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 10th, 2009 at 7:12 am
What a fabulous idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:12 am
cool! thanks for the chance to win.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:13 am
What a great idea! Not to mention the mice are adorable too. My cats would love them.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:13 am
These are adorable! I think my little furry boys would love playing with them.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
These are so cute! What a creative idea….Bowser would love them!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Super cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Oh my goodness! How precious! I love the three blind mice!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
They look great! Ours would love them.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
I love the darn!socks! Not only are the toys too cute for words but the name is awesome, too!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
How Wonderful! I sure hope I win–the kitties will love this!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
What a great idea! Thanks for having a giveaway!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
what an awesome idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Love these! They are super cute and great for the environment. My cat would love them too!♥
November 10th, 2009 at 7:15 am
My playful three little girl-cats would love to chase these around. They can never get enough play time.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:15 am
These would make ideal kitty stocking stuffers!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:15 am
What an original idea!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:15 am
These are great, hope I win.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Absolutely adorable! My kitties would love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:16 am
The darn socks would be wonderful. What a wonderful use of recycled products!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:16 am
What a great idea! My girls would love some holey mice.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:17 am
This a great idea and really cute! Earlier this morning my Persian was batting around a piece of paper in the kitchen for about an hour! Proof that anything can be made into a delightful toy! These mice,of course. are much cuter! Great “Green” recycling idea.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Very, very cute! What a great idea! My cats love to carry around small toys like those.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Our 2 cats would love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Oh they are so cute, I’d love to win
November 10th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Oh my. My furbabies would absolutly go nuts for either toy. I just love them and my babies would love them even more. Many thanks for the chance to win one.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:19 am
So cute, and smart too!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:19 am
What a marvelous idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:20 am
what a great idea! My 3 cats would love these, as they are very eco-conscious.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Great idea! I have a cat who loves to steal my knitting and race around. She would love these.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:21 am
What a great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:21 am
What Marvellous idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:21 am
what a great idea! would that I had the skill to do that with my own old socks and sweaters. our three kitties would love them!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:22 am
so adorable. my cat & i would love to have a few of these mice.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Wonderful, lets be green and keep our cats happy!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:23 am
How cute! Two of my cat’s favorite things: sweaters and mice! I have been going to the thrift store to buy him sweaters. If I were talented and crafty, I would make these for him. Alas, I’ll leave it to the professionals.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:23 am
So clever! Marlin,Jonesey and Brodie would love to play with them!!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Eco-friendly AND cute! I’m sold!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:23 am
those are so cute! I one kitty would love these (the other would look on with disdain)
November 10th, 2009 at 7:23 am
what a great idea………..I believe in recycling just
about everything. The cats/kittens would love them
November 10th, 2009 at 7:23 am
My cat would be absolutely thrilled to get this one
November 10th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Another so simple, but genius idea! The mice are CUTE!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:24 am
They are so cute & such a neat idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:24 am
What a genius idea! I love what they are made out of!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:25 am
What cute toys. I can picture my cats playing with them.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:25 am
You were right! As soon as my cats read about these socks, they were asking for one (five, really). I love the idea of recycling and lowering our impact on the environment.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
OMG!! I LOVE THESE!!! MY KITTIES WOULD LOVE THESE!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
So cute! Just like kids, stuff you find around the house works better that fancy toys…
November 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
I know exactly which end of which sofa the cats will stash these cute little mice.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
How cute and what a good idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Gracie would love one!