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Cat Lady Gift Set

December 22, 2014 by Joy the Baker 24 Comments

Cat Lady Gift Set

[I]t would be fair to say that I’m two cats and four cat toys away from being a crazy cat lady.

This holiday season I’ve taken to crafting my own cat toys (yessss homemade cat toys) to share with friends who are equally enthusiastic about their cat-animals.  Last year I made homemade cat treats (super delicious and Tron approved), and this year I’ve partnered with Beyond Natural Cat Food to create happy-cat catnip-infused treat baskets.  Plush, hand-stitched and catnapped toys, jars of Purina Beyond Natural Cat Food and stacks of Purina Beyond wet food all come together to create the perfect Cat Lady Gift.

Cat Lady Gift Set

We’re even turning our plush felt catnip toys into a flying feather and pompom cat toy.  Tron is all the way into it.  Attack mode go!   

Cat Lady Gift Set

First, let’s gather our supplies!

Crazy Cat Lady Gift Set

Supplies

Here’s what you’ll need to make the felt cat toys and the strung cat toy:

•  sheets of felt / two of each color

•  yarn

•  cotton balls or batting

•  cat nip

•  nylon thread / needles / a glue gun, too!

•  cat fluff aka things your cat might like to attack:  / feathers / pompom balls / strings / anything with catnip

•  a cat

Cat Lady Gift Set

How To Assemble

•  Place matching felt sheet on top of one another and trace out small patterns.  I used cookie cutters (of course I did) to trace out heart-shaped and round felt shape pieces out of the felt.

•  Thread a durable needle with string and begin to hand-stitch two matching  pieces together.

Cat Lady Gift Set

•  If you have a kit-cat, they will probably be curious about these happenings.  Especially if there is cat nip involved.

Cat Lady Gift Set

•  Once the felt pieces are hand-stitched about half way across , stuff each pocket with two cotton balls and a good amount of dried catnip.

•  Finish hand-stitching across the rest of the cat toy and tie a knot to seal.

Cat Lady Gift Set

•  For extra flair, use a hot glue gun to glue a few feathers to the inside of a toy before hand-stitching.

Cat Lady Gift Set

•  Once the felt toys are stuffed and sewed, work on the dowel rod.  Use a bit of hot glue to attach two or three long thicker nylon strings to hang off the dowel.  Attach the strings about 4-inches down the dowel.  Use more hot glue to attach one end of yarn about 6-inches from the top of the dowel.  We’re going to wrap the yarn up the dowel as a decorative disguise for the nylon string.

•  Wrap the yarn over the around the dowel, working your way up.  Use a second color of yarn if you’d like.  Choose your cats favorite colors… naturally.

Cat Lady Gift Set

•  Thread the end of each thicker nylon string through the (previously used, rather durable) needle.  Thread the needle through a few pom poms and cat toys.  Tie knots to secure.

Cat Lady Gift Set

 To complete our Cat Lady Gift Set  we have our hand-stitched cat toy (pretty amazing), our hand-stitched felt toys, jars of Purina Beyond Natural Cat Food and stacks of Purina Beyond wet food.

Cat Lady Gift Set 

These cat toys are Tron approved, extra fun, great exercise, lots of fun.

This post is brought to us by Beyond Natural Cat Food.  No corn, wheat, soy, gnarly by-products, or artificial colors or preservatives. Just the real food I give to TRONCAT to keep him extra sassy, nappy, and wise.  To try it yourself, click here!  (while supplies last)

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  1. angelica | table twenty eight

    November 19, 2015 at 3:58 pm

    Love love love LOVE!!! I too am a foodie, photographer and self-confessed crazy cat lady! My own fur child Bailey also features (and sometimes photobombs) on my blog… Aren’t they just the most wonderful, curious, quirky, adorable little creatures – where would our lives be without them?

    Beautiful photography and content; I look forward to reading more posts to come!

    Angelica
    tabletwentyeight(dot)com

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  2. Ria Smits

    January 4, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    Wouw very nice and thaks for sharing, my Kitty will love this.
    best wishes for 2015, Ria

    Reply
  3. In Natalie's Shoes

    December 29, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Oh, I need to make these so badly! I was gifted Cat Lady Chic by Diane Lovejoy for Christmas. Cat lady overload!

    Reply
  4. The Queen of Dreaming

    December 28, 2014 at 8:32 am

    My kitty Asia will love it!!! *-*

    https://justsem.wordpress.com/

    Reply
  5. Raissomat

    December 28, 2014 at 1:45 am

    You craft for your cat, you cook for your cat=you are exactly zero cats away from crazycatladyhood!
    I’ve had plenty growing up, now We just have one cat, but I think building cat ramps from window to window to the garden, sewing catnip filled fish and giving him propolis when he has a hint of a cold qualifies me as one too. It’s not how many. It’s how.

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  6. Jas

    December 26, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    I’ve always been a fan of your blog for so many years, but I don’t know why you’re endorsing Purina Beyond cat food, let alone Purina. Beyond contains a synthetic Vitamin K called menadione sodium bisulfite complex, and it ‘s known to cause serious health issues in cats, even death.

    Reply
  7. Tracy

    December 25, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    This is awesome. You are a great cat-momma!

    Reply
  8. Danielle

    December 23, 2014 at 9:37 am

    These are perfect! My fiance and I are both Crazy Cat People. We have a few of our own and volunteer with shelters. This would be a great idea for a gift basket for the owner of a cat sanctuary or shelter we volunteer with! (Or for our own spoiled cats of course…)

    Reply
  9. Cassie

    December 23, 2014 at 6:14 am

    I love this!!! It is so cute and perfect for all the crazy cat ladies!

    Reply
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