Cat Cubby for Cat Scratcher

A small round bit of plastic, covered inside and out with felt and you have a little room for the cat. Other people made it from card. Quite simple
 

This was about 2.5 cm diameter and 2.6 cm long. Possibly a bit big

To make a tube that size, you need a rectangle of about 9 cm long to allow for overlap.

Cut your card as per the pattern. This allows overlap to glue it together and you can make it any size you want.

Cut your felt to cover your tube inside. Do the inside first as then you can hide the edges with the outside.

Cut the felt to fit around your tube with a bit extra to cover over into the inside and hide the edges.

Again, be careful with the glue. With felt a little seems to go a long way. Notice how you can see the dried glue on the second photo

Any questions. Don’t hesitate to comment or email me. Do please comment. I love to hear how people make out with the instructions. If anything isn’t clear, I can fix it.

Then you can add it to your cat scratcher

Cheers

Madeleine

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Cat Scratching Post

CAT Climber Specification:

Finished size: approx  6.3 cm x 3.8 cm x 13.5 cm

Bottom Plate Size: 6.3 cm x 3.8 cm x 1.1 cm

Post Diameter:. 0.7 cm

Top Plate Size: 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm

Cat Box Size: 2.9 cm x 2.9 cm x 2.1 cm)

Always remembering that cat scratchers come in all sorts of sizes, shapes and colours. Use your imagination, visit a pet store, Google images to make yours individual

Equipment Needed:

• Balsa or other wood (mount board might work. Other card would probably not have the strength)
• 1 cm thick block (for the base) 
• 1.19 mm sheet (for the upper level and ladder level) 
• Fine string or twine (to wind around the posts for the cats to scratch 
• Felt in your chosen colour 
• Dremel (or similar tool) with small sander bit (not essential)

Cut out your 3 levels as per the pattern above. I’m not sure how accurate the pattern comes out on the net, so check your measurements.

Cut the holes in the base, upper level, and the ladder perch. Scrape out the hole and then using a small Dremel sander bit push through the hole to make it round. This is approximately the right size. You may need to make it a bit bigger to fit the dowelling.

I cut out the base level and then made sure the holes in the other levels matched.

Check your posts will slide through the holes and if not, then make them slightly bigger. They need to fit quite tight, but loose enough they will slide through.

Cover base with felt. 

Cut your felt about twice the size of the base. Don't worry about covering your holes. You will find them again later.

Put the glue on the base, not on the felt. 

Just use small amounts of glue, and be careful as felt shows any glue you get on it. 

Fold felt around the base and glue, joining at the middle of the underside. Felt can be stretched so if it’s a bit too small, stretch it to fit and join neatly

Repeat procedure with the other two layers, remembering that the bottoms of these will show so needs to be a relatively neat job. When covering the upper layers, check that the join in the felt is on the bottom of the layer rather than on the top ie. Match the holes to find out which is the topside. I forgot to do this and ended up with the bottom being the top.

Now fit it all together and make sure everything works. Once you are sure. Glue in your posts.

Adding toys.

A small hole drilled in the top of one of the posts, some fishing line or cotton and a bead.

Similar using a feather.

I will add the round cubby at the top at a later date. I also have a little cubby house you can make. Right now I've done for tonight.

Enjoy. Remember these are for personal use only, not for sale.

Cheers

Madeleine

Sunday 29 July 2012