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This is a lazy junk creation. I don’t just mean lazy in the sense that I didn’t have to use glue or scissors, but I was too lazy to get up and play with my cat.

So, there I was in my red recliner with a J Jill catalog I didn’t want. And there was kitty sitting in the floor whining for attention.

I started tearing out pages, one by one. I wadded them up and threw them across the room for my cat, Choco. He loved it. He even managed to catch a few between his paws.

After the entire magazine was lying on the floor in wads, I realized the fun just didn’t have to stop there.

Harnessing Catalog Pages as Free Cat Toys or Beds:

1. Let the catalog wads sit in the floor for a while. Cats love to rest on top of paper. Free cat bed!

2. Put the paper wads in your cat’s carrier. This creates something like those magical ball things kids like to jump around in. This can also be done with a crinkle sack.

3. When finished with #2, turn the carrier up and dump the paper over your cat.

4. Put the catalog wads in a shoe box, and let kitty dig around. Cats always think there’s something hiding. (Add a toy mouse as a bonus.)

5. Leave the paper inside the shoe box as a mattress for kitty’s cat bed and blanket. I’ve tried cat beds from the pet store. Choco prefers his shoe box.

6. Scoop up the catalog wads and save them for another day. I stored mine in a reusable shopping bag. If you take them away, kitty will be more interested on their return. Plus, it’s difficult to vacuum with paper in the floor.

7. And there’s the original fun of letting you cat try to catch the catalog wads as you throw them. Plus, if your cat’s anything like mine, he enjoys perching atop high places while you throw things for him to catch. For Choco, this means getting on top of the media cabinet.

8. Finally, when paper gets worn, just throw it in the recycling bin.

Are you going to try catalog page wads as cat toys?

Images by me with Choco participating as a willing model. No cat was forced to play for this post.

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