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 9:57 am
great green idea! Kito and Mitla would have a blast kicking around these darn socks – bet these mice will scurry nicely across the wood floors!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:57 am
So cute! My cat would love to sink her teeth into those…
November 10th, 2009 at 9:58 am
I love non-wasteful ingenuity!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:59 am
This is a great way to recycle and reuse! I love it! I think my cat Noodles would love it also!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:01 am
These are too cute!!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:02 am
keep the paws warm
November 10th, 2009 at 10:02 am
A perfect holiday gift for my eco-conscious cats.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Sweet! My kitties would love to play with more socks!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:04 am
these are great toys…would love to win…
November 10th, 2009 at 10:06 am
These are adorable, and I love that they are recycled.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Those look like fun! I bet the baby would enjoy them, too.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Very cute. My cats would love them!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:09 am
3 blind Mice! Please!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:10 am
what a great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:10 am
I luv these Marvelous Melissa cat toys! Mice and darn!socks are SO cute! I luv that they are recycled – what a genious idea
i know faith & rocky would LUV some of these toys. Anything that is soft and has cat nip will keep them entertained for a long time – would luv to treat the kitties to these super cute toys!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:10 am
What a fabulous way to reuse old sweaters and socks! Ianto would love these mice.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:10 am
holy socks Catman!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:13 am
How cute! I really SHOULD do this kind of thing myself… Sigh…
November 10th, 2009 at 10:14 am
awesome toys! lets hope Ii’m one of the 5 winners!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:14 am
I think these would be purrfect for my cats. Great size and portabilty, easy to bat around and chase. Won’t hurt my bare feet when I srep on ‘em in the dark. A clever recycling idea as well. So pick me! PLEASE!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:16 am
How cute!My new baby would love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:16 am
What a great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:17 am
My kitties would love three blind mice!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:18 am
These are so adorable! My kitten would love them.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:20 am
REALLY CUTE.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:24 am
These are adorable! What a great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Purrfect for our gang of 5. Great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:26 am
What a splendid idea! My cats go crazy for a good concept filled with ‘nip!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:28 am
These are just so ‘darn’ cute! My cats would love them!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:29 am
So cute! And here I use my old socks as rags! Great idea.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Those are adorable !
I have soooo many pairs of ols socks id have just thrown away .I might have to do this with them now…..
Awesome idea !
Xxoo
Missy
November 10th, 2009 at 10:31 am
cute faces!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Jo-Jo the Maine Coon says, “Please! Please–I want some!”
November 10th, 2009 at 10:32 am
These are too cute!!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Cute toys! Noodles says he wants to play with them.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:33 am
OMG! My kitty would go crazy for those toys.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:34 am
cute sockys!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:34 am
These are absolutely adorable! My cats would go crazy for them! I even want one for myself
November 10th, 2009 at 10:34 am
these toys are awesome!!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Too cute!! And incredibly clever! I know that my environmentally-conscious cat would adore these!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Me and my cats loves mice!!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:44 am
I would like to make these myself, but my kitties would try to ‘help’ too much. Very cute.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:44 am
ROFL…. socks!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:45 am
I’ve got a kitty that would love, love, lovey these mice! His sometimes get sucked up in the vacuum wand, so he’s always appreciative of new toys!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I have six cats who would absolutely adore either of these toys (although I suspect that they wouldn’t last long – I have a few who are firm believers in converting toys into millions of tiny shreds as quickly as possible.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Amazing! Great toys and recycled to boot! Thanks for a fabulous giveaway – again!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Love the Three Blind Mice! Kitties can’t have too many toys, can they???
November 10th, 2009 at 10:49 am
These are too cute!! My cats would love them!