My Cat is a Bus

I know it’s valentines day and everything;BUT look at how AWESOME this costume is for next Halloween!

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Happy Halloween presenting my cat, Yun Yun as the Catbus! This year’s costume is from Miyazaki’s animated film My Neighbor Totoro. It is a classic children film about two sisters’ discovery of magical creatures and the adventures they have together. Definitely a CUTE movie … just like my kitties:) So I’m excited to dress up my cats as the Catbus and Totoro. They have the perfect resemblance and spirit of these characters.

Making the costumes was the most fun and I’m happy it turned out so well. I know dressing Bumbe as Totoro will be simple. He is already fat and grey. So I just plucked a leaf, taped it to his head and done! For the Catbus costume, I had to cut out felt fabric and cardboard, added extra legs, sewn and hot glued everything together. Plus the little mice with sparkly eyes act as headlights…

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AWESOME TP Roll treat toy

I don’t know about you guys, but does anyone save TP rolls for unplanned crafts, or in case of an emergency?

Cause I totally do, and have recently found great ways to use them to entertain Cheeto! I decided to make her this awesome TP roll cat treat toy. It makes noise from the treats, and is a very easy puzzle for any cat!

Supplies needed:

• 1 TP roll
• Assortment of markers
• Treats

How to:

1. First fold in one side of the TP roll on top in half so to make a crescent shape, it should be kinda pointy.
2. Do that to both sides, you’re making the cat ears
3. Take your markers and start decorating the blank TP roll! I made mine a cat too, but you can make anything you want
4. Fold the bottom on the TP the same way as you first did, but this time leave a bigger gap so the cat can smell the treats, and get them out by pawing at it.

Cat TP Roll Toy!

Cheebie really likes this toy, it always keeps her on her feet and using her brain.  This toy is probably the cheapest, easiest, and best way to keep your cat entertained!

Reflection of DIY cat experience

I originally started this blog as a project for my Fundamentals of Digital and Online Media class. I have little blogging skills of my own, beside Xanga, and Live Journal. Having made this blog and updating consecutively has helped me grow as a blogger. I find myself thinking from a different perspective, as I have become more focused on the content, instead of just talking about what I like and my experience; I want my readers to feel as though they are trying everything with me.

Just me promoting my WP blog on Instagram and Facebook.

 I have come out of my shell and have been promoting my blog on Facebook, and Instagram. Since I am so proud of all the things included in my blog it makes it easier to promote and try to get more people to check it out. Before being pushed to create a blog I was never able to pick something of interest and write about it for more than a day.

I used to make a lot of videos at home with friends, about nothing, but after making D.I.Y. informational videos, I found that I really enjoy shooting, and editing them with my own spin. I didn’t not like using Storify, although it was supposed to enhance and bring another aspect to my blog, I felt as though it was lacking personalization. Having to make more videos would be a great way to have everyone use their creativity to the fullest, and after using many other outlets to tap my thoughts and ideas I feel as  though it is the best, and most open ended.

I have learned throughout this project that  using social media is one of the most important things any business can do. It’s the fact that they’re reaching out to their customer base and showing that they care, as well as rewarding those who follow certain companies by being the first in the know for certain coupons, and deals.

All in all I have really enjoyed creating the blog content, using different social media outlets, and most of all making treats for my sweet Cheebie cat. I hope to keep updating and become an even better blogger.

6 New Ways to Pet Your Cat!

Before Cheeto Pants came into my life, I had little to no interaction with cats at all. Every once in a while a friend had a cat, and I genuinely wouldn’t how to properly pet the cat, because I was so used to petting dogs, and that’s a whole different game. Since I am not classically trained on how to pet cats, after much experimentation with Cheebie and many scratches later I came up with the BEST, and WORST cat pets. Try with your own cat if you dare!

4 Ingredient Cat Treats!

Cheebie has a sensitive tummy and usually has problems with overly processed snacks and food. I stumbled on this recipe for simple treats, especially good for sensitive cats. She loves them! I highly suggest these to cat owners because you know exactly what is inside the treats. Beware of stinky fish!

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I just wanted to take some time to show everyone how available resources are so that anyone could be making cost efficient toys for their awesome well deserving cat! There are many options, and different sites off a different skill level required, and I just wated to remind everyone, you are not alone in your cheap cat toy making quest!

Sock fish toy!

I have tons of socks that got washed and then somehow lost their mate! I didn’t have the heart to throw them away, so I usually will use them as my last resort socks. I have found a way to turn them into a cat toy so now they have a reason to be shown off!

Cost of this craft $0.00      Time spent making craft 5 minutes or less

Supplies needed:

• 1 Sock (preferable mismatched)
• Cat Nip
• Shoe lace or string
• cardboard tubing from hanger
• Scissors

DIRECTIONS:

1. 

   Filling the toe of the sock with the Cat Nip. Use enough to make the toe have a ball of Cat Nip inside.

2. 

   to make it easier you should roll the sock down to the toe and start filling, you don’t have to use a spoon

3. 

   shake all the Cat Nip to the toe of the sock and tie a tight regular knot in the middle.

4. 

   Now you can decorate if you want to by adding eyes and stuff. You will also need your shoe lace now.

5. 

   You are going to tie a knot around the knot in the middle of your fish

6. 

   Now all that’s left is to attach the fish sock onto the cardboard tubing. Using the scissors make a hole in the cardboard tubing and thread the string through from the sock fish

    

7. 

   ENJOY!

    

catAPPstrophy

How many times have you gone on a trip and left your cat home alone with enough food and water,and yet you still are wondering if your precious cat is doing well!? I know this has happened many times to me. I wasn’t even that far away (30 mins) or gone for an extended amount of days but I was still worried that I would come home to something bad. Maybe Cheeto ran out of water and is dehydrated! Maybe she broke something and is stepping on glass!! The possibilities are endless when worrying about your cat home alone!

So, I only have a “wouldn’t that be cool…” kind of idea. BUT WOULDN’T IT BE COOL if there was an app specifically for leaving your cat home alone. A kind of system that you are connected to that sends you updates about what is going on with your cat in your own house.

The app would be called Cat Scan, and would work maybe in conjunction with this already existing product, called Pet’s Eye View.

Pet’s Eye View camera. Photo gadget that takes up to 40 pictures a day from your pets point of view.

        The way this product works is by simply placing the digital camera on your pets collar and then just waiting for them to go on an adventure while the camera takes pictures. The only problem is that the Pet’s Eye View camera doesn’t send the pictures, as the owner must wait til the end of the day to take the camera off and upload the pictures themselves.

What I am proposing would be instead of a camera, a webcam that would be similar to the Pet’s Eye View but would work on your home Wifi network to take streaming video every hour or two (you could change the frequency for more or less) and the videos would be sent to Cat Scan app, and owners would be able to watch their cat from where ever they are. If something were to happen to the cat the owner could call a friend of family to check on the cat promptly.

Once the owner purchases the pet webcam the app would be free, and they would create an account with quick contact info and a viewer to watch the streaming video from home.

Just an idea. PATENT PENDING! hah

Here is roughly what the app icon would look like:

Here is the possible interface:

App interface. Showing the view from cats point of view. Emergency contacts, cats location, as, next update time, and how much food and water you left for your cat.

 

SUPER CHEEBIE!

Alright guys! As you may, or may not know HALLOWEEN is coming up! And I really want to laugh and hangout with Cheeto on Halloween in a little costume. I’ve been looking at some costumes when I go to the store but I keep running into the same problems: There are no cat costumes! or if by the rare chance I find one, it is way too expensive. Luckily the other day as I was cutting up one of my shirts I realized I had enough scrap pieces to make Cheebie a super hero CAPE! The craft is extremely easy to complete, and not complicated at all.

This costume will cost $0.00 and will take maybe 5-10 minutes to make.

Supplies needed:

• 1 shirt to cut up
• scissors
• assorted paints/markers to customize it
• patches or sewing stuff to customize

What you’re gonna do is:

• Cut your t-shirt in half vertically, and give yourself a little slack if just to be safe.
• Throw your smaller half of the shirt away, and open the larger half so it looks like a square poncho with a sleeve in the middle
• You’re going to want to cut some of the sleeve off , unless you want a hood for your cat. This is going to be the neckline for the cape.
• Now its time to cut out the cape shape from the shirt! And cut off any excess cloth near the sleeve.
• Now to decorate!

This is by far the easiest, quickest, and more importantly CHEAPEST cat craft there is for halloween!

Pompompompompom Cat Toy!

Sorry for the delay between posts, I have been busy skateboating. It’s a new sport I invented.

Here is the #1 top easiest thing anyone can make with ordinary household items that EVERYBODY has.

Total cost: $0.00

Items needed:

• 1 Standard hanger with cardboard tubing
• 1 T-Shirt that you don’t care about/can cut up
• 1 String/thread (The thicker the better)
• 1 Pair of scissors to cut stuff
• Paint, glitter, stickers… if ya want to be fancy (Optional)

The first thing you need to do is pull the metal out of the cardboard tube on the hanger. Then you’re going to get the scissors and put a little hole on one end of the cardboard tube. You’re going to want to make the hole about the size of a pencil eraser.

Grab your ugly T-Shirt (make sure it’s a cotton shirt) cut up the body of it horizontally to create several (maybe about 10) separate rings. Once you have your strips, stretch them as far as you can (use those muscles). Once you stretch them, they should curl up into themselves and become thinner and longer. Thread one of the rings of cloth through the hole on the end of the cardboard tube and then pull it through itself (watch the video if this doesn’t make sense) to secure it to the cardboard tube. Set the whole thing aside for now so we can construct the pom-pom.

The way you’re going to construct the pom-pom is take about 4-5 of your cloth strips from the shirt and loop them in your hands and pull them tightly so they start to curl into themselves. Fold the t-shirt strips in half twice, you’re going to want to make them very tight. Take your five inch piece of string, tie all of the cloth pieces together and knot the string to secure them. Leave 2-3 inches of slack on the string so you can tie it to the end of the cloth connected to the cardboard tube. Take your scissors and cut the loops off of the end of the pom-poms so everything is dangling freely. Tie the string to the end of the cloth connected to the cardboard tube. Tie the cloth in a knot around the string to fortify it against your cat’s razor sharp claws.

Here’s a how a how to vid!