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Title: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on June 10, 2007, 11:30:48 AM

I'm sure I saw something on here ages ago about saving up empty toilet rolls to make some sort of toy, I think it involved cardboad boxes aswell.  I don't think the actual design plans were on here but that someone had seen them on another website.

Any ideas?  I've been saving my toilet rolls to make them it as they love all things cardboard!

Title: Re: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: ems on June 10, 2007, 12:10:06 PM

Hi Helen,

What i do lacks any design i'm afraid!  :shy:

I stick a few treats (normally whiskas temptations) in the middle of a tube and roll it along the carpet. Nina loves it, cos they can smell the treats but snouts don't fit in the tube!

Keeps her quiet for a while!

I'm sure people have better ideas than that though!  ;D

Title: Re: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: karenjet on June 11, 2007, 13:19:38 PM

I'd love some ideas like that, too, Helen. My three have so much energy and love to play. Little toys like that I could make myself would be great ;D

Title: Re: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: Millys Mum on June 11, 2007, 16:40:41 PM

A4 sheet of paper put biscuits or catnip inside and screw it up, it has to be killed and ripped to eat its insides   ;D ;D

Title: Re: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on June 11, 2007, 16:50:24 PM

Quote from: Millys Mum on June 11, 2007, 16:40:41 PM

A4 sheet of paper put biscuits or catnip inside and screw it up, it has to be killed and ripped to eat its insides   ;D ;D

Oooh, the boys would LOVE that MM, I sometimes treat them to a sheet of scrunched up memo paper between them but they would love the idea of it having a treat inside  :evillaugh:

Title: Re: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: Ellie on June 12, 2007, 19:38:19 PM

One of the gang's favourite games is chase the hankie box  :sneaky:

Empty hankie box turned upside down with biscs inside, shake on the floor and watch them zapp it around the room  trying to get them out :evillaugh:

Title: Re: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on June 12, 2007, 20:16:05 PM

Thanks Ellie, will empty the tissues and give it a go  ;D

I made the boys their very own 'Kardboard Kitty Kingdom' yesterday, I bought a cardboard cat carrier a year or so ago when I was trying to catch a stray, I never used it as I found OB a home with a friend who had her own carrier... Anyway,  I cut holes for the toilet roll tubes, made a tunnel entrance with an Amazon box and cut the faces out from the dog and cat picture on either side to create peep holes for them.  In the second pic that is Lucas' head protruding from the hole on the side  :evillaugh:

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Title: Re: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: emzbubble on June 12, 2007, 21:08:28 PM

Wow! That looks awesome and such fun! I think i'll be saving my cardboard boxes and loo rolls now :)

Title: Re: Making toy out of empty toilet rolls / cardboard box???
Post by: CurlyCatz on June 13, 2007, 12:41:11 PM

spot "miss blue peter"

 :evillaugh:

looks great helen well done  ;D