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My 3 year old easily put it together, though I had to cut the carton and some of the smaller pieces.  The handle is a good thing for beginning scissor users to try cutting out.

Materials:

• an empty 2 L milk carton, 
• a printer, 
• glue or tape, 
• scissors, 
• 3 sheets of white construction paper or typing paper,
• OPTIONAL:  1 cotton ball (tail)
• OPTIONAL:  wiggly eyes (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Print and cut out the template of choice. 
   
• Color and cut out the template pieces.   
  
• Cut the top off a milk carton and discard the top (or save it for a different craft).  You can cut off as much of the top as you like... it depends on how tall you want your container to be.
    
• Cover your milk carton with the white paper (it takes about 2 pieces).
  

• Glue on the template pieces (you can just cut out the nose from the template and then use a black marker or pencil to replicate the way I've done the mouth.  Or just cut a big square around the template mouth and glue the whole square on)
    
• You can also substitute wiggly eyes for the template eyes.
    
• Cut out the rectangular template piece and glue to the sides of the container to use as a handle.  You can glue it to a piece of thin cardboard or construction paper to make it a bit more sturdy, if you like.