What moderncat doesn’t love a nice homemade toy that helps reduce the impact on the landfill? Well, as soon as your cat reads this, he’ll be asking you for one of these toys from Etsy seller Marvelous Melissa. She makes two different kinds of eco-friendly cats toys: Three Blind Mice and darn!socks, both of which are extremely popular with the eco-conscious feline crowd.
Three Blind Mice are made with felted scraps of old wool sweaters rolled into little mice with organic catnip inside. Perfect for carrying and batting around. Darn!Socks are made from holey old socks, bound for the trash, but instead reincarnated as adorable mice, just the right size for bunny kicking. These guys are filled with organic catnip, a bit of recycled crinkly plastic, a few pistachio shells (for a good crunch), and recycled wool sweater lint. It doesn’t get any more eco-friendly than that!
Enter to Win! Bonus Giveaway, Five Winners, Winner’s Choice!
Marvelous Melissa is offering five winners each their choice of either a set of Three Blind Mice or a darn!socks cat toy. Please leave a comment on this post to enter. The five winners will be chosen in a random drawing on November 17 and notified via email. One entry per person. This giveaway is open to readers everywhere. Now that’s marvelous!
November 9th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
what a cute idea!!! my kitties would love these to death
November 9th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Our cats love their darn sock mice. It was a pleasure doing business with Melissa.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Oh boy, more toys!!! Meooow!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:03 am
very cute. The mice are adorable.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:39 am
Ooh! I love creative ideas like this one! Who doesn’t have a holey sock lying around?
November 10th, 2009 at 12:40 am
My cat would LOVE those! I hope I win!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:45 am
so cute my babies would love to play with these, maybe they can leave my socks alone hehe!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:56 am
My Cat would love this.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:56 am
They’re so cute !!
November 10th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Cute and ecofriendly, Winston’s would love these.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Great creative use for scraps!
November 10th, 2009 at 3:30 am
these toys are adorable!
November 10th, 2009 at 3:58 am
These ae the cutest!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 4:23 am
These are adorable! I especially love the addition of recycled crinkly plastic and pistachio shells to the darn!socks.
Love the line “just the right size for bunny kicking” hehe
I’d love to win one of these!
November 10th, 2009 at 4:26 am
We’d love to win!
November 10th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Too cute.
We found this stuff kitten the other day. I brought it home to see if the cats would like it. They’re very interested in sniffing it. I guess it’s a little too big for them (even our maine coon).
November 10th, 2009 at 4:58 am
Cool! I love the recycled concept
November 10th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Awww, how adorable!! My cats love it when I use old knee-high pantyhose, twisted up into tiny little balls. They bounce pretty well and the cats end up throwing them around the house, haha.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Now, THOSE are muy cool! I like the idea of using pistachio shells for crunchability.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:28 am
I love making new things from old scraps and using pistacio shells for filler is a great idea. my kitty would love the mice, but the socks look kind of big for her, she likes her toys small. or maybe she just likes small toys so i have to spend more time crawling around the floor, looking under everything, trying to find them.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:35 am
What a great idea. And cute, too!
November 10th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Those are so cool! And I love that they are recycled!
November 10th, 2009 at 6:07 am
That is so clever and super cute. My cat is a fiend for catnip mice.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Very cute toys!!
November 10th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Love the recycling!
November 10th, 2009 at 6:30 am
These are so cute! I bet my cats would love them. I like the idea of pistachio shells inside.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:38 am
What a cute idea! My kitty would love them
November 10th, 2009 at 6:50 am
OMG! Darn!Socks look totally awesome!
November 10th, 2009 at 6:52 am
I’m glad they have the crinkle and pistachio shells in them. My cat Sweetie will only play with pice and small toys that make noise.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:55 am
How adorable! I especially love the darn!socks, they’re too cute.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:07 am
I love the darn!socks. First, what a great name
But I like that they have a little “texture” to them – what a great idea to put pastachio shells in to give the toy a little something extra!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:07 am
these are SO cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:08 am
so cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:08 am
What a great idea!!
And they look so cute!
Hopefully the socks didn’t belong to somebody with smelly feet!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Wow! That’s so purrfect!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:09 am
These are an absolute hoot. They are so cute and what a good idea. My Kiki would love them!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Well if those aren’t the cutest things! I love that they’re so earth friendly. Keep up the good work on the excellent finds!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:10 am
okay will try again, something like 0 for 103 now, seem to many people here now to make it worth it these days
November 10th, 2009 at 7:10 am
What a great idea. Very cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Those look great. Eco-friendlyness is even greater!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:10 am
What a charming idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:10 am
what a great way to recycle old socks! the kitties will enjoy a good play session with these.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:10 am
My 4 kitties would absolutely love to play with these
November 10th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Oooo-I know someone who loves to bunny kick! These are a great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:11 am
I would love to win these. My kitties would be thrilled!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:11 am
these would be a great replacement for the old furry ones my cats play with now. they have missing tails and their eyes are starting to come off…….a hazard to my furry babies.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Omigosh! These are super adorable! I luff them! >^..^<
November 10th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Cool!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:12 am
These are so cute, and I think they would be fun to play with!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:12 am
These sound lovely – in particular the bunny kick-able socks.
I’d love to win a set.