Step by step instructions:
First, get a roll of masking paper. Don't have any? You can get it at Home Depot or Lowes, and it's not particularly expensive. Or you can ask a butcher for an almost-finished roll of butcher paper.
Unroll a length of it, say 4 feet or so.
Cut it off. Move the cat first.
Reroll it backwards, to take some of the curve out of it.
Cut a hole in the middle, six inches or so. I used my trusty trucker's Swiss Army knife for all the cutting operations. Be sure you do it right, or the cat will tell you about it.
Remove the hole. Or remove the paper covering the hole. The English language doesn't always work well. Again, don't annoy the cat by doing it wrong.
Apply a string judiciously. A knot in the end of the string will, I suspect, imitate the sounds of a small creature under a pile of leaves. The cats love it.
After much frolicking over several days, the toy will look like this.
Ella says, "Daddy, it's broked. Make a new one, please." She needs her hiding place replaced.
First, get a roll of masking paper. Don't have any? You can get it at Home Depot or Lowes, and it's not particularly expensive. Or you can ask a butcher for an almost-finished roll of butcher paper.
Unroll a length of it, say 4 feet or so.
Cut it off. Move the cat first.
Reroll it backwards, to take some of the curve out of it.
Cut a hole in the middle, six inches or so. I used my trusty trucker's Swiss Army knife for all the cutting operations. Be sure you do it right, or the cat will tell you about it.
Remove the hole. Or remove the paper covering the hole. The English language doesn't always work well. Again, don't annoy the cat by doing it wrong.
Apply a string judiciously. A knot in the end of the string will, I suspect, imitate the sounds of a small creature under a pile of leaves. The cats love it.
After much frolicking over several days, the toy will look like this.
Ella says, "Daddy, it's broked. Make a new one, please." She needs her hiding place replaced.
