Scrap cat toys

Having a kitten means coming up with ways to distract the kitten, usually from getting into trouble. He thought my Cricut cutter was quite fascinating, so to keep him out of the mechanisms, I made toys from the cutting scraps.

Thin cut strip of paper and a pencil
Tightly wrap the paper in a spiral around the pencil
Resulting paper coil
Thor in awe

We have the plastic springs, which he loves, commercially produced balls, some he likes some he doesn’t, and some small stuffed toys, but we have an army of little balls of paper and paper towels all over the floor. A distracted cat makes for a happy family.