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 9:08 am
What a cute way to recycle the old sweaters. Plus it looks like they’d be perfect to just throw in a container of catnip and refresh for kitty.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:08 am
cute! I just love moderncat!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:10 am
These sock toys are so cute. I don’t think my old holey socks would turn out such cute cat toys though. I love the idea of pistachio shells, for the extra crunch. Would never have thought of that!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Who said it ain’t easy being green? Great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Sewing patterns please!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:12 am
i love when people recycle and all the better if my cat benefits!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:13 am
What a great idea! I think I’ll try making some of these with my own sock and sweater scraps.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I love it! Very cute.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Very cute… sure my cats would love these.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
love them.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Those toys are seriously cute. I love upcycled goods!!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Great toys! Sebastian and Cordelia would love them x
November 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Wow! These are so cute and eco-friendly too. What a way to reuse, recycle and reduce!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
so cute! my little guy would take these and kick them under the stove and cry until i got them out for him again
November 10th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Awesome! Very innovative!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:19 am
i love these! i was making some from fabric scraps but i never thought about old socks. what a great idea.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:20 am
How cute!!!!! My kitcats would love them!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Awesome idea! If possible, everything I own would be recycled. Love this!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:21 am
My kitties go nuts for catnip mice!!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Very nice. And, you can color coordinate your toys!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 am
What adorable and useful toys! My cats say that they would love to have the “Three Blind Mice!!”
November 10th, 2009 at 9:24 am
great toys! darling to look at and politically correct to boot!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:27 am
verrrrrrrrrry cute! do you need donations?
November 10th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Adorable! My cats would love to win!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:30 am
How cute! Linus would love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:30 am
So cute! I can see my boys playing with them now
November 10th, 2009 at 9:31 am
How sweet!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:31 am
the sock thieves would be pleased <3
November 10th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I love that they’re recycled! and adorable too
November 10th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Panama and Lucy my cats would love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I like the three blind mice ones. The recycled idea is great. Plus they are cute — It is always nice to have attractive toys strewn around the apt!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:34 am
My fluffy black foster kitten, Vincent Price, would enjoy the mousey!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Great idea for those singles sock that come from the drier. Can the creator use some more socks? I have a lot of them. I’ve been using for pillow stuffing for my cats. De
November 10th, 2009 at 9:36 am
I’ve swtiched all our kitty toys to green – always wonderful to hear about new ones! I just love the Three Blind Mice!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Oh my goodness those are SO cute!! What a darling idea to use fabric scraps and holey socks to make toys!! My kitties love my socks and put holes in them, I bet they would love toys made out of already holey socks!!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Who’s the gorgeous tabby? Love the toys, but that kitty is eye candy! Seriously, I love the idea and look of the mice. (Kush already likes to bite my toes so I worry about further encouraging him with sock toys.)
November 10th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Adorable toys, but also toys with a conscience! Can’t beat that. I’m in love with the 3 blind mice myself!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:40 am
oh my! i can’t imagine how many different places I’d find these if my kitties got a hold of them!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:40 am
how stinking cute! wonder if she accepts donations of holey socks and sweaters?
November 10th, 2009 at 9:41 am
These toys are very cool & useful. I just think they’re great for my cat.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:42 am
super cute!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Cute toys and it’s great to not throw more stuff into land fills.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:44 am
What a wonderful idea! They are very cute.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:45 am
I love that it’s recycled!!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:45 am
What great toys! I’m running off to favorite Melissa on etsy right now…
November 10th, 2009 at 9:46 am
So cute! And it’s cool that they’re all recycled. Go
November 10th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Oh my kitty would love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Very eco-friendly and cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Love the concept behind these. And cute, too!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Very green idea! My cats just love socks! I’m sure they’d love these toys too!