International Cat Day - With Purrfect Printables

International Cat Day is celebrated on 8th of August every year. It is the perfect day to raise awareness for our four legged friends. Cats can be funny, egoist and demanding but this day is a great opportunity to try to understand them.

Why is there an International Cat Day?

International Cat Day is created by the International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2002. This day was created in the hopes of encourage cat owners and cat fans to celebrate their furry friends.

On this day animal shelters around the world offers kitties for adoption to help them find a new loving home. Some animal organizations organize workshops around cat care and health.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer

We at Kiddiyo think that we are responsible for the animals around us hence we celebrate International Cat Day in our household too.

We also in love with cat drawings, so you can download 2 cat printables for kids as well, just keep reading.

How is International Cat Day celebrated?

All our cats need is love! On this day maybe you can adopt a new kitty from a shelter around you or just offer them some help around their cats. Most of the shelters take offerings (meal, toys, blankets) and usually they are grateful for these offerings – and not just on International Cat Day.

And of course don’t forget to spoil your own queen or king of the house. Maybe you can bake some meatballs or fish-based meal as a treat or just brush her/his fur to avoid swallowing too much hair.

How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.
Robert A. Heinlein

In our family we have now only one cat lady, who is quite old with her 17 years. Our older cat has gone 2 years ago, she was 19 years old. Both of the cats were from shelters and they are exclusively in-house ones.

Cat sleeping with baby — Our second son and our cat are sleeping together peacefully

They were with us before the kids were born and we felt that they are like family: we want them to be part of our kids’ lives. Fortunately none of our children is allergic to cats, so we didn’t have the difficulty to sort this issue out.

How cats can help you in hard times

We are living in a world where viruses and war are on the news daily. The lockdown made our life more isolated than before and it is hard to not feel lonely or depressed. However our furry companions are always there for us to ease our isolation and loneliness.

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
Terry Pratchett

Researches show that living with a pet has uplifting effect to our mood and feelings. Also the caring we do toward another living being makes us happier and sets goals in our lives too.

Let us thank our feline friends with some treats on International Cat Day that they are there for us no matter what!

International Cat Day printables for kids to download

We promised you some downloadable printables for International Cat Day so here they are.

One is an exciting cat maze for your kid (age recommendation is around kindergarten – 1st grade) and the other one is an easier cat coloring page for preschoolers.

Enjoy!