Cat Toys Find Out This One Low Cost Cat Toy To Make On Your Own
While you might be trying to find a low cost cat toy you can make some
of your own. One of my cat's favorite toys is the one that seems like a
fishing pole. I know that you can purchase a toy for your cat, but you
can also make your own cat toys. The ones that I have made for my cats
they tend to play with more than the ones that I purchase. I think it
is under the same concept of kids always playing with the box of a toy
rather than the toy itself. However, I have made my own fishing pole
style of toy for my cats and thought I would share how I made it so you
can enjoy this toy for your cat.
The first thing that you have
to do is find all of your materials. The materials that I use is a yarn
ball tied tightly with catnip sprinkled on it, and a stick that you can
tie your yarn ball to. These materials are fairly easy for most people
to find and are easy to work with. If you are a crafty person you
probably have most of these materials at your home already except maybe
the catnip. However, if not these materials are readily available and
inexpensive.
After you have your materials around you then you
tie the yarn in a tight enough ball that it will not unravel with play.
However, you will want to leave one string out of it to attach to your
stick so you can play with your cat with it and you can control how
long you want the string to be. So if you want your cat to run all the
way from one end of the house to the other you can do that, if you just
want to have them contained in one room that is even an option the
length of the string is totally up to you!
Then after you have
gotten the ball wound tightly then you will tie it off to your stick. I
know that it will not have a reel in feature like a fishing rod, but
you can wrap the yarn string around the stick to allow for the cat to
have a fun time chasing an item that is going away from them. Then if
they take off with it you can unwind some of the yarn and make it into
a fun game for you and your cat!
If your cats are like mine they
will not need any extra encouragement to play with yarn balls, but if
they do you can sprinkle catnip onto the yarn ball like you would on
any of their toys. Now you have just made a fun toy for your cat to
play with at a low cost to you!
Now this is a simple toy to make
that can bring you and your cat hours of enjoyment. I know that my cat
enjoys this toy and loves being able to play with this toy at any time
that they like. So if your cat is like mine then they will like this
toy idea as well. You can even make your own variations of this as well
depending on your cat!
