It's no secret that we all adore creating and making for our friends and family, but what about our four-legged friends? We can spoil them with a little handmade treat now and then too, right?! Our DIY cat toy is as cute as a button and will have your kitty giddy with excitement at their new little handcrafted mouse friend. Filled with cat nip and a little stuffing, your feline friend can throw this little toy around until its heart is content - or exhausted - we'll take either!
Project Includes
Printable Template Photo Tutorial Cutting Machine TemplateTools
- Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo (optional)
- Detail Scissors
- Embroidery Needles
- Clover Applique Sewing Pins
- Stuffing Tool or Chopstick
- Needle Threader (optional)
Materials
- Lia Griffith’s Wool Blend Felt — White, Marble and Slate
- Embroidery Floss — DMC Snow White (B5200 and 168
- Polyester Fiber Fill — Lia Griffith Stuffie Puff
- Fabric Pen — Dritz Disappearing Ink
- Catnip
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All you will need to make these cute little guys is a good quality wool felt, embroidery thread, cat nip, stuffing, twine for their tail and of course our downloadable pattern! Click on the PDF below to print out the template for this adorable DIY cat toy. Cut out the templates, transfer to your chosen felt using chalk or a fabric crayon and cut out all the pieces. You can then assemble your DIY cat toy by following our step-by-step tutorial below. Simple!
Pop a set of these DIY cat toys into your kitty's stocking along with a bag of his favorite treats and you will win all the "Best Cat Owner" awards! Yay!
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Leave a CommentHi, is an svg of the felt mouse toy available? Thanks
I just updated the file for you. 🙂
Thank you!!
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This craft does not have a video, but instead a photo tutorial. If you are a member, you will have access to all of our projects and videos. If not, we have a lot of free videos on YouTube. You can find the link to our channel in the footer of our site. 🙂
Looking forward to making some of the crafts I’ve seen.
Yay! So happy you are here.
This is super cute. I’m going to have a go making a few of these with my kids. Our cats will love them – especially if they are stuffed with catnip!
Yes love it!
Hi, I don’t have any catnip, will it work just as well?
I think so!
Awesome! No words. You always go one step beyond.
There is so much great, useful information here. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Read our guide if you wish.
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Thanks again 🙂
Hi – is the only option to get the PDF pattern for the felt mouse to subscribe? Broke my femur and can’t use the sewing machine, but trying to make a few more toys for Christmas.
Hi Michele, so sorry to hear about the break! Yes, you have access to all our projects and downloads as a member. See more here: http://www.liagriffith.com/membership
What is the thickness of the felt? 1mm or 2mm?
We used 1mm.
These are so so so so beautiful!! Though looking around your website it seems that’s the norm with your DIYs. I love your ideas!! 🙂
Aww thank you Elise, that means a lot! 🙂
Many thanks for your pattern. Can I adapt for make keyring?
Sure! Send us a photo if you do 🙂 hello@liagriffith.com
I’m giggling about the toy for our “four-legged”-friends. I gave such a fabric-flower-print mouse to my two-legged one (my husband), nearly 30 ago as a talisman (the English expression is what?). Since then the mouse “lives” in our car and it seems that the mouse-talisman does its job: no accident, not any kind of trouble.
Have you all a wonderful Year’s End Party and a happy and prosperous New Year. Stay healthy and may your business grow furtheron.
Kerstin
Thank you so much Kerstin! Happy New Year to you!
I love this for my kitty boy! Thanks for sharing it!
You are very welcome!
Talk about a cute little critter, can hardly wait to make some of these, Fantastic idea, loving it. Will be good to practice using arm/shoulder, doing more all the time. Physical therapists are relentless.
This is perfect for our kitty. He’s about 14 but still has lots of kitten left in him. He showed up in our yard one Saturday in KY, didn’t seem to want to leave so we kept him. Since he’s an orange stripe kitty that sure helped. Think he was about 9 months old at the time. Don’t know how many cats/kittens living under our house (was on pillars). I’d hear loud fighting and bumping of floor quite often. Thought our kitty was a girl so named him Molly, poor fella. Had to think of name that sounded similar at least so he’d know we were calling him. Our daughter suggested Monty and it worked beautifully.
When he gets cabin fever this time of year, him and our dog have grand old time chasing each other thru house. Didn’t let kids do that kind of thing but do allow furry kidz to. Youngest daughter had to comment on that. Our other dog would stop cat in middle of living room and scold him when he got crazies. They seemed to have their own language between them.
Happy New Year everybody. Keep up such awesome, inspiring work.
What an adorable story about Monty!! I do love orange kitties 🙂 I hope he enjoys this toy!
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