Too cute! I’ve made cat houses out of cardboard, but nothing as nifty as this. Check out the superb cardboard rocket tutorial at Craftzine from Haley Pierson-Cox, who has her own site, The Zen of Making full of DIY goodness. There are even carpet squares for each level. Haley uses actual screws and nuts to hold the rocket together, for the most part, instead of glue, which gives the rocket more structural integrity and avoids exposing your kitty friends to any chemicals in the glue. I don’t know how much of an issue that is unless your cat eats glue, but I do like how the hardware looks in the final product. Have fun—your kitty will be over the moon!
You’ll need:
- 4 cardboard boxes, 20″ x 20″ x 20″ square single-walled cartons
- 2 carpet squares, 20″ x 20″
- 68 #10 washers
- 34 #10 nuts
- 18 1/2″ #10 screws
- 16 3/8″ #10 screws
- Screwdriver, optional
- Wrench, optional
- Tape measure
- Box cutter
- Long ruler or yardstick
- Pencil or marker
- Thumb tack
- String
- Drill or awl
- Duct tape
- Hot glue gun
- Bone folder
- Paint, in your favorite colors – Haley used Crayola Washable Kid’s Paint
- Paint brushes/sponges