Cat castles 20 cardboard habitats you can build yourself

Carin Oliver

Book - 2016

"This DIY construction guide includes fun and easy instructions for making cardboard trains, ships, food trucks, rockets and other hideouts. Also included are tips for climbing towers and scratching pads that they'll use to stay sharp. All twenty projects are quick to assemble and require inexpensive and easy-to-find materials. You can customize them to match your cat's wildest desires!" --

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Published
Philadelphia : Quirk Books 2016.
Language
English
Main Author
Carin Oliver (author)
Physical Description
96 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781594749414
  • Introduction. Tools and materials ; Basic techniques
  • Projects. Castle ; Airplane ; Cat headquarters ; Food truck ; Round scratching pad ; Pirate ship ; Pyramid ; Cat canopy ; Nap tubes ; Couch ; Entertainment center ; House ; Rocket ; Hanging scratching pad ; Pleated tunnel ; Locomotive ; Geo pod ; Stepped condo ; Scrap scratching post ; Submarine
  • Meet the models.
Review by Booklist Review

Cats love cardboard boxes, so why not use them to create a fun space shaped like a miniature sofa, a food truck, a rocket, a pyramid, a submarine? Twenty possibilities are featured here, including not just hideouts but also scratching objects and a geometric pleated tunnel. Readers are encouraged to make these DIY projects to reuse materials, to capitalize on the feline fondness for boxes, and to customize their creations specifically for each cat's individual personality. Most projects have fewer than a dozen steps and should take no more than an hour or two. Several varieties of cardboard as well as sisal rope, wooden dowels, and plywood are used, put together primarily with nontoxic hot glue. The required tools will be in most home workshops already and include a long ruler, measuring tape, utility knife, hot glue gun, scissors, pliers, and electric drill. Techniques to make each item are outlined, and each step of every project is illustrated by a sketch. Cat lovers will also enjoy the meet the models section.--Heidemann, Anne Copyright 2016 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.