paint the craft sticks orange

Paint four craft sticks orange and let them dry completely.

Four wooden craft sticks painted orange laid side by side next to a tube of orange acrylic paint on a white background.

Step 3: Glue the painted sticks together

Line up the four painted sticks vertically and glue them together to form the cat’s body base.

Step 4: Cut out the paper shapes

Cut orange ear shapes, white eye circles, a white snout shape, a curved orange tail, and small paw shapes from cardstock.

Black cardstock with white cut paper shapes arranged as eyes, cheeks, and a snout, with two orange ear shapes above, scissors placed to the right.

The pieces don’t have to be perfect. A slightly wonky cat has personality.

Small orange paper circles, a curved orange paper tail shape, and black cardstock with two white paw cutouts on a white background.

Step 5: Glue on the ears

Glue the orange ear shapes behind the top of the craft stick base so they stick out on both sides.

Step 6: Glue on the eyes and snout

Glue the white eye circles and the white snout shape onto the front of the craft stick base.

Four orange-painted craft sticks glued together vertically with white paper eyes and a white snout shape attached, orange ear shapes visible behind the sticks.

Step 7: Draw the cat’s face with a black marker

Use the black marker to draw the eyes, nose, whiskers, and mouth on the white paper pieces.

Completed cat face with drawn black eyes, nose, whiskers, and mouth on white paper pieces attached to orange craft sticks, black marker placed beside it.

Step 8: Glue on the tail and paws

Glue the curved orange tail to one side of the craft and attach the paw shapes at the bottom.

Cat craft with orange paper tail attached to the left side and white paw shapes added at the bottom, glue stick placed to the right.

Step 9: Display

Set your cat popsicle stick craft out to dry, then display it on a bulletin board, fridge, or craft wall.

This is the kind of craft that deserves to be seen, not stuffed into a backpack to get crushed by a forgotten snack.

Finished cat popsicle stick craft centered on a white background with ears, face details, tail, and paws fully attached.

Please Share This Cat Popsicle Stick Craft for Kids

If you make this cat popsicle stick craft, I’d love for you to share it. Pin it for later, send it to a teacher friend, or save it for your next animal theme or craft day. Simple crafts like this are always better when they’re shared.