Make Your Cat Happy with DIY Cat Toys

DIY cat toys! I teamed up with my friend and collaborator Kate Benjamin of Hauspanther to bring you these simple and affordable toys to make at home. Play isn’t just a fun activity for your cat - it’s ESSENTIAL to engage their natural instincts and increase their mojo! With these budget-friendly toys you have no excuse to not provide enrichment for your feline family… so play with your cat, play with your cat, PLAY WITH YOUR CAT!
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0:00 Introduction
1:25 How to Make a Kicker
4:42 How to Make a Wand
10:43 How to Make a Puzzle Toy
15:16 Products!
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[@jeantienhelder4534]

I combined my cat his two favorite things he likes to play fetch with... Dirty socks from the laundry bag and dirty crinkly plastic from the bin... Thus! The Crinkle sock was born! Update : our furboy now has different variations of the crinkle sock, including a crochet wool one made by his grandma which has now become his personal favorite 😁 he brings it to us very proudly every morning for a game of fetch xD

[@manestage5403]

LOL! I love this.

[@kellygb4370]

😂 My cat plays fetch with a ball of wrinkle sheet of paper

[@moebie]

The crinkle sock that’s amazing.. gonna make one!

[@jeantienhelder4534]

@@moebie he has multiple now hahaha I make them from socks that lost the other one and stuff them with plastic and then sew them shut hahah we play fetch for daaaays

[@moebie]

@@jeantienhelder4534 update: crinkle sock is a HUGE success.. only problem is I need to make multiple now because all the kitties want to play with it 😂

[@nancyrhm2094]

Half a sheet of paper, crumpled tightly into a ball is my cats favorite toy.

[@catzenhouse]

My little one loved paper cupcake liners. I had to purchase them in bulk for a while. Now it is the soft little puffy balls that are all the rage.

[@bonnielewin8520]

Also works with aluminum foil

[@Brandywine6969]

Crumple up a piece of paper. Call your cat over. Throw the paper ball. The cat will chase it and have a great time knocking it around. Cat entertained, lol. It really does work.

[@cwilliams7017]

The very best crinkle is the bags in cereal boxes

[@heleenglazenburg1405]

My cats favorite game is pushing my glasses off my face,and than run around with my glasses in his mouth😮😅😂

[@susancook1448]

That’s an expensive toy!

[@starlightpancake]

Just gotta leave this here, your products have been *amazing* in helping my kitty with PTSD. I spray the the obsession remedy and the trauma free at different times of the day in her usual spots and her favorite bed and it’s just been so much more chill in my bedroom. She used to just lick lick lick (she’s a loud wet licker it’s literally torture) and now she’s just a little bread loaf chilling again ❤❤❤

[@JacksonGalaxy]

So happy to hear that!

[@niteotter]

I’m 73 and I miss my kitties SO MUCH. My last senior I really get weepy about it, but try to cover it. We live with our granddaughter and her family, for which we are so great full, but she insists that if we do get a cat that it a family cat. I want to adopt a slightly older cat, but can’t afford vet bills. We would make a great diet, exercise, and all of snuggling that it would tolerate. Send some Cat Daddy magic sprinkle on the rest the family. 🐈🐈‍⬛🐱thanks for letting me vent. ❤️🙏🏻🤗🐈‍⬛🐈

[@meghannsherman]

My cats are loving the explosion of shipping boxes covering my house while I'm in the midst of wrapping presents. It's the best kind of chaos. 😂

[@annareed8819]

Poked a hole in a paper towel roll and Tied a bunch of shoe laces to it. I also cut out a cubby hole and a square window out of a cardboard box. Put a scratch pad inside. Done! They love it!!

[@Asgardsteve1]

So funny seeing Jackson out of his comfort zone, great ideas

[@jessieyork4508]

🤣🤣🤣

[@PyrokittyKiarla]

I feel that!

[@TwiggysaurusRex]

I just did the sock one, and they were trying to steal it before I even finished. 😂

[@mrtjbiga1784]

my cat loves homemade toys the simpler the better

[@robo7643]

My cat also loves when i take apart newspapers/flyers and let the pages slowly drift on top of her. I cover her in them and she has a cozy little paper cave

[@Alex-ch7cd]

I made 4 sock kickers and my cat is going bonkers with all 4, thank you!

[@yalissa73]

If you have a pair of socks that are no longer wearable; sock stuffed in sock works. So instead of poly fill stuffing just sprinkle catnip on sock laid flat, roll (jelly roll it), stuff that into other sock, and then fold down/roll cuff to cover/seal. When they get groady, unroll throw into washing machine and reroll when dry. My cats also liked aluminum foil balls. Just a piece of foil scrunched into a ball. Not sure how healthy that was.

[@RavenXWritingdesk]

I could watch Jackson do crafts all day 😂 he keeps expectations real and not Pinterest perfect. 😸

[@ZsiZsiSzabad]

Jackson I’ve never laughed so hard or been so scared watching anyone craft! Seeing you try to use a glue gun is hilarious…and terrifying 😂 Thanks for all the great ideas, Jackson and Kate!!

[@sealyoness]

You ought to see kind people stopping me from welding. But they don't have to use a toy, just hand me a pencil and some paper. Cuz I'm as useless at welding as I am with a glue gun!

[@magenstaffarts]

My cats love kickers. I’ve made them from old socks, fabric scraps from quilting, or cut apart old towels.

[@randomsliceofcakeofficial]

My two kittens love boxes! It’s hilarious to watch them play with each other! Since Christmas is close we have tones of packages! We create little tunnels out of the boxes by opening both ends! Sometimes we’ll throw a ball through it and they’ll chase after it!

[@muzerhythm2242]

My cat loves them too! My cat doesn't want me to recycle any of the boxes so my living room looks like someone is moving.🤣

[@lindabates6662]

Mine too! Cats and kittens never want one to go to recycling. As for size... 'if I fits, I sits' seems to be the Feline motto 😅

[@drfreud65]

We call boxes "kitty forts" in my house. One of my kittens' favorites is the box my mattress came in. They love it and it saved me money because I didn't have to buy them a tunnel.

[@debbyw2850]

Can I use something else as a substitute for polyfill?

[@drfreud65]

@debbyw2850 Yes. I crochet. I've used old cloth or scrap yarn, that could be used also. I've even saved all of the fur from brushing a dog or dryer lint to stuff projects with.

[@bellalopez_420]

I've tried so many toys. Store bought, DIY kind, and nothing seems to interest my cat. One day, I was going through papers and started balling up an old receipt, and my cat came running like a dog hearing a snack wrapping. Lol 3yrs later, my single cat now has a family of 5 cat siblings, and they're all obsessed with their rolled up receipts 😅

[@michellemontgomery-jones2579]

I love to make toys and obstacle courses for my babies. They're older now, yet show some kitten when they get new things.❤❤

[@goldie200172086]

kittys don't care about pretty..they just want fun.❤❤❤

[@shawnpeeples5661]

One that my cats love is making a cardboard ball. Two circles cut from corrigated cardboard. Cut a slit halfway through (or one radius) on both circles. Dab a little elmer's glue at the joint. (little goes a long way) - or hot glue Slot them together so they fit together like a ball. They're light so can be bitten and carried around. They'll roll around. Virtually free out of "trash".

[@fredmercury1314]

My cat likes when I slide strips of cardboard under the door. The strips are cut from the discarded boxes of cat food. They are free.

[@ceciliapreziose3783]

Making Christmas real for the fur babes

[@turquoisetranquility]

My cat loves to roll marbles all across my uneven floors. Sometimes she gets them under the furniture and then patiently waits until they roll out. Sometimes they don’t 😢. - Have you lost your marbles, boo? Too easy, I know, too easy 😁🐈

[@kristinjacobsen3417]

I think there might be a choking danger with marbles.😅

[@turquoisetranquility]

@@kristinjacobsen3417 I thought about that, but those marbles are pretty big and I’ve never seen her try to taste them. She prefers to chew on cardboard boxes 😸

[@mackerelle9789]

I got tired of digging toys out all the time and got the toy blockers from Amazon for under the couch (didn't have enough so used packaging tape to bridge the gaps)

[@charismahornum-fries691]

​@mackerelle9789 great tip. I have just put a lot of my books sideways to stop the balls and cat for diving under my sofa. Yours seem much more thoughtful.

[@TeamPerryArtIdeas]

😂❤

[@joniki1982]

I just made sock kickers for each of my 3 cats and they all went NUTS! These toys were so easy and quick to make and they absolutely love them!

[@melchiorlise2466]

When I tried to make a DIY toy for my foster kitten it was a slow progression: I made her olay with an hollow ball, when that didn't work I filled the ball with pearls. But she seemed to want to bite on something si I sew it in a sock, and then since it couldn't roll anymore I attached it to a string. The last addition was catnip on it and she was good to go. And let's not forget the legendary aluminium foil ball

[@faegrrrl]

These are cool. I took a furry make up bag, filled it with catnip, zipped it and my babies love it. It's the 2nd thing I've made that they really dig. Normally they take everything to the garage and no one ever sees it again. This has stayed in the living room since I made it. No fights, everyone loves and shares it.

[@theomaniscalco4731]

We always make our cat toys- we have three cats and buying toys gets expensive- and half the time they don’t like the toys I’ve bought 😂 so making them has been a game changer! Happy cats, happy wallets!!!

[@KatLadyNWFL]

Both of my cats love to play with wadded up paper balls, anything with catnip on it and empty cardboard toilet tissue rolls 😂. With my youngest 5 year old tabby boy named Tigger, I also have to keep my toilet tissue hidden in a drawer of an upright plastic container out of sight because he loves to shred it 😂. Tigger dove into my work bag the other day, grabbed the roll of toilet tissue that was in it & began shredding it and when I took it from him he looked up at me and grinned 😂.

[@gogi682]

Mine too, I hide mice under the tissue paper, she loves finding them!

[@complectogram]

My cat is obsessed with those twisted cardboard bag handles. I cut them off the bag and bam! Three toys.

[@lindabeauchamp4596]

😸

[@bambinaforever1402]

Do not use white bleached toilet rolls like Jackson did. The amount of chlorine will be poisonous for anyone. And he decided to put food in them. And he is supposed to be some sort of an expert

[@kristinjacobsen3417]

Need to see the cats playing with those toys.

[@epicnamepwns1242]

A little tip from an experienced crafter/volunteer crafts instructor: IF you can be quite sure your cat(s) won't try to eat the puzzle box and it's parts, glue dots or double sided tape can be used to attach the sides of the tubes together as an easier alternative to hot glue for the inexperienced.

[@silencesays228]

This reminds me of my Siamese cat I had when I was young. My mom would buy her all kinds of toys but all she ever wanted to play with is a Q-Tip that had a paper stick. I have no clue why but she really loved Q-Tips.

[@rmhendrickson9320]

I had a cat that loved Qtips also

[@malindastevens1016]

My ten year old cat Cookie for awhile was obsessed with Q Tips to the point that she discovered where I kept them and would steal them right out of the container so had to start keeping them in a drawer or else they'd all be gone before I knew it. She eventually got bored with them thankfully.

[@dinak.2552]

Most of my cats, past & present, couldn't fight the allure of Q-Tips. Many couldn't resist my hair bands either, till they'd lose them.

[@kattz753]

A great free toy? The wadded up ball of paper. Cats love them because they can bat them around. I taught mine to catch. It's so funny. My old cat would play fetch with them but he was a bit confused. He thought that he was a dog.

[@mercurialstar]

My childhood shattered hearing Jackson say "SOAB"

[@joeschmo622]

All I gotta do is toss a few paper bags and open boxes, and they go crazy for 'em.

[@BrainDeadMetalics]

You are a saint, I consider cat life to be as equal as human life, and it brings me to tears to know that there are cats out there without a home or anything. They deserve so much more than this earth. And cats will go to heaven all of them, I will make sure of that.

[@teresagibson7028]

Hey Jackson! When using hot glue, have a bowl of water with ice cubes nearby. If you get hot glue on your fingers, dunk your paw in the ice water. This immediately stops the burn and hardens the glue which then peels off easily. You're welcome!

[@austinhowland7221]

Hello Teresa how are you doing today 😊❤

[@rachelleensor3147]

Yes! Lets make more cool cat toys ❤

[@austinhowland7221]

Hi Rachel where are you from?

[@drfreud65]

I crocheted a kicker about the same size as a sock. I also put a cheap ball with a bell inside it. My kittens LOVE IT!

[@_Sincara_]

Nothing cant beat diy toys. Made with love played with love! What I find my cats enjoy a lot is a literal simple tree stick dragged around for them to chase xd

[@susanmurillo9544]

I love the DIY cat toy videos Jackson pls keep them coming. This one made me laugh🤣😂 watching you make them but you rocked it!

[@infinite_eye2727]

This is perfect, my 4 year old is basically obsessed with cats and always makes her own cat toys, her go to homemade cat toys is stuffing soft socks with things too lol.. this is a perfect project for us to do together . Thank you for being you!

[@meribotti1388]

Not me watching Jackson Galaxy while dreaming of the day when I can move out and finally have the space for kitties!

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Jasmin, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??

[@stephanie5878]

I dropped a flameless votive candle on the floor and my cats been playing with it for an hour, just going to town batting it across the living room. I have 18 more, she can keep that one 😂

[@thaisstone5192]

That was absolutely WIZARD!!! I will FOR SURE do the gag with the empty rolls; even a git like me can pull that one off. Have a VERY happy holiday season Mr. Galaxy and Ms. Benjamin. A thousand blessings upon both of your houses,

[@TheAmtwhite]

Love this! Please do more homemade cheap toys!! 🇨🇦💕🐈

[@brightcloud8932]

How fun! A makeshift cat toy that my cats love, is buying those kid fishing rods with the plastic clasp at the end. I just attach any of my cat's toys that can be hooked on with the plastic clasp and then just toss and reel! ❤

[@supernova2875]

Cats and crafts! Yey!

[@alisong2328]

You can use the shiny silver wrapper that Pop-tarts come in to make a simple toy. Just scrunch it up and tie some string around it. You can either cut it short or leave one end long, depending on how you want your use it with your cats.

[@austinhowland7221]

Hi Alison where are you from?

[@Jenifer_R_]

Jackson's "joy" at learning he needs the glue gun again had me laughing.

[@christina117]

Thank you so much Monsieur Galaxy for not just pushing your, I am sure super inventive and sophisticated, especially designed cat toy line and addressing the most obvious low budget alternative! This makes you not a sellout! Much appreciated and happy holidays! 🎁😺

[@HeatherPack-uw1bw]

On dry cleaning bags are twist ties that are a good size, wrap them around a pencil, slide off and ta-da another cat toy! We do this with chenille stems as well. My cats adore them!

[@n_joy8480]

These are great. I love the diy idea and repurposing things for my cats instead of throwing them away. However, I'm trying to estimate how fast my cat is gunna shred them and then eat them. 🤦🤦 This is why we can't have nice things! Haha!

[@Morrisseys7thFriend]

I don't even have a cat, but I'm fully enjoying these.

[@Larissa_aus]

You need a cat. Everyone deserves a cat. Do it, there are so many that need homes. And as Jackson says if you get one cat, get two!! 😂❤

[@Morrisseys7thFriend]

@@Larissa_aus I live in a tiny closet of an apartment and can't afford anything bigger. Having a cat would be animal abuse because it's too small. Also, they don't allow pets.

[@user-kv9jw3ph2s]

My cat loves toilet paper rollers and the only DIY is new TP. She bats it, carries it and tears it to shreds with great delight. So fun to watch and she likes to play fetch.

[@maryeckel9682]

I DIY almost all of my cat's toys. She tends to figure out and get tired of storebought toys. Her current favorite is the waxed paper outer wrapper of a Chocolove, made into a ball. The puzzle looks fun!

[@tonyamendivel2826]

Can't wait to watch live tomorrow Jackson galaxy 🌌 have a great day ! 🐈🙋‍♀️💕💋

[@kellyjohnson3617]

Thanks for the suggestions. One of my cats fav home made toys is a bundle of feathers tied with a sturdy string. I have quail feathers as well as peacock feathers. She loves catching and crunching on them. I attach feathers to a silver vine stick as well. She loves those too

[@danielandrews7028]

When it comes to cats. ANYTHING can be a toy lol!

[@kellychumley8353]

Very true!!!💋❤️

[@onecatshortofcrazy12]

I’ve made kickers with old socks before. My cats are also big fans of toilet paper tubes, I seriously just toss one down and it’s fun for hours until it gets knocked under something. They also like empty masking tape rolls (my boys are weird)

[@kellychumley8353]

Na they are not weird!! They are totally normal! ❤

[@onecatshortofcrazy12]

@@kellychumley8353 they are also orange, so that might explain a lot

[@percyparaiso3958]

Jackson thank you so much. I found your channel a few weeks ago after I adopted 2 kittens (siblings). I have been wanting to get cats before , I have 4 little dogs senior dogs.I am learning a lot from you. I am so thankful for your guidance. I will definitely make these toys, it looks fun to make and surely my kittens will love them. I appreciate you for sharing wealth of informations. My husband and I retired this year and looking forward to spending loving and caring for our love ones, our dogs and our new kittens.

[@dianebest6465]

I remember as a small child being taken to the park to pick up feathers. These were then tied to bit of string to make a "bird" for our cats to catch. I still do this occasionally 😊 This video made me laugh and I have other ideas for my kitties now 😊 Thank you

[@hannajung7512]

I would not pick up the feathers in the park though... who knows what illnesses or parasites the bird had that are still stuck to the feathers. But one can get clean chicken feathers in most stores that sell dyi stuff

[@TankGirl9056]

​@@hannajung7512 or just sanitize the feathers before crafting.

[@paaads_]

i can't stress how incredibly useful this video is!!! i adopted my cat a few days ago, and the initial investment was no joke on my meager salary. i'm super relieved to learn you can recycle stuff you have on hand to make great toys, this way i don't have to make my catto wait to have a decent toybox 😌 will make the sock and wand asap and begin to hoard paper tubes. thanks a lot, jackson and kate!!

[@feraltaco4783]

Catnip socks are my cats' favorite toy.

[@mala3isity]

11:18 I made a puzzle base from a pizza box lid so they'd have something to stand on. I used liquid wood glue on the whole thing. It was solid in a few hours but I left it overnight to make sure. Sideways rolls, leg length to paw length in a pyramid. Upright rolls, 3 rows, spaced just enough for a leg in between and the same lengths as before. Filled the uprights with dry kibble (a treat for them) at first and then just a few so they'd have to dig & fish. Also a few pieces among the uprights cuz double paws around an obstacle is HUGE fun. The pyramid got pieces in the middles. One cat each side of the paper towel roll is VERY fun. Plus peephole hunting advantage, they look through the other rolls to see when the other cat's making a move. This puzzle lasted for months with two cats. They were bored with it before it was destroyed.

[@DisabledNomads]

A small plastic bottle (Bai drink bottles are the best) with a couple of small holes in the side make great toys for dogs and cats. Put treats inside and they roll it around until the treats fall out. Our Chiweenie loves this toy and will bring it to us to put treats in so he can play with it. Our cat also loved it.

[@robo7643]

My cat loves my diy 'thing on a string' 😂 one is a casetify phone lanyard with a Loops earplug case clipped on-she loves swatting at it in the air then grabbing it and trying to bite the round plastic case 😅 The second one is just a shoe lace with a small kinder surprise toy tied on the end. Its supposed to be a spinning top toy and is like the outline of a plane, so theres space to thread the shoelace through

[@angelsindolly]

This video makes me so happy. I have no money this year and I've ben wanting to make things for our kitties to play with, handmade.❤

[@jodiejohnson2408]

Your kitties will love love love the toys!!! But not as much as they love you. I hope your holidays are filled with love and peace.❤❤❤😊

[@carolineohara9595]

I watched your TV show, I have now unbelievably just laid my fur baby to rest after 16 years with us. She grew up with my boys but I was her 'person' we had such a bond and I miss her so much 😢

[@pilarq7886]

💕 im sorry your temporary separation from kitty.. My 19yr old HelloKitty laid to rest 11/22/23 💕 now i know what its like for a single parent who loses their only child

[@darksaber230]

Sorry for your loss.❤. My 3 almost 4 year old furry boy crossed the rainbow bridge three days ago. His name was Zeus. I don’t know what caused him to go. I suspect a heart condition or deformity due to how quick he left and how other than being a bit lazy he seemed perfectly fine.

[@slinkywhippet]

I made the cat puzzle for my girls but instead of gluing the loo rolls I packed in scrunched up newspaper so they are stuck in there tightly & so the biscuits can't get stuck between the tubes. I also used a toothpaste box as well, which fits nicely in the corners. I've done it in both a cardboard box and some tupperware and my girls love them both! My tubes are a bit shorter though as they were getting frustrated with the longer ones, so the longest is about 3/4 of a loo roll.

[@FIZZGIG-RARF]

I've bought my cats every kind of toy possible, but they still love the ones I make more! The power of a paper ball is endless!😂😂😂

[@Werewolfoverlord12]

Heres one you might not have thought of: those clear plastic ornaments from the dollar tree. Take the top\hanger off and fill it with treats. It keeps our cat entertained for a bit as he tries to roll it and tip it to get the treats. We've found those odd shaped, rounded ones work best but others might work to.

[@aliwilson4130]

This is a great video. I hope you make more DIY enrichment

[@kitcobain444]

❤ literally just made the cat *sock* toy, and my Cobain loves it!❤

[@kmokatz]

What is the cat suck toy?

[@kitcobain444]

@kmokatz 😲 😱 omg auto correct, so sorry!! Lol cat *sock* toy!!!

[@kmokatz]

@@kitcobain444 😂😂

[@heatherholm597]

I truly appreciate your videos. Thank you so much!

[@patrycjagepner]

Hi Jackson! We’ve just spent an evening doing socks for our cats and cats from my sister. So much fun😅 let’s hope cats will be so happy as we😅 greetings from Germany ❤

[@bambinaforever1402]

So? Did your cats play with those? I bet not

[@haizeaa.7064]

My cat is very hyperactive at the moment and I'm very broke, THIS video is what I NEEDED! Thank you a lot 😀

[@artloveranimation]

I have been watching SO many videos on this channel recently. I even discovered some "full episode" videos of Jackson Galaxy's old tv show. I only had 1 cat, not for very long, our family made many mistakes and ended up having to send him away. But I really like cats and hope to find a home that will allow me to adopt/rescue one some day ❤

[@annsofiehansen2111]

I can relate to that. I live alone with my teenage son in an appartment and don`t have a lot of money. We are allowed to have pets here, but I don`t have the money to care for one 😢 hope I will have someday son.

[@lrothweiler]

I NEED Kate's necklace. Had to say that first, but also, thanks for the video and idea's. ❤❤❤ your cats everyone!

[@pernoctemillustrations539]

What a fun video! Definitely going to try out the box very soon. Also, for anyone else on a budget, I have found that my cats absolutely love it when I role acorns around the house for them. They role unpredictably and are often just the right size to pick up and throw around with their paws, too. Two of my cats go completely nuts chasing after them.😁

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

One of mine used to love going after walnuts 😂

[@PleaseDontEatTheAnimals]

I just discovered acorns for my formerly feral cat and she loves chasing them--it's the unpredictability, as you say.

[@bambinaforever1402]

One of my cats went nuts from small balls of paper when he was a kitten. He was chasing them, kicking them, carrying them in his mouth. Then he got bored with them and that was it. Cats get bored easily

[@PleaseDontEatTheAnimals]

@@bambinaforever1402 Yeah, small balls of regular or waxed paper were a fave for one of my kittens, but she got bored too. Definitely have to keep changing it up. Luckily she'll play with just about anything and prefers random scraps of plastic, bottle caps, etc. to the expensive hex bug tracks, etc. that she has. Even a tiny potato from the garden that rolls in an unpredictable pattern can keep a cat's attention longer than some of the fancy store-bought toys.

[@AngelGroves]

I'll definitely be making the puzzle toy tomorrow. A perfect toy which I can easily make more than one of for each cat (a 6 year old and a 6 month old). Terrific suggestions and video. Thanks, Jackson and Kate!! Happy Holidays!

[@noooodle]

Me too, especially since puzzle toys are often soooo unnecessarily expensive!

[@reenabergstrom5549]

Fun, fun, fun!!! Thank You Jackson and Kate❤❤❤

[@austinhowland7221]

Hi my friend how are you doing today 😊

[@mishti06]

Ohhh my goodness what a great laugh. As soon as I saw a hot glue gun...I just knew this would be entertaining. I can't wait to make some kickers for my local rspca shelter. Can you guys maybe do one on how to make mazes?? My boy loves mazes😅...well, he loves anything food related😂. Thank you for a great laugh❤

[@rothanarae]

That was fantastic! Thank you! Please do another one in the future with some more elaborate toys we could make! I for one could definitely cope with the crafting difficulty level being increased a few notches to make some more ambitious things. My babies are spoilt rotten and don't really need any more toys, but I've still been saving up loo roll centres for a few months with a vague notion of doing something like this at some point. I think it'll take me another few months before I have enough carboard tubes though. Now I know exactly what to do with them once I have saved up enough. My girlies are about to get a cat wheel for Christmas, it's quite expensive so they'll probably never use it and they'll love the virtually free loo roll puzzle toy. Cats.

[@Starrynight_eq]

The countdown begins! ❤ me and my 3 boys love your videos

[@jacquiewiegand6323]

so cute! My cat was watching this episode with me and loving it until 14:06 when he sped up the process and she got really upset and went under the bed. LOL

[@jackiemurray5426]

What fabulous ideas! I love it all! *hot glue hurts, I agree! I haven't glued my fingers together yet. I save that for super glue!😁

[@PleaseDontEatTheAnimals]

If you don't have time to make a large cat toy with toilet paper rolls, you can take a single tp roll, fold down one end, and put a few treats inside for the kitty to dig out of the open end. Alternately, you can fold the open end halfway closed so they have to bat it around to get a treat to come out rather than just reaching in. My former feral cats love this activity! 😻😻

[@BobbieStephan]

Great ideas!!! Love recycling/up cycling, and of course making my kitties happy!😽

[@thekshef]

She nailed the wand part Jackson. You on the other hand sniffed too much cat nip 😊 Great video. thanks for the tips.

[@agkittyhook2257]

LOL, I just bought those fuzzy socks from T@rget! Now I know what to do with my old fuzzy socks! 😂🎉

[@Grainne777]

I love you Jackson, you make me laugh, so funny you and the glue gun, I loved my ‘socks’ off when the glue fell out! Pardon the pun! Fair duce to you though for making the stuff! Hats off to ya! 🤩 hahaha 😂thank you for all your videos 🎉😁🙏🏼

[@polydactylblackcat2218]

ALL of my socks with holes are now reserved for making cat toys

[@naomismith5245]

Going to have to get collecting toilet roll inners. My cats love treats and this would be a great game for them. I'd better make 2 though, they don't like sharing treats 😂

[@JamieYAYme]

I never thought about it being a DIY toy, but my family has been making catnip socks for ages! We use any sock, doesnt have to be fuzzy, in fact we prefer a nice starchy stiff sock. 😅 I never knew to use polyfill though! We always put about a cup or so of that bucket catnip, and it would last for 2-3 years! I do want to try this for a more poofy sock shape instead of a floppy sack. But cats love it either way, truly! Awesome ideas! Thanks to you both.

[@cynthiabotsko2449]

LOVE the idea of the puzzle toy!❤️♾️❤️ Thanks for the inspiration & how-to's!

[@jaymiclymens4795]

I love how clear and instructional she is

[@icandanceifiwantto]

I made the sock kicker toy to repurpose a pair of socks that I couldn’t bear to throw away after they lost their stretch. I put one inside the other to strengthen it and keep the catnip inside. My cats love it!