This cat toy/bed is a great addition to your little buddy’s furniture. Complete with two hanging toys and scratching post plus you can throw a small pillow on the other side and its a Kitty Cottage!
Materials:
- Cardboard shipping tube
- A cardboard box long enough for your cat to lay down in, plus some room for toys
- Wood glue
- Box tape
- Household sponge
- Sisal rope
- Twine (string)
- scissors
- Box cutter
- Safety pins
- A couple cat toys
Optional: Hole cutter
Instructions:
Step 1: To improve stability tape the inside flaps together
Step 2: Now tape the outside of the box together
Step 3: Again for stability tape the corners as shown below
Hint: Cut the tape at the corner to prevent creasing while applying
Step 4: Draw an entrance hole the size of your cat, I used a hole cutter to get a perfect circle
Step 5: Cut the hole out with your box cutter
Step 6: Draw a window in the middle of the box, I used a sponge to get a perfect rectangle
Step 7: Cut the window out with your box cutter
Step 8: Draw a slightly bigger window next to the one in the middle, I used the sponge again to get a perfect rectangle
Step 9: Cut your cardboard shipping tube to the height of your box
Step 10: Cut a slit in the side of the tube about 1 1/2 inches down and just thick enough to fit the Sisal rope snugly then use the box tape to attach it to the inside
Step 11: Tightly wrap the Sisal rope around the tube and repeat the process to attach it to the bottom of the tube
Step 12: Using the box cutter make a small slit in the top of the box, now use the Twine (string) and the Safety pins make an anchor as shown below
Step 13: Thread the string through the tube, and place it inside the cottage
Step 14: Orient the toy tube where you want it to sit inside the cottage, then make another slit on the bottom of the box and pull the string tight
Step 15: Repeat the anchor process on the bottom and cut the excess string
Step 16: Thread a ball toy with the string and tie it
Step 17: Place the toy inside the cottage and anchor it (see step 12)
Step 18: Attach another cat toy to the outside of the cottage this time, (using step 12)
Step 19: Cut a fringe pattern in the hole you cut out (in step 5) as shown below
Step 20: Using the wood glue, attach the circle inside the cottage as shown below and your done. You can finish the cottage with wrapping paper, sharpie, and even duct tape!