**SUPURR SPOOKY CRAFTING WITH CATS** **RERUN ~ PART FIVE** Let's Make The Trick or Treat Halloween Monster Truck aka MOG1

Welcome to

Supurr Spooky Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining us for Part Five of our Halloween Crafting with Cats Rerun. Mew know we have so much fun making all this stuff, and we hope mew enjoy seeing it!

Previous Halloween Crafting Posts

Part One ~ Bertie the Bat, Yummy Plumpkin Tartes and the Purple Peril Kicker

Part Two ~ Spooky Haunted House + Catnip Pumpkin Toys

Part Three ~ Pumpkin Pouffe and Some Other Really Fun Pumpkin-Inspired Stuff 

Part Four ~ Gordon the Ghost Spooktacular Meowoleen Snuggle Mat

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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 Trick or Treat Monster Truck aka Mog1

Isn't it epic?

What We Used:

3 x cardboard boxes

Non-Toxic glue + Glue gun

Black spray paint

Black felt fabric

6 x Plastic jar lids for hub caps

Silver spray paint

Long wooden dowels to strengthen the pick-up bed

Extras: 

Hemp rope

Battery-operated lights

Reflective stickers

Small round cardboard scratcher for steering wheel mount

Sticky back plastic

Pumpkin stickers

Long play wand with a feather and a bell for the aerial

Small cardboard reel for steering wheel

Silver paper for side windows

Let's Get Started

1. & 2. We only had a small square box and a long, shallow one when we started. And to be honest, we had no idea what to make, but then inspiration struck.

3. We cut halfway down on one side of the smaller box.

4. Then we cut out the window screen. Leaving the bottom edge attached.

5. 6. & 7. We glued the windowscreen at an angle to the side flaps and cut off the excess. Then, we folded the top edge down and glued it to the edge of the windowscreen.

 8. & 9. We used the windowscreen flap to make the nose of the truck and added a couple of pieces of leftover cardboard from the flaps of the shallow box. 

10. Next, we cut out the back of the box and opened up the cab.

11. 12. & 13. Then, we cut out the end of the shallow box and glued the flaps down, securing the cab to the truck bed.

14. At this point, we decided the top of the cab needed a light bar.

15. 16. 17. & 18.  So we created a long, narrow box out of some spare cardboard we had in the craft room.

19. 20. & 21. We glued the light bar in place, and this is what our Unimog looked like with no wheels.

22. 23. & 24. We cut 12 circles from the remainder of the shallow box flaps and 6 long strips to construct the wheels.

25. 26. & 27. We gently scored the edges of the long strips and carefully cut with scissors to the scoreline, creating lots of little tabs. Then, we gently bent the strips and glued them to the circles, creating the wheels.

28. 29. & 30.  We glued the wheels to the Unimog, and this is how it looked.

31. Realising that we needed to add a bit of strength under the chassis so the truck bed didn't sag when we cats got in it, we used some long wooden dowels we had in stock and punched holes through the inner wheels and glued the dowels in place.

32. & 33. This was our finished mog pre-spray shop. Oh, we did add a jerry can, as we thought the back looked a bit flat.

34. 35. & 36. The Unimog went into the spray shop and came out black.

37. & 38. We used some old paper stock to create the number plates and glued them to some small cardboard rectangles.

39. The Unimog was ready for customisation.

40. & 41.  We used some plastic jar tops for the hubs and sprayed them silver.

43. 44. & 45. We used a large piece of black felt to line the inside of the cab floor and truck bed and glued it in place using non-toxic PVA glue.

46. 47. 48. & 49. Deciding that we needed a steering wheel, we found a small cylindrical cat scratcher in the craft room, which was purrfect for our needs and just changed the colour on the sides with some sticky back plastic that we had in stock.

50. & 51. We used a small cardboard reel, leftover from some hemp rope and pulled one end off, and sprayed the remaining part silver and glued it into the existing hole in the scratcher before glueing it to the inside of the cab just below the window.

52. 53. & 54. Next, we added the number plates and silver hubs to the wheels.

55. No Unimog is complete without a tow rope, so we added that next, glueing it under the truck nose.

56. Then, we added the battery-operated headlights and sidelight reflective stickers.

57. Then, we decided it needed a grill, so we used a small rectangle of cardboard and sprayed it silver before adding a pumpkin sticker.

58. & 59. We attached the lights to the light bar and tested them - EPIC!!!!!

60. 61. & 62.  Using some silver paper, we created the side windows and then made the sills from leftover cardboard sprayed with silver.

63. Finally, we added the rear light-reflective stickers, and a sticker to the jerry can, plus the long aerial toy was glued to the back of the truck bed. Mew can see Melvyn attacking in the video.

And there mew have it, only 63 supurr simple steps to making your very own Unimog! MOL 

But seriously, it didn't take long at all to make and considering we pretty much made it up as we went along, it didn't turn out too shabby. We also added one of our lovely snuggle mats in the truck bed to make it extra cosy.

And for those who'd just like to watch us make it, here are the videos.

Direct link to watch on YouTube

Direct link to watch on YouTube

Are mew ready for the video of The B Team with Mog 1? Of course mew are! 

Direct link to watch on YouTube

LET'S GO TRICK OR TREATING!

What do mew think of our Unimog for cats?

We think MOG 1 is probably the best thing we have ever made.

See our previous Halloween Crafting videos below:

Check out the epically epic Spooky House and Catnip Pumpkins. 

Click here

and

The Halloween Crafting Special from 2019

Featuring oodles of fun projects including this giant furry pumpkin.

Click Here

Gordon the Ghost Spooktacular Meowoleen Snuggle Mat 2021

Click Here

Or check out our YouTube Channel for all our fun DIY Cat Stuff videos.

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

Until then....

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA

Wing Commander Basil and The B Team

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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 the use of any Crafting With Cats posts we may share.

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**SUPURR SPOOKY CRAFTING WITH CATS** **RERUN ~ PART FOUR** How We Made The Gordon the Ghost Spooktacular Meowoleen Snuggle Mat

Welcome to

Supurr Spooky Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining us for Part Four of our Halloween Crafting with Cats Rerun. Mew know we have so much fun making all this stuff, and we hope mew enjoy seeing it!

Previous Halloween Crafting Posts

Part One ~ Bertie the Bat, Yummy Plumpkin Tartes and the Purple Peril Kicker

Part Two ~ Spooky Haunted House + Catnip Pumpkin Toys

Part Three ~ Pumpkin Pouffe and Some Other Really Fun Pumpkin-Inspired Stuff 

*    *    *

**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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In today's Crafting with Cats, we're making: 

Gordon the Ghost Spooktacular Meowoleen Snuggle Mat

What We Used:

White felt fabric

Black felt fabric

Stuffing/wadding

Paper for pattern

Scissors ~ Sewing Machine ~ Cotton Thread in white & black

Let's Get Started

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.

1. Next, take your paper and cut out a ghostly pattern. We suggest folding your paper in half, as this way mew get more symmetry. 

2. Open it up to check that it looks ghostly enough.

3. Cut out 2 x ghost shapes on the white felt.

4. & 5. Cut out 1 x ghost shape on the wadding. Sandwich the wadding between the two pieces of felt and pin them in place, so now mew essentially have a ghostly sammich! MOL MOL

6. Sew all the way around the edge; we used an overlock-style stitch. Trim off any excess wadding around the edges if any is sticking out. Just be careful not to snip the stitching.

7. Next, cut out 2 x eyes and a mouth out of the black felt; these shapes are entirely up to mew. 

8. & 9.  Pin eyes and mouth to the ghost, and sew with the same overlocking stitch.

And now mew should have something that looks like this, minus Melvyn trying to squeeze the stuffing right out of poor Gordon! MOL #OOPS #Heathen

So we do hope mew enjoyed how to make Gordon the Ghost, and just to prove Melvyn isn't always a total heathen fur-child with the hashtag #thuglife proudly displayed on his fav badge, here he is being adorable in his Meowoleen outfit.

Doesn't he look epically adorable in his wizard's costume! 

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

Until then....

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA

Wing Commander Basil and The B Team

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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 the use of any Crafting With Cats posts we may share.

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**SUPURR SPOOKY CRAFTING WITH CATS** **RERUN ~ PART THREE** How We Made A Pumpkin Pouffe, Pumpkin Bandanas and an Easy Peasy Pumpkin Collar

 Welcome to

Supurr Spooky Greetings Pawesome Pals

Thanks for joining us for Part Three of our Halloween Crafting with Cats Rerun. Mew know we have so much fun making all this stuff, and we hope mew enjoy seeing it!

Previous Halloween Crafting Posts

Part One ~ Bertie the Bat, Yummy Plumpkin Tartes and the Purple Peril Kicker

Part Two ~ Spooky Haunted House + Catnip Pumpkin Toys

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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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TODAY WE'RE MAKING:

Pumpkin Pouffe with Catnip Leaf Cushions and Catnip Stalk Kicker Toy ~ OH YEAH! 

Cute Mini Pumpkin Trimmed Halloween Bandanas

Easy Peasy Pumpkin Collar 

First up is the 

Pumpkin Pouffe with Catnip Leaves and Catnip Stalk Kicker Toy

What Mew Will Need:

Pumpkin - Orange faux fur - our piece was 1m x 1.5m 

Stuffing/wadding - we used the filling from 2 x 18" square cushions we had spare

Leaves - green fabric, wadding, catnip

Stalk - 2 x beige felt squares, wadding, catnip

threads - orange, brown and green

needle, scissors, chalk, tape measure

sewing machine or mew could hand sew if mew wanted

Optional Cat/s ~ Parsley, Smooch and Fudge were today's Craft Room Snoopervisors

TOP TIP

As we've never made a pumpkin before, instead of cutting into the faux fur straight away, we made a toile, aka mock-up of the pumpkin to a: see if the pattern worked and b: check that it was the right size - so if in doubt always make toile out of some old fabric or calico first, as then if it doesn't work mew've not wasted your expensive fabric.

1.  Cut 6 x ellipse shape; ours were approx 12" wide by 27" long.

2. Pin edges together and sew each panel in turn.  On the last panels to be sewn, leave a 6" - 8" gap to turn right sides out before stuffing.

3. Check size suitability - Parsley was on paw for this step, and he said it was purrfect.

4. Stuff to check the overall shape and finished size.

So now that we're happy with the size, plumpness and dimensions, etc, we took the faux fur to make our pumpkin - mew don't have to make a toile unless mew want a bigger or smaller version than ours and to test it with your pet.

1. to 4. Same steps as above on toile: cut, pin right sides together, sew and repeat with all panels, leaving a gap on the last seam.

5. Turn right sides out.

6. Begin to stuff with the wadding.

7. Shape your pumpkin as you stuff until mew're happy with the desired amount of plumpness. We didn't over-stuff ours as we wanted it to be nicely spongy without being too full. Hand stitch the final part of the seam closed.

8. This is how your finished pumpkin should look.

Optional Catnip Leaf Cushions and Catnip Stalk Kicker Toy

We had a look online as to the shape of a pumpkin leaf and drew straight on the fabric freehand. Our leaves are approximately 9" x 9"

1.  We cut 4 pieces of some old green curtain fabric we had in stock from about 1999, but mew could use felt squares or any cotton fabric.

2. & 3.  We used the same technique as with our Snuggle Mats to sew the wadding in place: Place the wadding on top and the two green leaves underneath, with right sides together, and stitch all the way around, leaving about a 4" - 5" gap to turn right sides out.

4. Turn right sides out and stuff with as much catnip as mew want, and hand-sew the final part of the seam together.  We grow our own organic catnip, so we used loads, as we think more is better!

And mew should now have something that looks like this. Many apologies for the cat fur, crumpledness, drool and teeth marks; we got a little carried away before the P.A. could take a picture - OOPS! MOL!!

Next, we made the stalk.

1. Take your first felt square as modelled by Smooch.

2.  Fold the edge over approx 1" and stitch the entire length - on the shorter side of the square - to create a ridge effect.

3. & 4.  Repeat until mew have something like this.

5. Fold felt in half, ridge sides together, and draw a stalk shape and sew.

6.  Cut excess felt away.

7. Turn the ridged side out.

8. Stuff with catnip and wadding to your desired plumpness.

9. Measure the diameter of the stalk and cut a right-sized circle from the remaining felt sheet, as modelled by Fudge.

10. & 11. Check it fits and hand-stitch all the way around.

12. Mew should now have something that looks like a pumpkin stalk.

After all of that, put it all together mew should now have something that looks like this! 

OMC, IT'S FLUFFING EPICALLY EPIC! MOL

Talk about an ALL-IN-ONE solution for snoozing, playing and recreational nip activities; this is beyond purrfection, and let's see who loved it the best! MOL

Well, we think the photo speaks for itself, everypawdy loved it!

Cute Mini Pumpkin Trimmed Halloween Bandanas

What mew will need:

Fabric - we used cat-themed Halloween fat quarters

Mini pom pom trim in orange

Cotton thread; orange and colours to match your fabric

Quick-release collar safety collar

1. This is our fabric; isn't it epic?

2. Cut a triangle-shaped pattern with a straight edge at the top on the sides - this is for the collar to go through. Our pattern dimensions are: 9.5" across the top edge, and from the top to the point at the bottom, it's 4.5", including a 0.5" seam allowance.

3. Cut 2 pieces of each fabric.

4.  Fold over and sew a small straight edge with a zigzag stitch. Repeat on all other pieces of fabric, so in our case, we stitched 8 x edges.

5. & 6.  Place the right sides together and stitch from the bottom of the zigzag seam to the pointy bit, then back up the other side, finishing at the zigzag stitching. Then sew across the straight top edge, leaving a small gap to turn right sides out, as it would be rather fiddly to try and turn it right side out where the collar holes are.

7. Turn right sides out and press.

8. Mew should now have something that looks like this.

9. & 10. Take your pom pom trim and sew it around the bottom edge. 

11. Topstitch across the top straight edge to finish off the seam.

12.  Thread your collars through the holes, and mew should now have at least one mega, funky bandana like this.

Don't Fudge and Melvyn look epically EPIC?

**SAFETY NOTE**

Never leave your cat alone wearing a bandanna or clothes of any description.

Easy Peasy Pumpkin Collar 

What mew will need:

1 x collar - quick-release safety type is our fav

Some orange pom poms, approx 1"in  size

  

 Non-toxic glue and/or glue gun

1.  Lay the collar out and see how many pom poms are required.

2.  Start glueing pom-poms onto the collar.

 3.  Continue glueing, leaving the clasp area free.

4. It should now look like an oversized orange caterpillar! MOL

Find a willing kitty model and voila, one pumpkin collar, looking epically epic on our very own Parsley, who was the purrfect choice to wear this fun creation.

Doesn't Parsley look SPOOKTACULAR?

**SAFETY NOTE**

Periodically check for loose pom poms, and don't leave your kitty unattended while wearing them.

And that epic furiends sadly brings us to the end of our third Halloween Rerun. 

We do hope mew liked it, and we'll be back tomorrow with another supurr selfies post!

Until then....

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

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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