Kitty box

It’s easy to create this cool cat box for all your little treasures using a cardboard box and a few Resene testpots.

Kitty box - instruction sheet

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Resene kids art with Mark Rayner - Project 113

Difficulty level: Moderate

You will need: Paintbrushes, Plywood cut-out of a cat (ours came from ‘Spotlight’), PVA glue Small cardboard box with lid, Resene Art Action Quick Dry, Resene testpots of Resene Mariner and Resene Trinidad

Top tip: If you don’t have a plywood cat, simply draw your own shape on a piece of cardboard and it cut out with scissors.

Here's another idea: This lucky black cat box was painted with Resene Nero and Resene Retro.

Kitty box

Another idea: Other colour choices

Step one
Glue the cat cut-out to the lid of the box with PVA glue and allow to dry

Step two
Apply one coat of Resene Quick Dry to the box and cat shape and allow to dry for two hours.

Step three
Apply two coats of Resene Mariner to the box, painting around the cat shape, as shown. Allow two hours for each coat to dry.

Step four
Paint the cat with two coats of Resene Trinidad and allow to dry. That’s so cool!

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