Aug 31, 2010

Pretties for my Kitties

Today I decided to use some leftovers from recent costume making, and create a catnip toy for Julius and Brutus out of them.
First I went to the petstore and got some dried catnip, and then I sat down and created this:


The catnip is inside the little velvet bag, and I added a tiny silk bow and rose, and some feathers. I put all of this on a piece of black elastic.
When I was done, it was time for some animal-friendly animal-testing :) Luckily for me, I have two catnip addicted cats, so they automatically loved it!
Here's a pic of Brutus playing with it:


I'd say 'Mission Accomplished'. I've had a lot of fun creating this, so I'm planning on making more catnip toys. Next one will be a little catnip bat, and I have several more ideas. I'll keep you posted!
What do you guys think of my newest kitteh-creation?

5 comments:

  1. aww thats so cute!
    My cats unfortunately don't let toys live a full life..

    especially Loki always breaks the toys, and Odin usually drewls on them untill they are soaking wet.

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  2. btw i cat follow you with GFA(i do with Bloglovin), because I always get an error..any idea why?

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  3. Thanks Jasmine!
    I love the names of your cats :)
    Mine usually do exactly the same as yours, Brutus tries to destroy toys (that's what he was trying to do in the pic), and Julius treats them as lollipops, lol :D
    I have no idea why you keep getting errors with GFC, but it sucks! I'll go and have a look around on the web, to see if it's got something to do with my site or not. I am able to follow myself though, so perhaps it's something with your browser? I'm using Firefox atm.
    Thanks for following me on Bloglovin though! :)

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  4. Cool! I make catnip toys for my cats using old socks and leftover craft materials too. I learned a long time ago that kitties like to play with things that look like they aren't supposed to have. Mine don't like store bought toys.

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  5. Thanks Blix!
    Mine usually play with store bought toys for a few minutes before they get bored with them, and that's beginning to get quite expensive :)
    Oh, the life of a kitteh-servant, it's a hard one, lol :D

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