I’ve been reading Jackson Galaxy and Kate Benjamin’s Catification book and just love the ideas it’s given me for my multi-cat household to have some play areas without looking like a cat lady. Today I decided to try something using some of the ideas I found. I didn’t really have a plan, just wanted a small project using a concrete foam board wrapped in sisal. I knew I’d need to line it with something, so decided to use an old pair of jeans that I had set aside for sewing projects. The cats love our jeans, so I thought it’d work perfectly.
This was a simple, short craft project. I love crafts! In one short afternoon, here’s what I came up with:
Tools: scissors, concrete foam board, sisal rope, and hot glue gun.
Note: this was the only glue gun I had, but I’d recommend using a larger one! My hands were cramping after this project, and this mini glue gun was a slow and agonizing process.
The sisal rope wasn’t long enough, but I had more. I decided I didn’t want the whole project in sisal, so I decided to use old jeans.
I lined the inside with the jeans, cutting out and pasting one of the pockets inside for a little extra hidey holes for cat play. We’ll see how that works out.
One end was lined with denim, but the other end needed something. I used feather fabric, which was an idea from the Catification book.
The final project!
It’s easy to do your own catification diy! Since I’m still in the process of remodeling my house, I hope this simple project will find a place in my new, planned cat area.