Christmas is coming closer, the dark evenings are getting longer and invite to cozy craft hours. Why not make your own cat Advent calendar? We'll show you how it's done.
It won't be long until Christmas and soon the Advent season will begin again. When it has become cold and uncomfortable outside, the time for gingerbread, cookies and mulled wine has come. Now is also again more handicrafts.
With a DIY Advent calendar, you can make not only dear fellow a joy, but also your Stubentiger. The Advent calendar for cats consists of 24 small packages, all filled with a small surprise. Every day during Advent your velvet paw may unwrap one of them.
Material for the cat advent calendar
Material for the do-it-yourself cat Advent calendar you need 24 small gifts for your cat. For this purpose, treats or small cat toys are suitable.
In the online store of zooplus, for example, there is a cheap cat toy set with various balls and stuffed mice.
You will also need Christmas wrapping material to wrap the small packages.
Here's what you need to make an Advent calendar for cats:
- Scissors
- Wrapping paper
- Wrapping ribbon
- Christmas stickers to write on
- Pen
- 24 small gifts (treats and cat toys)
Crafting instructions for the cat Advent calendar
For your custom cat advent calendar, cut the wrapping paper into 24 pieces for each package. Then cut 48 sections from the wrapping ribbon, each about 25 inches long.
Loosely roll a few cat snacks or a small toy into each of the wrapping paper and tie it closed at both ends with a piece of ribbon. This will create a kind of candy. You should definitely not wrap the small gifts too tightly so that your cat has a chance to get them open.
Stick a Christmas sticker on each of the "candies" for the do-it-yourself cat Advent calendar and label them from one to 24. A gold felt-tip pen looks especially festive.
Alternative: Tissue paper
As an alternative to wrapping paper, you can use tissue paper for the craft cat Advent calendar. It doesn't look particularly Christmassy, but it rustles and crackles beautifully when you unwrap it. Cats love that!
Alternative: Small packages
Instead of the "sweets" you can also pack your cat 24 small packages. In that case, you will also need scotch tape. If you are not sure whether your cat eats plastic, you should rather do without the tape and stick to paper and ribbon for the cat Advent calendar.
Never leave gift ribbons without supervision
Gift ribbons make a wonderful cat toy. However, never let your cat play with the gift ribbon rolls or with long ribbons without supervision. In the heat of the moment, the ribbon can wrap around your kitty's neck, posing a choking hazard.
Cats Advent calendar craft: Ideas for 24 gifts
Fill the do-it-yourself cat advent calendar with treats or small cat toys. Crunchy snacks or dry food are particularly suitable. You can also please your velvet paw with cat balls and small plush figures. Here are a few suggestions:
- Cat snacks
- Homemade cat biscuits
- Cat balls
- Play mice
- Valerian pillows
You don't have time to make a cat advent calendar? Then you can also fill 24 small paper bags with gifts for your velvet paw. Just label them from one to 24 with a gold pen and you're done with a quick DIY Advent calendar for your kitty.
Not all at once
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Advent calendars for cats differ from Advent calendars for humans not only by their filling. While humans (hopefully) open all 24 doors in order, your cat probably doesn't have that much patience. She will try to unwrap all 24 packages of the crafted Advent calendar at once.
Even though the 24 Christmas-themed packages make great decorations, keep the calendar out of your cat's reach and give her only one package each day.
Also a purchased Advent calendar should not be left lying around unattended. Some kitty has already cracked all the doors at once and torn the calendar into shreds.
What you need to make sure that your cat comes safely through the Christmas season, you will learn in our article
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