Remembering Our Furry Friends

It's winter time here in the United States. The temperatures are frigid and there is ice everywhere. I thought it would be a great time to think about animals outside who have no home and our wildlife.

Today on the news there was a woman from the SPCA and she had a great tip for stray cats. She took a Styrofoam cooler and cut a hole in the base. She filled the bottom with some shredded papers and put a brick on top so it wouldn't blow away. She said don't put blankets because they freeze and become hard.


Another idea is feeding the birds. My daughter and I used to make bird feeders. Even though I posted this before I think it's worth mentioning due to the frigid temps. 

BIRD FEEDERS

 As well as pine cone,peanut butter feeders

PINE CONE/PEANUT BUTTER FEEDERS

If you have pets please bring them inside.

Black Cat Party Favor

Here's an adorable black cat favor basket that I found online at allcrafts. What a cute idea and it could be used for trick or treating as well as a party.

Here's what you will need--

*Nut cup or tiny basket
*Black chenille stem
*1" black pom-pom
*Moving eyes
*5mm pink pom-pom for nose
*Heavy thread for whiskers
*Black felt for ears
Directions--Cut chenille stem into two 3-1/4" pieces for legs and one 6" piece for back and tail. Bend two small pieces for the legs into half circles. Hot glue each to cup, front and back, with 'feet' about 1" apart. (They will look like handles.) Wrap the long piece of chenille stem around the top of the legs to form the back and tail. Glue pom-pom in place, cut small triangle ears out of black felt and glue onto pom-pom head. Glue on eyes, whiskers and nose.

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