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 7:26 am
How adorable! I can see my three kitties with these all over the house…..I would also give them as presents to my cat friends.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:30 am
What fun!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Manu will absolutely adore these!!!!!He is a crazy nail scratching ragdoll and he plays with nothing but mice!!!!We want them!!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:30 am
These are all just adorable!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:31 am
i love it!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:32 am
What a great idea ! My fur babies would love this
November 10th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Very cute! is she looking for donations of single lonely socks too?
November 10th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Love all reuse items! And the pistacio shells “for a good crunch”! What kitty wouldn’t love it!?!?
November 10th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Oh, now THAT is a terrific idea! We work hard in our home to make sure we recycle as much as possible. This makes so much sense!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Would like to win this for my cat.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:36 am
so cute – i hope i ‘randomly’ get picked!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:36 am
I love the idea of cat toys from recycled socks. My kits have a few and love them.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:37 am
How very cute and resourceful. Green cat toys. I really like the darn!socks cat toy. Cute little ears.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Now, that’s a good idea! Recycle the socks and have a cute toy!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:39 am
My cats love their toys and drag them out of their toy box every day for batting around. They especially love little cloth toys like this.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:39 am
What a wonderful idea- and so cute, too! My kitties would love the darn!socks- they need some new toys to bunny kick.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:40 am
We’d love to win these awesome toys!!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:42 am
these mice are so cute! i love that they are eco-friendly too.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:42 am
I love these little guys so will my kitties!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:42 am
cute cute cute! and winner’s choice, how exciting!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:42 am
these are so cute!! and very clever.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:43 am
These are ADORABLE. I love the Darn!Socks!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:43 am
So cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:43 am
really cute
November 10th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Aww very cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:45 am
So cute! My Sophie-kitty would love playing with all of them.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:45 am
These are adorable. My cat would love them!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:45 am
This is such a great idea, and how conscientious to use the material and recycle it into something that can truly be enjoyed! My boys will love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:45 am
I love recycling and my cats love catnip – these are perfect!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:46 am
I’m sure our new kitten (http://hollysissonphotography.com/blog/2009/11/04/few-more-of-alice/), Alice, would love one of these toys for herself!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Almost too cute to let my cats at them…..but I would
November 10th, 2009 at 7:47 am
OMG these are soooo cute and guilt free too!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am
These are so cute! Any cat would love playing with them!!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am
these are so cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Those are so adorable!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Absolutely adorable! My Bubba would love these.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:49 am
What a novel and cute idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:49 am
These are adorable and I know will be well-loved by my crew.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Otto loves socks!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:50 am
so cute!!!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:50 am
These are sooooo darn cute!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Those are so cute! What a good idea.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Those are the cutest mice I’ve ever seen!! Love them!!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:53 am
What an awesome idea, now our cats can be green, too! lol Wish I’d thought of marketing these, I’ve been going to make some mice for my cats from my old sweaters! Good luck!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:53 am
I just love the little mouse and my kitty would love to have one to play with.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:53 am
My two cats would love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Pick me! These are adorable
November 10th, 2009 at 7:54 am
socks please!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Major loves her knitted toys. She’ll enjoy these.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Such great ideas and I’m sure my girls would love them!