How to Make a Catnip Toy

By eHow Pets Editor

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A scrap of material with some dried catnip makes a fun gift to give to your cat or cat-loving friends. Learn how to dry your own catnip by reading "How to Dry Herbs."

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Decide on the toy shape: mouse, heart, ball or whatever shape catches your fancy.
Step2
Make a pattern by drawing the shape on a paper grocery bag, leaving a 3/8-inch seam allowance around the design.
Step3
Cut the pattern out.
Step4
Fold a piece of the scrap material you wish to use to make the toy, keeping the nice sides together.
Step5
Pin the pattern onto the scrap material, and then cut out the pattern.
Step6
Straight stitch a 3/8-inch seam around the cutout, but double check that the right sides are together before you do.
Step7
Leave about an inch opening in seam.
Step8
Trim the seam at the corners or curves, cutting from the outside to the edge of the sewn seam.
Step9
Turn the toy right-side-out, and fill with dried catnip.
Step10
Hand stitch the remaining 1-inch opening closed.

Tips & Warnings

  • If you are doing a mouse shape, add a tail by placing a piece of twine or cord inside as you sew the seam, with the long end inside of the material. Once you turn the material right-side-out, the long tail will be outside.
  • Consider growing your own organic catnip to use inside the cat toy.

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on 8/13/2007 oh yea

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on 8/13/2007 it works.

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on 11/22/2005 Cut a 10-inch-long piece of towel. Lay the towel out flat. Put a thin layer of catnip (as much as you wish to give your cat) in the middle of the towel. Roll the towel very tight. Stitch it so it stays tight. Stitch the ends and give it to your cat.

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