To get started, open the fans according to package directions. Then, trace a circular stencil or object (such as a tape roll) to make eye circles and mouth curves; cut out the shapes. Cut out a small triangle for the nose and 6 long strips of equal length for the whiskers.

Assemble the nose by gluing the mouth curves together followed by gluing the triangle tip down onto the top of the joined mouth curves. Glue the nose, mouth, and eyes onto the paper fan by covering the back of each shape with glue to ensure the glue touches the crimped peaks of the fan.

Use the double-sided tape to create a bridge over the crimped peaks of the fan about 3 peaks wide. Then, arrange the whiskers on top of the tape so that the whiskers fan out at angles and stick out slightly from the cat face.

Cut out large triangle shapes from the matching colored card stock paper and then a slightly smaller triangle from the pink card stock to fit inside the cat ears. Glue the pink triangle symmetrically inside the colored triangle.

Flip the cat head paper fan over and glue the bottom of the ear triangles to the back of the fan. Apply tape between the crimped peaks and the ears to ensure they don’t fall off and stay securely in place. Tape on the balloon string to the back of the top to hang the cat head paper fans.

Repeat this process for the remaining fans, taking care to match colors and slightly enlarge the shapes for bigger sizes.  You’re done!