**SUPURR SPOOKY CRAFTING WITH CATS** **RERUN ~ PART ONE** How We Made Primo Nip Cat Toys featuring Bertie the Bat, Yummy Plumpkin Tartes and the Purple Peril Kicker

Welcome to

Supurr Spooky Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining us for our supurr spooky Halloween Crafting with Cats rerun. Mew know we have so much fun making all this stuff, and we hope mew enjoy seeing it and/or making it too! 

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**Purrlease Note**

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

Copyright ©BionicBasil 

This time we're making these pawesome 
Primo Nip Toys!

What We Used:

Felt squares
Ribbon
Floof 
Needle and Thread
Sewing machine - optional
Stuffing/wadding
Primo Catnip - lots of 
2 x small pom poms
White embroidery thread

FYI: As there was a big jar of catnip in the craft room, the P.A. actually banned us during the construction phase for her own sanity! MOL

Bertie the Bat

1.  Cut out a simple pattern
2. Place on felt
3. Trace shape
4. Cut out two pieces

5. Sew pieces together, either by hand or on a machine, leaving a small gap.
6. Get stuffing ready
7. And the catnip
8. Stuff Bert and sew up the gap

9. Use the remaining felt 
10.  Trace wing pattern
11. Cut out one piece
12. Fold the top edge of the wings in the centre

13. Tack the folds together

14. Attach to Bert's back

15. Bert should now look something like this

16. Cut out eyes and fangs and hand sew 

17. Take white embroidery thread and hand stitch the mouth, and then securely sew on black pom poms for his eyes

18. Bertie the Bat is ALIVE!!!! 

Purple Peril Kicker Toy

1. Cut out the size mew want

2. Fold and sew up two edges

3. Turn right way out and stuff with wadding and catnip

4. Add the floof and ribbons to the top edge, tack in place

5. Stitch securely along the top edge to fully secure ribbons and floof

6. And your finished kicker toy should look something like this

Yummy Plumpkin Tartes    

1. Mark the size plumpkin mew want on the felt

2. Cut out four pieces

3. Cut wadding slightly smaller, add catnip

4. It should now look like a biscuit  

5. Pin all pieces together and sew edges

6. It should now look like this

7. Cut out leaf shapes and hand stitch to plumpkin

8. Your finished yummy plumpkin tartes should look something like this

Mew should now have some cute toys that look like these, and it shouldn't take more than an hour to make them all.

Mew may be wondering why the P.A. didn't glue things on ... well, she said, and I quote. 

"Even though the glue I use is non-toxic, I prefer to sew the smaller items like eyes, fangs and pom poms on by hand as there is less chance of them becoming detached due to vigorous play - I also wouldn't recommend using those plastic stick-on boggle eyes or the like as they could come off and be a choking hazard. I also recommend that you do a toy check regularly and throw away anything that is coming apart, is fraying or has any loose components."    

Ohhh, that was good advice from the P.A. - Thank mew! MOL 

Now the really fun part...

In The BBHQ Testing Lab

Smooch did get all of the toys while I went and had a little snack... but then I came back and ruined everything! MOL

As mew can see, we were best purrleased with the new toys. We have more videos, but this post is long enough! MOL



And that epic furiends furry sadly brings us to the end of our first Halloween Rerun post. We do hope mew liked it, and we'll be back on Wednesday with more Midweek News! 

Until then....

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA

Wing Commander Basil and The B Team

Disclaimer:

We at BionicBasil HQ are not responsible or liable for any injuries to person/s and/or cat/s, crafting addictions, glue on cats, paper cuts, misplaced pins and needles, cats stealing your supplies, broken scissors, cat fur stuck on your projects, or your project not turning out as planned.  By using this information, you hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless BionicBasil and staff from and against any and all claims for personal injuries or damages of any kind arising from use of any Crafting With Cats posts we may share.

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**VALENTINE'S CRAFTING RE-RUN**PART 1** Crafting With Cats Valentine's Special ~ How We Made A Valentine's Heart Crinkle Mat

Welcome to

Supurr Furbulous Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining us for our supurr fun Crafting with Cats re-run. Today, we thought we'd get a head-start on the Valentine's Crafting, as the big day is only a couple of weeks away, so if mew want to make anything we share mew should have plenty of time! 

Stay tuned for more epically epic crafty fun!

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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**Purrlease Note**

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

  So purrlease do not copy for commercial/resale purposes.

Copyright ©BionicBasil 

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This week we're making a pawesome 

What We Used:

Fabric of your choosing, ours is red

Wadding/padding

Lining fabric

Plastic shopping bags ~ yes we're doing our bit and recycling

Sewing machine

scissors - cotton - pins - needle - tailor's chalk or similar - ruler

Optional Cat ~ Smooch was today's Snoopervisor

First, we suggest measuring one of your kitties to see how big your fabric needs to be, as not all kitties are the same size.

Take your fabric and give it a quick iron.

Fold it in half and draw half a heart shape directly on the fabric with your tailors chalk, so your heart is symmetrical when mew open the cut fabric out. It's so much easier than trying to draw a complete heart on the fabric.

Cut out your heart.

Cut out two pieces of lining fabric and one piece of your padding using your furst heart as a template.

Take your plastic bags and see how many mew need to fill the size of your heart.

We used 5.

Optional kitty for testing if there's enough rustle! MOL

Pin your padding between your main fabric and one piece of lining fabric, pin together and sew around the edge.  We used a zigzag stitch.

Your heart should now look like this.

Take your ruler and tailor's chalk, then mark your quilting lines.

Mew don't have to do this, but we think it looks really nice.

Sew along your quilting lines. We sewed larger squares as it looked better, and your heart should look something like this. Use a piece of fabric off-cut to rub any tailors chalk off the heart - it should come off furry easily.

Next, take your quilted heart and place it and your second piece of lining fabric 'right-sides together' pin and sew all the way around the edge with a straight stitch leaving about half an inch / 1cm seam width.  Leave about a 5" or 13cm gap so mew can turn it the right way out and stuff the bags inside.

Position the bags inside the heart so they aren't lumpy or bunched up together, then hand stitch the remaining seam closed.

And mew should have something that looks like this:

It took approximately 90 minutes to make from start to finish, as we always make it up as we go along. We have an idea of what we want to make, and then we just dive right in. So we think it shouldn't take more than an hour to make with our instructions!

And here's Smooch testing it, watch for Pandora's total eclipse! MOL

All in all, each of The B Team has had a try, and give it all paws up!

In fact, Fudge, much to Smooch's chagrin, got himself on it and then refused to move! MOL

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And that furiends furry sadly brings us to the end of the first Valentine's Crafting With Cats post, we do hope mew liked it 

And if there's anything mew'd like us to make, leave a comment.  

Epically crafty purrs and don't forget to...

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

Disclaimer:

We at BionicBasil HQ are not responsible or liable for any injuries to person/s and/or cat/s, crafting addictions, glue on cats, paper cuts, misplaced pins and needles, cats stealing your supplies, broken scissors, cat fur stuck on your projects, or your project not turning out as planned.  By using this information you hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless BionicBasil and staff from and against any and all claims for personal injuries or damages of any kind arising from use of any Crafting With Cats posts we may share.

Graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com and www.pizap.com  

**Spooky Crafting With Cats** **RERUN ~ PART ONE** How We Made Primo Nip Cat Toys featuring Bertie the Bat, Yummy Plumpkin Tartes and the Purple Peril Kicker

Welcome to

Supurr Spooky Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining us for our supurr spooking Halloween Crafting with Cats rerun. Mew know we have so much fun making all this stuff, and we hope mew enjoy seeing it and/or making it too! 

*    *    *

**Purrlease Note**

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

Copyright ©BionicBasil 

This time we're making these pawesome 
Primo Nip Toys!

What We Used:

Felt squares
Ribbon
Floof 
Needle and Thread
Sewing machine - optional
Stuffing/wadding
Primo Catnip - lots of 
2 x small pom poms
White embroidery thread

FYI: As the there was a big jar of catnip in the craft room the P.A. actually banned us during the construction phase for her own sanity! MOL

Bertie the Bat

1.  Cut out a simple pattern
2. Place on felt
3. Trace shape
4. Cut out two pieces

5. Sew pieces together, either by hand or on machine, leaving a small gap.
6. Get stuffing ready
7. And the catnip
8. Stuff Bert and sew up the gap

9. Use remaining felt 
10.  Trace wing pattern
11. Cut out one piece
12. Fold top edge of wings in centre

13. Tack the folds together

14. Attach to Berts back.

15. Bert should now look something like this

16. Cut out eyes and fangs and hand sew 

17. Take white embroidery thread and hand stitch the mouth and then securely sew on black pom poms for his eyes

18. Bertie the Bat is ALIVE!!!! 

Purple Peril Kicker Toy

1. Cut out the size mew want

2. Fold and sew up two edges

3. Turn right way out and stuff with wadding and catnip

4. Add the floof and ribbons to top edge, tack in place

5. Stitch securely along the top edge to fully secure ribbons and floof

6. And your finished kicker toy should look something like this

Yummy Plumpkin Tartes    

1. Mark the size plumpkin mew want on the felt

2. Cut out four pieces

3. Cut wadding slightly smaller add catnip

4. It should now look like a biscuit  

5. Pin all pieces together and sew edges

6. It should now look like this

7. Cut out leaf shapes and hand stitch to plumpkin

8. Your finished yummy plumpkin tartes should look something like this

Mew should now have some cute toys that look like these and it shouldn't take more than an hour to make them all

Mew may be wondering why the P.A. didn't glue things on... well, she said, and I quote. 

"Even though the glue I use is non toxic, I prefer to sew the smaller items like eyes, fangs and pom poms on by hand as there is less chance of them becoming detached due to vigorous play - I also wouldn't recommend using those plastic stick-on boggle eyes or the like as they could come off and be a choking hazard. I also recommend that you do a toy check regularly and throw away anything that is coming apart, is fraying or has any loose components."    

Ohhh that was good advice from the P.A. - Thank mew! MOL 

Now the really fun part...

In the testing lab

Smooch did get all of the toys while I went and had a little snack... but then I came back and ruined everything! MOL

As mew can see we were best purrleased with the new toys, we have more videos but this post is long enough! MOL



And that furriends furry sadly brings us to the end of our first Halloween Rerun post, we do hope mew liked it and feel free to post your pawesome crafty pics on our Facebook page at:

Bionic Basil & The B Team @Facebook

We'll be back on the morrow with Amber's first book review of the new season, and her confession as to why she was falling off a dragon!!!! Yep, that really happened...

Spooky purrs

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA

Wing Commander Basil and The B Team

Disclaimer:

We at BionicBasil HQ are not responsible or liable fur any injuries to person/s and/or cat/s, crafting addictions, glue on cats, paper cuts, misplaced pins and needles, cats stealing your supplies, broken scissors, cat fur stuck on your projects, or your project not turning out as planned.  By using this information you hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless BionicBasil and staff from and against any and all claims for personal injuries or damages of any kind arising from use of any Crafting With Cats posts we may share.

Graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com and www.pizap.com