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Make this Fluttery Feather Cat Toy
I love searching the Internet for fun DIY projects — especially ones that include my cats. I found these fun feather teaser toys and knew I had to give them a try!
What you’ll need
- Scissors
- Felt
- Iron
- Jingle bell
- Satin cord
- Jewelry jump ring
Instructions
- Cut out one large and one small feather shape from two different colored pieces of felt.
- Cut out several notches on both sides of the feather shapes.
- With a hot iron, press a crease down the center of each feather.
- Add a jump ring to the jingle bell.
- Cut a 1-yard length of the cord and run it through the jump ring.
- At the bell, tie the cord around the feather stems with a double knot.
- Knot both ends of the cord so it doesn’t fray
Curious cat alert! Because of the jingle bell and cord, this should be a supervision-only toy.
4 comments on “Make this Fluttery Feather Cat Toy”
I make toys for my cats too. I have a bag of craft feathers I bought one time, and made some cat toys with those feathers. They look like real feathers, and my cats love to chase them. I put them on some stretchy string, and then glue the string on a wooden dowel I buy at the hardware store. Wooden dowels are not very expensive, and you can even cut them in half and make two stick toys. I decorate them with ribbon, and my cats love them.