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 10:49 am
My kitties love socks and sweaters! I always find them snuggling with them, so it would be totally fitting to get them sock and sweater toys.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:50 am
So flipping adorable!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:51 am
These are adorable! My cats (and dog) would love to play with these.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Absolutely Fabulous!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I love it! It’s such a good idea for scraps I have laying around and I know my cats will have a great time with them.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:54 am
fabulous! what a great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Schrodinger and Ophelia love socks!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:56 am
I love these…so would my cat.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Love the darn mice. Very cute.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Too, too cute. What a fantastic idea.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:58 am
ok. Those mice are adorable! So, so cute! Our boys would love them. To pieces.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Adorable! I would love some for my cat!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Haha that’s a really cute idea. Love one!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Really creative use for old clothes!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:01 am
recycled toys are cool
November 10th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Wonderful idea! This way my cats have their own socks!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:06 am
These are so cute, and I love that they are recycled! My kitties would have a great time with them!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:07 am
I would love to see Rudi Bunny Kick something eco-friendly!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Very creative!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
MOL! Those are adorable toys! And the look on the face of the adorable tabby-and-white model is PRICELESS! We hope we can win, but we know that whomever does win is going to be purrin’!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
What cute cat toys!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Too, too cute! What a fantastic idea.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:09 am
my human servant made me a catnip lizard and i broke it. these recycled mice look more sturdy for my jaws and paws!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:13 am
My kitten loves socks already, this just makes them that much more fun… adorable!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I want a mountain of darn!socks mice.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:16 am
My word, but this is a great idea, especially in a household with a cat who chews holes in socks and sweaters!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Maya loves fake mice! She is a feisty bunny kicker…….
November 10th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Great idea. The cats would love toys like these
November 10th, 2009 at 11:29 am
such a great idea! and any mouse my cat can get his paws on is a GOOD thing!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Adorable, environmentally friendly toys. Thanks for sharing them!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Adorable kitty toys!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Those are sooooo cute
November 10th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Yes please–David wants a new toy—and he wants it now! or someone’s gonna loose a shoe!!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:41 am
the lil mice are just adorable
November 10th, 2009 at 11:44 am
id love to win!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:45 am
all my cats want this! realy, realy want!!! I want this too!!! ^|^
November 10th, 2009 at 11:47 am
TOO CUTE! How clever some people can be! I’d love to bring these home to my little one.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:49 am
These cat toys are adorable!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:50 am
those are way too cute! I crochet most of my meeces for my cats, but I bet they would love those too
November 10th, 2009 at 11:54 am
me and my eco-friendly cats would love these!
November 10th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I love these cute little mice! And I know my boys will love them more!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
What an awesome idea (and great names, too)!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Pistachio shells? Thats a really good idea! My cats would love these!:)
November 10th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Wow lots of people want these toys and so do we. Our mom needs to learn how to put these terrific toys together. She has tons of holy socks. Anyway put our name down.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Ooh how cool–great idea to fill it with plastic and pistachio shells for noise too
November 10th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I love these, especially the 3 blind mice.
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November 10th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Our cats would love these. Maybe than they would leave our socks alone.
Hope we win. What a great idea!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
looks like fun!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
These are so adorable! My cats would love sticking their claws into these and throwing them around the room.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
cool cat toys