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Supurr Greetings Pawesome Pals
Thanks for joining us for Part 28 of our Crafting with Cats segment. Mew know we have so much fun making all these wonderpurr things for feline enrichment, and we hope mew enjoy seeing it and/or making it too!
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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This time we're making the pawesome
What We Used:
3 x cardboard boxes
2 x cardboard tubes
sisal rope
glue gun
sticky-back plastic
2 cable ties
scissors
fabric scraps for cushion + wadding + pom pom trim + sewing machine
plus some cute feline accessories for the desk
Optional Cat ~ Parsley was today's Craft Room Snoopervisor
Let's get started!
2. Using the largest box at the bottom of the pile, we opened up the flaps to increase the height and drew an opening.
3. & 4. Next, we cut out the opening and glued the loose flaps in place.
5. Then we used the top box to create the shelving unit for the back of the desk.
6. & 7. Cut all the flaps off and glue the two longer ones together.
8. This is what our desk looked like at this point.
9. - 12. Instead of painting, we found some white sticky-back plastic we had in stock, so we decided to use that to cover everything.
13. & 14. Place the box on sticky-back plastic. Trace around the box so mew have a template that looks like this.
15. Cut out leaving about a 1" or 2.5 cm extra allowance around the edge. Cut an exact replica, so mew now have two identical pieces.
16. This was the tricky part; covering the inside of the box first. It took a little time to manoeuvre everything into place, but our top tip is to leave the backing on the flaps while mew stick the bottom piece in place first, then do one flap at a time. And repeat for the outside of the box.
17. This is the finished shelf unit once the extra shelf was glued into place.
18. & 19. Next, we covered the desk inside and out.
20. This is how it looked after the shelf unit was glued at the back of the desk.
21. We used the middle box to make the chair.
22. We measured how high the seat needed to be, by offering it up against the desk.
23. We cut down the sides to the pen mark and then glued one of the cardboard tubes cut in half to provide extra support under the seat.
24. Next we folded and glued all the flaps in place until it looked like this, a cute little box chair. Then we covered it in sticky-back plastic.
25. & 26. We used the 2nd cardboard tube to make a scratch post for the back of the chair. This also makes the chair more stable. Just glue the rope around the tube.
27. Then, using the cable ties, we secured it to the chair at the top and at the base of the seat.
28. To make it a little prettier at the bottom, we made a little holder that the bottom of the scratch post is glued in to, stabilising it further. And here's the finished chair.
29. & 30. Parsley came to check on how things were going, and this is the final product.
31. Using some fabric scraps, we made a small cushion for the chair and trimmed it with pom poms, then used double-sided tape to stick it to the chair seat so it doesn't slip off.
32. We made a large woolly pom pom to stick on top of the scratch post to finish it off, and then added a few desk essentials such as; a jar of catnip, a green mouse and some feather wands, plus a few stationery items.
And voila, mew have the purrfect desk and workspace for your kitty.
If mew'd like to watch the creation of the desk and chair plus see what The B Team thought of their new furniture, just click play!
or watch direct on YouTube
We think The Work, Scratch 'n' Play Desk and Chair turned out epically epic and it's now in our BBHQ office for whenever anyone wants to write the blog or a book or two!
And that furiends furry sadly brings us to the end of our twenty-eighth Crafting with Cats post. We do hope mew liked it.
We'll be back with our usual Sunday Selfies post tomorrow, so do stop by to see what we have in store for mew this week, especially after Melvyn's run-in with a dinosaur last weekend! MOL And if mew missed Amber's latest book review, click here.
Epic crafty purrs
Wing Commander Basil & The B Team
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