superkittencatnipmat

I was out on my Friday morning errands after dropping Eric at the bus. Today I had to go get Abigail and Eden some more food at the pet store and get some treats for the dogs who come avisiting. I picked out a big bag of mixed dog biscuits from the bulk biscuit area, which was fun and made me kind of want a cookie. I got the cans of cat food (buy 12 at once get 5% off--how can you pass that up?) and then was poking around looking for a fun toy for the kittens. All the catnip bananas and cigars and cherries just didn't have their usual pizazz. They have plenty of furry mice and pingpong balls... but then I saw the catnip play mats. It was purrfect! But $20!!! There was no way I was going to pay 20 bucks for a cloth mat I could make myself. So, I opted for the tub of organic catnip for 2 bucks and went on my merry way. When I got home I dug around in the craft bin and found some scraps of fun material (with a feather print on it!) and some muslin for the back and some cotton batting leftovers from former quilting projects. I cut out a good-sized rectangle of everything and then dumped the whole tub of catnip in between layers of the batting. Pinned it all in place. Sewed it. Yeah, I wish it was that simple... Try sewing something that contains a whole ounce of catnip with two kittens around. At one point I turned around and Eden had his whole head buried inside my sewing project while Abigail was burrowing into the batting like she was digging for treasure. In the end, I think it only took about an hour from start to finish... a golldang miracle in the land of katie-projects... They loved it! Now the kittens have had their fun and are taking a midday catnap.