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Introducing, The Dressy Cats!
Lately, my daughter is enjoying dressing up and wearing accessories, like purses and headbands. Having never made a dress-up toy before, I thought it would be fun to make a nice family of cats that could be dressed up like paper dolls. We’ve been calling them, “The Dressy Cats!” My son especially loves putting on the accessories, using his dexterity skills (from hours of Lego play). We’ve also been doing a lot of “episodes” with our toys and figures these days, and have acted out many skits with the cats. Below is a video of one of our “make it up as we go” episodes. The kids think it’s pretty funny.
So here you go. There are templates below. (Colored in, or blank for you to color.) I hope there are some cat lovers out there!
If your kids like art assignments, you could have them:
• Draw their own background scene: A room in your house, an outdoor scene, or some other fantastic place? (You can see a background that my daughter drew below.)
• Think of some names for the cats. Use the blank templates to color your own, and name them too.
• Try making some of your own accessories, or a new rug for the floor.
• Then act out some episodes of your own! Maybe even use your phone or something to record a video, and share it on the Made by Joel Facebook Page, or YouTube.
Templates: Click on the images below, then print.
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Lovely! Thanks Joel!
Great idea and so colorful! I love it!
This is the best thing ever!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!
Absolutely stunning! Love it to bits
I enjoyed the video immensely Joel! Your kids are so lucky to have you (and full of joy)!!!
Amazing and flexible idea!Why not expand it with other animals or a whole zoo for variety?I’m thinking of using it in class with my 3rd grade.
Thank you so much for sharing!
So cute, and I loved the video – 4 is such a neat age – same as my granddaughter, and she would love this thank you again!
Thanks everyone! Yeah, this will be a really fun series to keep adding on to: different animal friends, backdrops, and props, etc. My kids are already having many ideas. Nice!
really cute! thanks for sharing ,Joel
I loved the video. My daughter is 4 and I can so see her giggling over the kitty chow joke. I think we’ll be printing this one out soon, especially since my almost 2 year old son is in love with cats. :)
Oh my good! This is the funniest video I’ve seen lately!
Thanks for sharing, Joel. You always bring us happiness.
!!! These are great! We all loved it!
My son had a blast watching the video :-)
Thanks for sharing Joel, it just goes to show 4 year old kids do have the same sense of humor the whole world over! I have done many role plays that end up just like that :) they never tire of the punch line do they!
so lovely!
These are awesome! I’m looking forward to playing with these with my little one once she’s a bit older and won’t just try to eat them!
ME ENCANTO ESTOS GATOS PRECIOSOS LO MAXIMO FELICITACIONES DESDE PERÚ
I love that you share these things freely, even now that you’re all famous. ;) Thank you!
Very nice of you all. Thanks, and hope your kids enjoy playing with the dressy cats!
that video was hilarious. It reminded me of a certain sitcom made for grown-ups. Shows that our sense of humor may not actually get as sophisticated as we would like to think! Thanks for sharing!
beautiful idea!
Oh, Joel!!! That video was sooooooooooo funny :) I’ve loved to hear you all, the way twins have enjoyed, their laughts… it’s been terrific. Thanks for sharing it!
Fabulous. Perfect for the upcoming schools hols! thank you!
Where have I been – how cute are these cats…. Lovely of course, hope you all have a great weekend.
what a fantastic video! what is the piece of music you play in the intro and outro — i really liked that too.
Thanks everyone!
Sara – I made the music in GarageBand. Glad you like it!
I love your style! One question, what do you use to get the fantastic colours?
Thanks! First I do the drawings with pen and paper. Then I scan them into the computer and add the color in Photoshop. My kids love sitting next to me and helping me figure out the colors. They’re quite helpful at it too! My daughter made sure there was enough pink.
We’re already making up our own Dressy Cats stories!! Thanks for always being so generous with your readers!
These are cute! I plan to put them in our kindergarten class. I am sure the children will love them.
This is sooooo awesome!!!! You are completely amazing. Thank you! xxxooo
Joel sos un genio!!! gracias por tu talento y tu generosidad.
Que hijos mas felices que crecen a tu lado, abrazos desde Argentina!!
these are so great!! my daughter has a cold + will miss her first full day of kindergarten tomorrow :( but i don’t think she’ll mind so much if she has this to play with! thank you :)
This is soooo cool! I’m printing them off for my two girls to colour and improvise! Thank you so much! :)
My children loooooved it – thanks ever so much. Right now they wait at the side of the printer to start colour the pictures in and make this lovely scene!
Have a nice week. Simone
Joel, I never respond, I just read and enjoy, but this time I have to respond. The video is hilarious. I was laughing and laughing and laughing. Thank you for making my life a bit longer and giving me this 3 minutes of joy. And please say hello to your kids, they are great cat voices. :-)
Tereza from the Czech Republic
Thanks everyone!
Tereza – Thanks for the kind note! My kid’s little cat voices were pretty funny for sure. ha!
Thanks again,
Joel
como siempre, es un gusto ver tu arte y el de toda tu familia! con lo que me gustan los gatos!!! :)
gracias por llenar el mundo de color y creatividad
saludos desde chile!
Joel, I don’t know how many times my daughter and I have watched this cute and funny video! Margui laughs and laughs, and asks to watch it again! We haven’t make our cat family yet, but it is on the list! Thank you so much for all the magic you share with us! Gracias!
Gorgeous! I linked your super Cats here: http://schlitzies.blogspot.com/2011/10/miaaauuuuu.html
Thanks for this amazing idea!!!
Love, Nicky
These are just darling! What a lovely, cheerful idea.
We just had fun playing with the kitty cats and watching your video. Thanks for sharing. She’s excited to see them tomorrow when she wakes up.
We had wonderful time playing with your cats, Joel :-) Please make something else for them! :-)
Thanks for shareing bits of your talent for free. Both of my daughters, 4 and 6, LOVE cats. As we are preparing to travel half way around the world to visit family, I will be taking “dressy cats” with for some airplane fun. I cant wait!
I just showed the video to my kids for the first time. They had great fun and they were so glad they could understand ONE word: PASTA!
Just found these cute cat paperdolls on Pinterest! Love them! Thanks for sharing the patterns.
LOVE these! I just printed out every page for 10 kids. The best party favors EVER! thank you!
Thanks everybody!
Christi – Great idea! Have a fun party!
Merci Joel pour tous ces jeux et ces idées géniales mes filles adorent !!