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    <title>How To Make a Black Cat Costume</title>
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      <![CDATA[Make a splash at your next masquerade party with this purr-fect black cat costume. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[A six-inch by six-inch square of cardboard]]>
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        <![CDATA[2/3-yard of black felt]]>
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        <![CDATA[Glue]]>
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        <![CDATA[A black headband]]>
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        <![CDATA[A long black stocking]]>
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        <![CDATA[A large safety pin]]>
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        <![CDATA[A black turtleneck]]>
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        <![CDATA[Black leggings]]>
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        <![CDATA[Black shoes]]>
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        <![CDATA[Black eyeliner pencil]]>
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        <![CDATA[Two black socks]]>
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          <![CDATA[Find free cardboard boxes at local convenience or grocery stores. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Find free cardboard boxes at local convenience or grocery stores.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Allow the glue to dry completely before putting the headband on your head. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[Stuff the unused black felt into your long black stocking to create the tail. Pin the tail to the back of your leggings.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Stuff the unused black felt into your long black stocking to create the tail. Pin the tail to the back of your leggings.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Put on your black leggings with the tail, turtle neck, headband, and black shoes.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Put on your black leggings with the tail, turtle neck, headband, and black shoes.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Find inexpensive turtle necks and black shoes at consignment shops.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Find inexpensive turtle necks and black shoes at consignment shops.</p>]]>
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        <title>Draw your whiskers and nose</title>
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          <![CDATA[Draw whiskers around your mouth with black eyeliner. Draw and color a small triangle on your nose. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[Pull a black sock over each hand to create your paws. Now you’re ready to pounce!]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Pull a black sock over each hand to create your paws. Now you’re ready to pounce!</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[The number of feral cats in the U.S. is estimated to be in the tens of millions.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>The number of feral cats in the U.S. is estimated to be in the tens of millions.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Ashamed that you gave into the convenience of an artificial tree? Fool people into thinking you chopped it down yourself.]]>
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