Bluebird Gardens has always had a soft spot for animals, especially cats - from custom cat quilts to tips on how to grow catnip, cats are a natural companion to quilts.
One of the things that inspires us about cats is how imaginative and creative they are; cats will make a toy out of almost anything!
In photo, Shirley Honey and her latest new "toy," long rubber bands.
Shirley has now hoarded every rubber band in the house - the longer, the better, and she instinctively seems to know when a new rubber band comes through the door.
Her favorite supplier is US Postal Service - they use the longer rubber bands around mail bundles.
At first I was worried she would chew or eat them but she doesn't. I still monitor the rubber bands, just in case. Apparently they are decorative; I find them in all sorts of places around the house, even in the fish tank.
Our list of favorite homemade cat toys prompted Kay in Kansas to write about her two cats, Sylvia and Darla, and their favorite homemade cat toys:
One of the things that inspires us about cats is how imaginative and creative they are; cats will make a toy out of almost anything!
In photo, Shirley Honey and her latest new "toy," long rubber bands.
Shirley has now hoarded every rubber band in the house - the longer, the better, and she instinctively seems to know when a new rubber band comes through the door.
Her favorite supplier is US Postal Service - they use the longer rubber bands around mail bundles.
At first I was worried she would chew or eat them but she doesn't. I still monitor the rubber bands, just in case. Apparently they are decorative; I find them in all sorts of places around the house, even in the fish tank.
Our list of favorite homemade cat toys prompted Kay in Kansas to write about her two cats, Sylvia and Darla, and their favorite homemade cat toys:
Unshelled pecans
Straws
Thread spool
Plastic rings from milk jug
Plastic ring from milk jug with twine tied to it.
Mini hair clip (stolen off of my daughter's vanity)
Old lipstick tube
Jingle bell tied onto ribbon
Oyster crackers
I loved the oyster crackers - who would have ever guessed!
Do your cats have favorite homemade cat toys?
Charlotte
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