Cat In The Hat Word Families Craft and Birthday Song

Dr Seuss Cat In The Hat Word Families Craft For Kids!

Here’s a Cat In The Hat word families craft and Happy Birthday song for kids!

This educational and fun Dr Seuss Cat In The Hat craft activity is great way to introduce preschoolers and kindergarten children to the short vowel word family AT!

And, this Cat In The Hat word families craft is the perfect phonics lesson for a Dr. Seuss birthday theme unit at home or in the classroom!

The Cat in the Hat written by Dr. Seuss, is a delightful story to read to children on Dr. Suess’ birthday.

And, there are so many wonderful activities to go along with the book, like this Dr Seuss Cat In The Hat word families craft and Birthday song for kids!

While the kids are working on their Dr Seuss phonics craft, play the Happy Birthday song for kids in the bacHappy Birthday To You song for kids in the background.

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The Happy Birthday To You song for children is a nice complement to this super fun Dr. Seuss Cat In The Hat word families craft activity!

So, what are you waiting for? Let’s make a Cat In The Hat with the short vowel word family AT!

Craft items you will need:

• White construction paper or card stock
• Red construction paper
• Red crayons
• Black marker
• Scissors
• Stapler or scotch tape
• Cat In The Hat template

Craft instructions:

Drag the Cat In The Hat template to your desktop, and print on white construction paper.

       Print It!    

Using a red crayon, have the children color red stripes on the hat, leaving white stripes in-between the red stripes.

On each stripe, have the children write a word that rhymes with Cat and Hat, like Sat, Bat, Hat, Pat and Mat.

When complete, have the children cut out the hat.

Then, have the children cut a strip from red construction paper, about 2 inches wide and long.

Have the children staple the ends of the strip together.  This will become their Cat In The Hat headband.

And, voila! The children have now made a Dr Seuss Cat In The Hat word families craft!  

Lastly, have the children staple their Cat In The Hat to their headband

What a simple and fun short vowels phonics craft activity for preschoolers and kindergarten children.  

Just perfect for a Cat In The Hat lesson plan.