Shoes carton box + Your socks -> Cat toy
This is an easy to replicate at home chemical reaction for producing cat toys from a by-product of your wardrobe additions and your socks.
Suppose you’ve just bought a pair of nice shoes. Congratulations! To you and to your cat. He’s now close to getting a new hand-made toy that will show him your love and attention.
Here is a step-by-step guide.
1. Empty the carton from shoes.
Think out of the box
Got a carton box? Going to cram it into a garbage bin? WAIT! It’s a cat toy!
A box or any size is a great gift for your cat.
Play with me!
Now you have a cat. And he wants to play. No toys? No problem.
Here are 3 easiest to make toys that every cat understands:
- “Butterfly”. Take a piece of paper (up to 3×3″) and a thread or lace (up to a couple of feet length will be just fine). Pinch the paper in the middle and tie up with one end of the lace/thread. Take another end into your hand and make the scrap fly, perch, flush and flit. If your cat is around, he should get interested.
- “Rustling ball”. Now you ideally need a piece of foil (maybe you have one left from a chocolate bar) but a sheet of paper will do too. Take it whatever you have got and
crumple it into a ball. The ball needs to be not very big — not need to scare you cat. Now make sure the cat is about and roll the ball away from both you and the cat. - “Clew”. If your are living with your granny or your mom or wife or yourself is into knitting, you probably know what is a clew. If you are new to this, no worries. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy to make a good clew if you don’t have a good thick thread, ideally wool. As an option you could unravel your socks or cap. But it’s probably better to go with the options 1 or 2 above.
