Tag: Cats

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Friday Fun: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You

A life-saving guide to how cats plot to kill their people. Those dead animals your kitty brings you?  Turns out they’re not gifts.  They are in fact warnings.  And that cute kneading they do on you?  Not affection.  Your cat is carefully  checking your internal organs for weaknesses.

I suggest you take the Is Your Cat Plotting To Kill You Quiz right away. (You don’t have to sign up for anything, just click the “no thanks” in the bottom right hand corner at the end to get your results.)  There is an 80% chance my cats are trying to kill me.  Uh-oh.  (thanks, Robin)

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DIY: 2 Easy, No-Sew Cat Toys

Here are two different, super easy DIY cat toys that don’t require any sewing.  The first tutorial is for those colorful felt feathers above. All you need is some wool felt in nice colors, some little jingle bells, and some cord.  Here’s the template for the feathers. And you can watch a video of how to make them.


The second toy is so simple, but could be really cute depending on the little socks you get.  You need some fun socks—I’d go with bright colors or colors of the same hue.  And you need some dried catnip.  Make a funnel out of paper, pour in enough catnip to fill it halfway, and tie the sock in a knot.  That’s it.

If you need it here’s the tutorial. Martha Stewart glues on felt eyes and a mouth with non-toxic glue, but I’d skip that.  They’re just going to fall off anyway and then there will be gross, sticky spots.

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DIY: Knit A Better Mouse Toy

Belt tightening because of the economy doesn’t mean your holiday has to blow.  Think about making gifts for your friend’s & family’s pets.  In the days to come, I’ll be posting lots of ideas on DIY pet gifts that range from easy ones to the more involved.

Instructables comes through again with a detailed tutorial on how to knit a cute and safe little mouse for your kitty.  You can use up scrap yarn.  Or as MaggieBelize says:

Next time you have to knit a gauge swatch for felting, just knit a tail onto it as I describe here. When you’ve finished felting & measuring for your project, recycle the gauge swatch into an instant catnip mouse toy!

She even includes instructions of how to felt your mouse.  Cool!

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