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Making Playthings For Your Feline Friends
Any cat owner will tell you that you can never have enough cat toys. Kitties love to play, and a nice selection of toys will keep them entertained and exercised. There are many different types of cat toys you can buy at the store, but if you're looking to give your cat a very special toy, try making one yourself! Here are some great craft ideas and instructions for creating handmade toys your cats will adore.
Contents at a Glance

Cat Toy Crochet Patterns
Cat Toys on Amazon
Felt Cat Toy Patterns and Tutorials
"On a Stick" Cat Toys
Handmade Cat Toys on eBay
Other Cat Toy Tutorials
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Cat Toy Crochet Patterns
Free crochet patterns for cat toys
Smiley Face Crocheted Cat Toy

Cat toys are a fun crochet project for both seasoned and beginning crocheters. Here are some free patterns you can use to make cute toys for your favorite kitties.

Smiley face cat toy crochet pattern
Tiny whale cat toy crochet pattern
Easy catnip mouse crochet pattern
Door hanger bouncy cat toy crochet pattern
Sardine tin cat toy crochet pattern
Fortune cookie cat toy crochet pattern
Goldfish cat toy crochet pattern
Squid cat toy crochet pattern
Sausage links cat toy crochet pattern
Computer mouse cat toy crochet pattern
Easy crocheted disc cat toy (video)
Chicken cat toy crochet pattern
Ice cream cone cat toy crochet pattern
Happy crab cat toy crochet pattern
Octopus cat toy crochet pattern
Candy corn cat toy crochet pattern

A few of these patterns are found on the Lion Brand Yarn website. You must register for the site to see the patterns, but registration is free and allows you access to Lion's awesome collection of free crochet and knitting patterns.
Cat Toys on Amazon
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Felt Cat Toy Patterns and Tutorials
Patterns and instructions for making cat toys from felt
Felt critter cat toys

Felt is an ideal medium for creating cat toys because it is inexpensive, fairly durable, easy to work with, and comes in every color you can imagine. With the most basic of sewing skills, you can make some of these fun toys for your cat's entertainment.

Felt critter cat toy patterns
Sushi roll felt cat toy
Basic mouse cat toy tutorial
Another mouse cat toy tutorial
Felt cupcake cat toy tutorial
Felt mushroom cat toy tutorial

"On a Stick" Cat Toys
Ideas for making cat toys featuring the classic string-and-stick setup
Stick and string cat toy

One of the most classic cat toys is the "string-and-stick" setup, which is one of the easiest toys to make. All you need is a stick, a string, and optionally something to tie to the other end. Some things you might use for a stick are:

Broomstick
Yard stick
Dowel
A stick!

There are also many options for the string portion of the toy and how to attach it. Whether you choose drilling a hole, stapling, gluing, or tying will depend on what you think will work best for your particular materials. You can also add one string or multiple strings. Some things to use for string include:

Yarn
Shoelaces
Fabric scraps

You may also wish to tie items to the ends of you string (or strings)! You can use almost anything that you can attach to a string. Try:

Feathers
Bottle caps
Large beads
Other cat toys

There is no right or wrong way to make an "on a stick" cat toy. Just make sure you use materials that are durable enough to stand up to a little bit of roughhousing with your kitty"!
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Other Cat Toy Tutorials
More great ideas for making cat toys
Cardboard cat rocket

As a cat owner, you probably already know that cats will play with just about anything, which means that there are infinite ways to make toys for them. Aside from crocheted toys, felt toys, and on-a-stick toys, here are a few other ideas for feline playthings.

Cardboard cat rocket tutorial
Motion sensor cat toy tutorial
Remote control mouse cat toy tutorialli>
No-sew cat toy tutorial (video)
Spool knit cat toy tutorial (video)
Repurposed stuffed animal cat toy tutorial
Modified tennis ball cat toy tutorial
Computer mouse cat toy tutorial
Treat-dispensing origami cat toy tutorial
Glove cat toy tutorial

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September 22, 2011
Cruelty Alert: Dogs in Pickup Trucks

dog in the back of a pickup truck A few years ago, Julien Roohani of Portland, Oregon, was at work when her roommates spontaneously decided to go on a hike. Not wanting to exclude Julien’s six-month-old Shepherd/Border Collie mix, Niña, they threw her into the back of their pickup truck and set off for an adventure.

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How You Can Help
One can feel terribly helpless witnessing a loose dog in a pickup truck. The best course of action is to try to get the vehicle’s license number (if you can do so while remaining safe) and call the local police. Rather than dialing 911, Jill Buckley, ASPCA Senior Director of Government Relations, suggests storing your police precinct’s phone number in your cell phone.

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