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NATIONAL CRAFTS FOR YOUR SHELTERS DAY
It's National Crafting for Your Shelters Day, and we thought we'd do something a bit different.
Mew can use this idea to offer a nommable treat to kitties in shelters, who may be in need of a little grass therapy! MOL
As we love to upcycle, recycle and re-purpose items here at BBHQ, today's project can be made purretty much without having to buy anything in.
SO LET'S CRAFT ON
Are mew bored silly with horrendously dull and uninspiring pots to grow your cat grass in? Us too, so we decided to funk things up a bit, and this is what we came up with.
Plastic tubs
Jazzy paper
Laminator + pockets
Flower embellishments
Glue non-toxic
Scissors or craft knife**
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Let's Begin
1. We recycled/repurrposed two plastic tubs, these were ideal, the P.A. said the chocolates were purretty nommable too! MOL And the lids make purrfect plant pot trays/dishes too.
2. Next, we put some holes in the bottom - we used a bradawl tool, a small craft hammer and placed the tub bottom-down on a piece of flat wood to protect the table before punching the holes through.
3. This is our holographic jazzy paper, we chose pink and red.
4. & 5. Place jazzy paper in laminating pouches and laminate. This step isn't necessary but we found when watering the pots can get wet, and the laminated paper is more robust.
6. We measured the depth and circumference of the tub and cut laminated paper to size.
7. Glue the laminated paper to the tubs.
8. Get oodles of fun embellishments.
9. Decorate the tub.
And now we have some epically funky grass pots! MOL
Growing Some Nibbles
What We Used:
Organic compost
Gravel
Cat grass seeds
A sunny windowsill or warm location
1. Put some stones/gravel in the bottom, this will assist drainage, and the extra weight will help prevent the pot from tipping over during effervescent grass nomming sessions.
2. Add organic compost and fill to 2/3 full.
3. Sprinkle in cat grass seeds.
4. Top up with more compost. Don't fill it right to the top, leave space for watering.
5. Water and place in a warm spot. A sunny windowsill is ideal, mew can also cover with clingfilm to speed up germination. As it's the summer we just leave ours in the potting shed where it's nice and toasty.
6. Keep watering or spritzing with a spray bottle daily; a few days later, it should look like this.
7. The red pot was a little slower growing than the pink one, but it soon caught up.
8. Ready to NOM!
9. We use all kinds of little plastic tubs to grow cat grass in at BBHQ; small ice cream tubs, ready meal containers, yoghurt pots etc... just give them a good clean furst.
What's this got to do with Crafting For Your Shelters Day we hear mew ask?
Well, fluffy furiends mew could grow several little pots of cat grass to take to your local shelter, and we're sure the kitties there would love some fresh noms. And mew could use plain tubs or plastic pots, no need to decorate.
To see a more in-depth tutorial on growing cat grass, visit our Gardening with Cats post.
Watch the video
See what Melvyn and Fudge thought...
...or watch direct on YouTube.
We think that was a hit and such a stylish way to NOM your greens! MOL
And that furiends furry sadly brings us to the end of today's post, though we'll be back on the morrow with how to make a Mini Cardboard Scratcher, so we do hope you can join us, until then...
And that furiends furry sadly brings us to the end of today's post, though we'll be back on the morrow with how to make a Mini Cardboard Scratcher, so we do hope you can join us, until then...
Keep calm and craft on
Epically crafty purrs
Wing Commander Basil & The B Team
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