How to Make another Cat Toy out of a Toilet Paper Tube

It often seems like cats like free kitty toys far more than they do purchased cat toys. One of the most popular items for the cats are toilet paper tubes. Not only do the cats like them, but their owners do too after they realize this free little throwaway item makes a better toy than many of those expensive store-bought ones. Look for my other article about making a cat toy out of a toilet paper tube for another idea of using a toilet paper tube to make a cat toy.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Toilet paper tube
• Scissors

1. 
   Empty toilet paper tube

   Empty the toilet paper tube. Hopefully you know how to do this.

2. 
   Cleaned toilet paper tube

   Remove any leftover pieces of toilet paper from the toilet paper tube. Your kitty won’t like getting that stuff caught in her mouth. One of my cats chews on the toilet paper while it’s still on the roll, but even he doesn’t like the little leftover pieces to be on his toy.

3. 
   Falttened toilet paper tube

   Flatten the toilet paper tube. Don’t worry about flattening it too much, just try and get it smooshed a bit.

4. 
   Cut a ring off the toilet paper tube

   Line the scissor blades up parallel to the edge of the end of the toilet paper tube, about ½ inches from the end. Cut a ring off the end of the toilet paper tube using the scissors. Make sure that you don’t cut at an angle; you want the rings to be complete rings and not just pieces of toilet paper tube.

5. 
   Cutting rings off

   Move the blades back another ½ inch from where the new end is and cut another ring off. Keep doing this until the entire toilet paper tube has been cut into rings.

6. 
   Toilet paper tube rings

   Take each ring and unfold it so that it forms a circle instead of just a flattened ring.

7. 
   Cat toys ready to be played with

   Toss the rings in the air a few times until your cat notices them, and then toss a couple for him to play with. Most cats love carrying the rings around and tossing them into the air.

Resources

• More Ideas for Homemade Cat Toys
• Another Cat Toy Made Out of a Toilet Paper Tube

[tclough]

on 8/28/2009 My cats say thank you. Great tip!

[bossypants]

on 6/30/2009 Awesome photos! What a resourceful idea for a lot of free cat joy! Thanks!