Do you make homemade cat toys for your kitties or buy?
If you buy, what do you buy? If you make, could you give me the instructions how to make? I have always bought toys and I want to make some for my cats to give a personalized touch. Thanks very much!
I make them little yarn pompoms.
Materials:
Cardboard (hard kind is ideal)
Yarn (2 bright colors would be nice)
Scissors
*The larger the circle, the bigger the pompom.
** If you want a tricolored one, wrap the yarn 2 colors at a time.
1 Cut the cardboard into 2 circles* with a hole about a size of a dime in the middle.
2 Cut 6 pieces of yarn about 1 yard long
3 Keep the two circles together so that their holes are aligned.
4 Wrap the yarn** from the hole in the middle out until you cover the whole cardboard "donut".
5 If the yarn ends, let it be and cover it with the next piece of yarn.
6 When you’ve finished all your yarn, cut a few of the layers at the top until you see the cardboard again and keep sniping until you’ve got a bit of yarn left.
7 Open the cardboard donuts slightly and, with a piece of the same colored yarn, tie the middle of the yarn tightly
8 Cut the remaining yarn at the topand pull the donuts apart.
9 Fluff up your pompom and your done! Enjoy! 
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Ummm……… my bad….. it was * The larger the hole in the middle the fuller the pompom.
Sorry!! Hope didn’t cause trouble!
I’ve always found that cats seem to choose their own favourite type of toy and it’s usually something they found around the home, than a cat toy purchased in a shop.
My female cat loves to play fetch with cable ties.. When she’s in the mood to play, she will bring one over to me so that I can throw it for her. She’ll happily play that game for up to an hour, but if she loses her toy, she then begins trying to steal the one wrapped around my mobile phone charger. The boy cat likes small things like string that he can throw into the air and then pounce on.
We wound string around a cotton reel and then tied it on the end a piece of string. We then attached the other end of the string to a bamboo pole we bought at the garden centre. We can either dangle this in the air for the cats to jump up at or trail it along the floor for them to chase. Whenever a parcel arrives they have great fun playing with the cardboard boxes too.
I think all cats enjoy games that resemble hunting techniques, so anything that involves chasing or pouncing is good fun.
May 24th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Cats love simple things that you’d never imagine.
we use to buy cat toys, but that’s useless, our cat likes plastic bags more!
Get a ball of yarn. Bright colored! hang it from a doorknob.
They LOVE bells and balls that roll around. not too big though.
feathers are a hit for them too. some cats like boxes to scratch and get in.
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May 24th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I am you can create your own cat toy. Be creative go to an art and craft store or a walmart’s craft section. Go crazy!
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May 24th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
I have a 9 month old Himalayan mix and I’ve found his favorite toys are balled up paper and an empty 25lb or larger bag of litter.
He also has a purple gypsy scarf that he goes nuts for! 
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May 24th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
My cat will do flips for a simple piece of crumpled paper! Just the sound of it crumpling makes him alert and ready to pounce.
If I tie the paper to and old fishing rod and can cast it then he goes bananas!
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May 24th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
hairbands-peacock feather-wadded up paper-string w/anything attached(ex-boyfriend.etc)male thingy wrapper-I swear the best cat toy is shining a flashlight on the wall-hours of pleasure for you and your feline pal!!! Hun-thats too much trouble save your artistic skills for a human being your cat will just think you are crazy(*-i guess i cant say condom)
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May 24th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
My cat’s favorite toy is a lazer pointer, and the runner-up toy is a feather on a stick. She loves both of those.
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May 24th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
I’ve always found that cats seem to choose their own favourite type of toy and it’s usually something they found around the home, than a cat toy purchased in a shop.
My female cat loves to play fetch with cable ties.. When she’s in the mood to play, she will bring one over to me so that I can throw it for her. She’ll happily play that game for up to an hour, but if she loses her toy, she then begins trying to steal the one wrapped around my mobile phone charger. The boy cat likes small things like string that he can throw into the air and then pounce on.
We wound string around a cotton reel and then tied it on the end a piece of string. We then attached the other end of the string to a bamboo pole we bought at the garden centre. We can either dangle this in the air for the cats to jump up at or trail it along the floor for them to chase. Whenever a parcel arrives they have great fun playing with the cardboard boxes too.
I think all cats enjoy games that resemble hunting techniques, so anything that involves chasing or pouncing is good fun.
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