Material: Cardboard 5 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; pattern of cat (Fig. 1, preceding page); sandpaper, water-color paints or colored chalk, paste and scissors.

Fig. 1.

Color three-quarters of the cardboard blue, and one-quarter green.

Paint a brown post (3/4 in. x 6 in.) at the right-hand side.

Place the pattern on the sandpaper, mark and cut out.

Paint the cat black. (Black sandpaper may be bought.) Paste the figure upon the cardboard so that the paws rest on the post, and print below:

Scratch My Back