It's Raining Cats & Dog Embellishments

Here are a few wooden cat and dog embellishments that I made. :D

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Wooden Cat Embellishments

•  First paint your wooden cat with a white acrylic paint. This will act as an undercoat, so that the wood colour doesn't show through.
• Then using a pencil draw the cat's features on (nose, ears, mouth, paws etc). 

•  Paint the cat with acrylic paints, using what ever colours you wish, and leave to dry.
• If you wish your cat to have stripes or spots paint them on and leave to dry.
• Once dry use a fine paint brush to define where the stomach meets the paws and to add whiskers. Leave to dry, preferably over night.
• Next glue on a set of googly eyes. As you can see I used oval shaped googly eyes, which I glued on horizontaly and with a slight slant. Leave to dry.
• Then thread a mini craft bell onto a piece of ribbon. Glue to cat's neck at the front with bell under cat's chin, leaving enough ribbon on either end to glue underneath as well. Leave to dry.
• Then turn cat over and glue ends of ribbon to the back of cat's neck. (*HINT: Clothes pegs are a great way to hold the ribbon in place until it dries).

Wooden Dog Embellishments

•  First paint your wooden dog with a white acrylic paint. This will act as an undercoat, so that the wood colour doesn't show through.
• Then using a pencil draw the dog's features on (nose, ears, mouth, paws etc), same as for the cat. 
•  Paint the dog with acrylic paints, using what ever colours you wish, and leave to dry.
• If you wish your dog to have spots paint them on and leave to dry.
• Once dry use a fine paint brush to define the stomach, paws, tail, ears and mouth. Leave to dry, preferably over night.
• Next glue on a set of googly eyes. As you can see I used oval shaped googly eyes, which I glued on vertically. Leave to dry.
• Then glue a piece of ribbon to the dog's neck at the front, leaving enough ribbon on either end to glue underneath as well. Leave to dry.
• Then turn dog over and glue ends of ribbon to the back of dog's neck. (*HINT: Clothes pegs are a great way to hold the ribbon in place until it dries).