I’ve been reading Jackson Galaxy and Kate Benjamin’s Catification book and just love the ideas it’s given me for my multi-cat household to have some play areas without looking like a cat lady. Today I decided to try something using some of the ideas I found. I didn’t really have a plan, just wanted a small project using a concrete foam board wrapped in sisal. I knew I’d need to line it with something, so decided to use an old pair of jeans that I had set aside for sewing projects. The cats love our jeans, so I thought it’d work perfectly.

This was a simple, short craft project. I love crafts! In one short afternoon, here’s what I came up with:

Tools: scissors, concrete foam board, sisal rope, and hot glue gun.

Note: this was the only glue gun I had, but I’d recommend using a larger one! My hands were cramping after this project, and this mini glue gun was a slow and agonizing process.

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The sisal rope wasn’t long enough, but I had more. I decided I didn’t want the whole project in sisal, so I decided to use old jeans.
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I lined the inside with the jeans, cutting out and pasting one of the pockets inside for a little extra hidey holes for cat play. We’ll see how that works out.
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One end was lined with denim, but the other end needed something. I used feather fabric, which was an idea from the Catification book.
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The final project!

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It’s easy to do your own catification diy! Since I’m still in the process of remodeling my house, I hope this simple project will find a place in my new, planned cat area.