Showing posts with label Christmas crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas crafts. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 December 2024

**CATMAS SPECIAL** CRAFTING WITH CATS RERUN ~ HOW WE MADE A Catmas Pudding Pouffe with Catnip Holly Leaves & Pom Pom Berries ~ Difficulty Level Fair to Middling

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Supurr Greetings Pawesome Pals

Welcome to the fourth of our Crafting with Cats Catmas Specials. 

All of our previous CWC posts are on the Crafting with Cats Page, and mew don't have to be an expert in anything to make any of them.  Plus we offer workarounds and no-sew projects for those who don't like to sew.

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**A quick note before we begin**

All Crafting with Cats ideas and creations are of our own design and we share them fur purrsonal/home use only.

  So purrlease do not copy fur commercial/resale purrposes.

Copyright ©BionicBasil®

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This time we're making a pawesome

Crafting with Cats Catmas Special - Part 3  ©BionicBasil® Catmas Pudding Pouffe with Catnip Holly Leaves & Pom Pom Berries

What Mew Will Need:

Pudding: Brown Faux Fur 

White Faux Fur

Wadding/Stuffing

Lining/backing fabric

Leaves: Green fabric 

Wadding/Stuffing

Catnip - we use our homegrown organic catnip

Berries: Red Wool + pom pom maker, or use 2 x cardboard circles - the old school way

plus

Scissors/Needle/Thread/Chalk/Tape Measure/Sewing Machine

>^.^<

Optional Cat ~ Parsley was today's Craft Room Snoopervisor

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Lets Get Started On The Pudding

Crafting with Cats Catmas Special - Part 3  ©BionicBasil® How To Make A Catmas Pudding Pouffe with Catnip Holly Leaves & Pom Pom Berries

1.  Gather supplies.

2.  Lay out fabric and place pattern. 

3. Cut out.

4.  Mew should now have 6 x segments.

Fur those of mew who are regulars to our blog, will know that we made a pumpkin pouffe on our Creepy Crafting with Cats Halloween Special; so rather than go through all the steps again, just click here to see entire the step by step construction.

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5.  Once sewn together, check size; Parsley says it's good to go!

6.  Stuff to your desired plumpness and mew should now have something that looks like this.
Lets make the Catnip Holly Leaves 

Crafting with Cats Catmas Special - Part 3  ©BionicBasil® How To Make A Catmas Pudding Pouffe with Catnip Holly Leaves & Pom Pom Berries

 1. & 2. Use A4 paper, fold in half and draw holly leaf template and cut out.

3. & 4.  Iron fabric, and cut out 4 x leaves.

Crafting with Cats Catmas Special - Part 3  ©BionicBasil® How To Make A Catmas Pudding Pouffe with Catnip Holly Leaves & Pom Pom Berries

5.  Take wadding and pin 2 x leaves on top.

6. & 7.  Sew around edge and leave a gap to turn right-sides out, and then stuff with catnip - as much as mew think is necessary! MOL

8.  Sew up gap by hand, and mew should now have a couple of holly leaves that looks like this.

>^.^<

It's Pom Pom Time

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1. & 2.  Take your pom pom maker and begin wrapping the wool around tightly.

3. Aftur a few minutes it should look like this.

4. Close and secure pom pom maker with clips.

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5.  Take small sharp scissors and cut the wool - do be careful when cutting.

6.  Take a longer strand of wool and secure the pom pom together.

7.  Mew should now have something that looks like this. Most pom pommeee! MOL

>^.^<

Now For The Topping... MMMMMMMM...

Crafting with Cats Catmas Special - Part 3  ©BionicBasil® How To Make A Catmas Pudding Pouffe with Catnip Holly Leaves & Pom Pom Berries e

1. Cut a circle, or oval in our case - The P.A. only ordered a small amount of the white faux fur - OOPS! 

2.  Cut and pin backing/lining to faux fur - we used an old sheet that had got shrunk in the tumble dryer - note to self: never dry bamboo bedding in the tumble! MOL

3.  Sew right-sides together, leaving a gap.

4.  Turn right-sides out and sew up small gap by hand, mew should now have something that looks like this. Which could also be used as a snuggle mat on its own.


Put it all together and mew should now have this...


EPIC OR WHAT?

Good enough to eat... almost! MOL

Crafting with Cats Catmas Special - Part 3  ©BionicBasil® The Catmas Pudding Pouffe with Catnip Holly Leaves & Pom Pom Berries - The B Team Says YES

We love it! Plus it's calorie free! MOL 

Amber is still trying snort one of the holly leaves... nuff said! [But we can see an intervention on the horizon!]

The Catmas Pudding Pouffe is purrfect for

Snoozing, Snorting and Playing

Now mew know mew want one!


And that furiends furry sadly brings us to the end of our second Catmas Crafting with Cats post, we do hope mew liked it, and if mew decide to make your furry own Catmas Pudding, we'd love to see, so feel free to tag us on social media @BionicBasil - Instagram & Twitter or @BionicBasilCats on TikTok.

So we'll sign off on this bright and breezy Caturday and look forward to your company on tomorrow's Festive Sunday Selfies.

In the meantime

Keep calm and have a niptini, well it is almost Catmas! MOL

Festive purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team







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Monday, 9 December 2024

**CATMAS SPECIAL** CRAFTING WITH CATS RERUN ~ HOW WE MADE THE EPICALLY EPIC SANTA PAWS CATMAS SLED

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 Supurr Festive Greetings Pawesome Pals

Welcome to the first of our Crafting with Cats Catmas Specials. 

If mew missed any of our previous CWC posts, stop by the Crafting with Cats Page and see all our previous projects, and mew don't have to be an expert in anything to make any of them. Plus we offer workarounds and no-sew projects for those who don't like to sew.

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**A quick note before we begin**

All Crafting with Cats ideas and creations are of our own design, and we share them for purrsonal/home use only.

  So purrlease do not copy for commercial/resale purrposes.

Copyright ©BionicBasil®

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THE SANTA PAWS SLED 


Crafting with Cats Christmas Special ©BionicBasil® The Santa Paws Sled

What We Used:

2 x large cardboard boxes

hot glue gun

scissors

red spray paint

black acrylic paint + brush

For the decor

white felt

non-toxic pva glue

white pom pom trim

white feather trim

1 x small Christmas tree

small red baubles

red & white bells

small gold bows

2 x stick on lights - headlights

2 x mood lights - underneath

2 x fat quarters for cushions and Santa sack

wadding for cushion and catnip cushions

1 set battery operated fairy lights

1 x small wooden plaque

other wooden Christmas tree decorations

>^.^<

Optional Cat ~ Smooch was today's Craft Room Snoopervisor

Crafting with Cats Christmas Spercial ©BionicBasil® Smooch in the Sant Paws Sled

Normally, we share step-by-step instructions showing how to make things, but in this post we thought we’d show mew exactly in almost real-time how the sled was created from start to finish, letting mew see how a mid-size cardboard box was transformed into a supurr festive sled for cats.

There are 6 videos in total, approximately 10 + minutes each

Links to all episodes:

Part 1   Part 1 a    Part 2    Part 3   Part 4   Part 5

ISN'T IT EPICALLY EPIC? 

Melvyn did pull the tree off the back at the end of the final episode! MOL 

What a fluffing heathen, anyhoo, it's all back together now as the P.A. has used a lot more glue. She thought it was secure enough, but sadly, it wasn't quite fully Melvyn-Proof, which he pointed out when it landed in the sleigh bed - OH DEAR!

But that little incident aside, we still think it turned out epically epic.

FYI - We are not allowed to use the sled without pawrental guidance, purrlease be aware of safety issues and the safety of your cat at all times if making this or any other crafting projects.

And that furiends sadly brings us to the end of our first Catmas Crafting with Cats post. We do hope mew liked it, and if mew decide to make your furry own Santa Paws Catmas Sled, we'd love to see, so feel free to tag us on social media @BionicBasil - Instagram & Twitter or @BionicBasilCats on TikTok.

So we'll sign off on this bright and breezy Monday and look forward to your company on Wednesday's Midweek News.

In the meantime

Keep calm and have a niptini. Well, it is almost Catmas! MOL

Festive purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team







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Wednesday, 27 December 2023

The BBHQ Festive News Round-Up ~ Fudge, Melvyn and Parsley Checking out Their Catmas Tree, Smooch Checking The Santa Paws Sleigh, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

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Supurr Epic Greetings Furiends 

Welcome to the BBHQ Festive News Round-Up!

Well, we finally got the Catmas Tree up on Caturday teatime, and this year we decided to go with a white and gold theme. It turned out quite nice, and Melvyn is modelling it below! MOL

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® The BBHQ Catmas Tree 2023

If mew missed last years red and white tree, check out last week's post here.

We had a supurr fun Catmas, Smooch was in charge of snoopervising lunch, and he dutifully sat in front of the oven watching the bird cook. The P.A. did remove him when it was time to start cooking everything else, as she said, "Dude, mew are seriously in the way, and are a health and safety nightmare right now!"

He promptly harrumphed and then went to snooze in front of the fire until his lunch was ready.

Melvyn tried to climb the Catmas Tree, but luckily he didn't get far, decided it was not worth the trouble, and promptly went to assault their purrsonal Catmas Tree instead - see story below! MOL

Anyhoo, let's look at this week's top headlines.

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First up in the news

Fudge, Melvyn and Parsley Checking out Their Catmas Tree

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Fudge, Melvyn and Parsley Checking out Their Catmas Tree

The B Team's purrsonal Catmas Tree with a queue forming for allotted time assaulting their tree.

They are quite civilised, and as mew can guess Fudge got first dibs on it! MOL

The P.A. has to stick all the velcro catnip toys and pom poms on again for the next kitty in the queue!

Mew wouldn't believe how much fun it is.

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Next up in the news

Smooch Checking The Santa Paws Sleigh

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Smooch had to do a few last-minute checks on the Santa Paws Sled, just in case Santa Paws needed any help on Catmas Eve.

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Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

This is the final bandana for December, Ducking Marvellous! 

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Melvyn Modelling The Ducking Marvellous Bandana

We love this one, and have been waiting weeks to see it on!

Melvyn picked out three different festive songs for his catwalk this week. 

Check out Melvyn's videos on your preferred social media channel below:


Which one is your favourite this week?

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Which one should he model next?

Here's the brand new January Collection.

We thought we'd share a few more festive ones as Melvyn has so many, and who doesn't want the holiday vibe to continue into January! MOL

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® January 2024 Bandana Collection

The December Collection:

1. Catmas Trees on Pink

2. Festive Cats

3. White Cat in a Hat

4. Festive Frolics

Tell us your favourite in the comments below, and Melvyn will model the one with the most votes.

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That's us done for today, we will be back on Friday with some fun festive photo fails out of the BBHQ archives, and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

 The B Team's Catmas Selfie

Amber's Latest Book Review

Catmas Crafting with Cats Part 5

Meowy Catmas

Boxing Day Extravanganza

We do hope mew have an epic day, and remember to always...

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Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 














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