I make lots of toys for my crew that are very simple! I stuff fleece scraps inside the large whiffle balls and hang them with plastic chain and I also thread straws or feathers in there too. I have frisbees with holes punched at 3 spots and hang it with plastic chain and then add a fleece blankie. They use it as a landing pad or a jump off point and even sometimes are happy to spin around on it! Then I have the busy bridge which is just landware cloth with fleece strips woven thru it. It hangs with plastic chain and can have all kinds of things attaced to it, like monkeys, bells, straws, feathers, mini mugs, baby keys, etc.
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#903607 02/07/1001:17 PM02/07/1001:17 PM
I have made a few toys some I hate to make anymore and some I really enjoy. Here are a few my new Ting tang toy, My Nest pouch/toy, my Rasta Pasta pouch/toy, Funtastic Fountain, and my toy I used to make the bopsey won ton.
Tracy
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#903660 02/07/1003:02 PM02/07/1003:02 PM
I made the frame out of the pvc mesh hardware cloth. I then covered it in fleece. It stays standing up because I have two zip ties connecting the 'trunk' to the grill at the bottom of the cage. The photo is the tree sitting on my end table in the living room.
Patricia! AWESOME! I love the instructions on your flower shot glass! I'm so going to try that.
Tracy, I totally know what you mean about "some I hate to make anymore and some I really enjoy". I TOTALLY hate making some of my toys. I'd feel bad if I stopped and some poor glider didn't get one though. LOL
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Originally Posted By: Sabrina
It's really not fair for you to post pictures of the things that you make, Amanda. You just come up with super cute things all the time at the drop of a hat and then post pictures and make me want to buy them all Cheater...lol
Me too!!! I was thinking the very exact same thing. I wonder what she would let go? Hmmm...I love the snail thingy...
Hey now, I'll have you know it's not at the drop of a hat. It's more like -crochet crochet- -toss in trash- -crochet crochet- -trash again- -crochet crochet- OOH! That one turned out!
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#903685 02/07/1004:08 PM02/07/1004:08 PM
LOL you guys are too funny. And Connie those toys with the bowl those things are awesome and huge! I can see those balls everywhere.
I LOVE the sound of the ballpits at night. Those little wiffle balls dinking off each other and the gliders chirping when they find the hidden mealies!
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#903710 02/07/1004:46 PM02/07/1004:46 PM
Each cage has to have two things. A wheel and a ball pit. Absolutely a have to! You would not believe how many times I catch them sleeping in their ball pits!
The big dishes with balls were amazing simple to make! A big bowl from Dollar tree, straws, beads, craftlace and balls!
I like to cut tiny squares of fleece (like 1" x 1") to put into the ballpits to give them something to cuddle with when they do sleep in there. LOL it's like confetti!
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#903713 02/07/1004:54 PM02/07/1004:54 PM
Connie, your second pic down with the set of 3 wavy, green bowls - I love it! I saw that set when I was shopping on Saturday and said to Chelsea "I bet someone could make a really cute toy out of these, but I don't know what to do with them." Now I'm wishing I'd bought them!
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#903931 02/08/1002:10 AM02/08/1002:10 AM
Amanda, I haven't picked up a crochet hook in years! LOL! Looking at your awesome toys tempts me to get back into the habit. Are the crochet toys safe for the gliders? They won't get stuck in the "holes"? Do you use a specific yarn?
**I am full of questions**
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#904005 02/08/1006:55 AM02/08/1006:55 AM
Crocheted toys are made with fleece that's been cut into strips. I don't know how wide the strips are that Amanda uses for her toys. I have to say, all I can do is a basic "daisy chain", and I love the effect it gives to the toys I make. But Amanda took the basic concept and took it to AMAZING heights I have some of her toys - recently she made a squirrel pouch for my gliders that is just incredible!!! They are all definitely glider safe! The fleece is so tightly crocheted that you don't have holes for them to get their feet caught in
These are so awsome! keep them going Im ususally good at making toys n tuff for the fuzzie babies but since we no longer have ferrets I have drawn a compleate blank on what to do for my suggies! My honey just got me a sewing machine yesterday and Im so looking forward to using it !!! Guess since Im sick and at home I can get to working on something new and fun for them!! wahoo! Georgia