How to Draw a Cat in a Box

1. Use straight lines to draw three sides of a square, leaving the top open for now. Then, use overlapping curved lines to enclose the cat's paw.

2. Draw the remaining paw, again using curved lines. Then, complete the square front of the box. Use straight lines that pass behind the cat's paws.

3. Draw the cat's eye. Start with a curved line, then enclose a partial oval above it. Enclose two more ovals inside the first. Shade the mid sized oval to indicate the pupil of the eye.

4. Draw the remaining eye, again using a curved line and a series of successively smaller ovals. Then, draw the nose between the eyes. It is roughly oval-shaped, but with a slight point at the bottom.

5. Use curved lines to sketch the eyebrows, the rounded "W" shaped mouth, and the chin.

6. Extend curved lines upward from the paws, outlining the sides of the face. Then use curved lines to draw the rounded triangular ears. The base of each ear should overlap the side of the face.

7. Connect the ears with a curved line, enclosing the top of the head. Then, detail inside each ear with a series of curved lines that meet at jagged, furry points.

8. Enclose rounded shapes on the top of the head and the cheeks using connected "U" shaped lines. These are the cat's stripes. From the cheeks, extend straight lines to form the whiskers.

9. Don't forget to finish the box! Use curved lines that double back upon themselves to draw the flaps on each side. Connect them at the top using straight lines that seem to pass behind the cat's head.

Your cat is a box drawing is now complete. Color your kitten - we've shaded ours orange, cream, and brown in marmalade style. But you could use shades of gray to make yours a classic tabby or use white, black, and orange to make it a calico.