How to make a house for the cat with his own hands: the description of 4 projects

Homemade cat house should be as convenient and interesting for your pet

You do not know how to make a house for the cat with his own hands? Offers detailed instructions for four different projects that have already been successfully implemented.

Project №1: Playhouse

In a simple scheme the gaming house can be viewed with its major elements: a base, scratching, sleeping and lookout

Ready cat game set in the store is expensive. But individually necessary to buy materials for its production is relatively cheap. Suitable as a house it is best to cats other than increased playfulness.

We play houses there are special elements on which the cat is conveniently sharpen claws that help keep the rest of the furniture in the whole room

Necessary materials

For the manufacture of a small house with game elements you will need:

Photo	Title
	Plywood (fiberboard) 10 mm
	Round logs with a cross section of 120 mm
	Seating area made of steel the number of 20 pieces.
jute rope
	Glue without smell
	carpeting or any other upholstery

Upholstery recommend selected according to the preferences of your pet. To do this, Observe, where he loves the most relaxing, and use the same upholstery with trim cabin. Côte certainly appreciate this approach.

progress of work

Picture	Description
	Cut the plywood using the jigsaw: 3 rectangle with sides of 460 and 400 mm - the side walls and floor bed; 2 rectangles with sides of 380 mm 360 - end walls; In one of the smaller rectangular hole 200 mm in diameter - input.
	We are going to get boxes in a single container without a roof, connecting their seating area.
	Cut out upholstery fragments of the same size as those that were produced from wood-fiber plates. This can be done with a knife stationery.
	Ennoble upholstery material outer and inner container portion, using adhesive and a stapler.
	form the basis: Cut the plywood plate dimensions 800 by 600 mm; Drill 8 holes in it, as shown in the photo on the left, for the subsequent installation of the columns; Sheathe upholstery.
	saw logs so as to obtain two lengths of 1000 mm and 200 mm.
	create a scratching post: The edge of the rope is fixed on the edge of the softwood lumber; Coated with an adhesive surface of the timber; Swathes of his rope.
	wind likewise smaller column and then fasten them to the base with screws.
	Set the assembled bed a short pile and fix it to the rear portion side of a tall column.
	Cut a piece of plywood dimensions 500 by 400 mm to create the observation platform and fasten it with screws to the face of high piles.
	We invite cat get acquainted with the new housing.

By making the house for a cat with your own hands, you can further invest under the upholstery foam. This will make it much more comfortable.

The project №2: House out of the box

House made of cardboard - the cheapest housing option for your pet

House cat with your own hands can be done even from an ordinary cardboard box. The advantages of this option include:

• low cost of the product. Cardboard boxes do not need to buy special, they tend to remain after the purchase of household appliances or receiving postal parcels and may well be used as a base material in the manufacture of a berth for your pet;

If we are in your home is not found suitable carton box, then surely, you went out and brought it to you at relatives or friends

• Ease of manufacture with their own hands. Just below you will see for yourself.

By cons include the fragility of the cardboard. But on the other hand - this is an excellent occasion to often change the appearance of a house cat that will bring variety to the interior.

Materials and tools

Photo	Title
	Cardboard Box
	carpeting color you liked
	water-repellent material
	Stationery knife
	Clay is odorless
	Scotch

The denser the board will have the selected box, the longer it will serve to make her house for cats.

progress of work

Picture	Description
	paste all corners and joints with tape boxes
	cut entry in front of a box, using a knife stationery
	Cut a piece of water-repellent materialCorresponding to the size of the carton walls; Apply the adhesive on its back side; neatly put through its inlet opening
	flatten water-repellent material on the entire inner surface of the box
	paste external wall carpeting
	Seal the front wall of the first solid piece of carpet: then, cut through the entrance to the cross-site; The resulting corner wrap into the glue and tape
	reserve house to dry for three days
	acquaint cat with a new housing

Project №3: House of newspaper tubes

Stylish round cat house made of tubes of newspaper can become a real decoration of your interior

Now look at how to make a home for a cat with his own hands from newspaper tubes. This option will also allow you to save the family budget, but to work for its implementation will have a lot.

Materials and tools

Photo	Title
	thick cardboard
	PVA glue
	Scissors
	Spoke for knitting, but here you can use any thin flat rod of metal, plastic or wood
	A stack of old newspapers

progress of work

To make the cat's house with his own hands from the newspapers, you must be able to weave. Further description of the process implies you have this skill:

Picture	Description
	cut paper desyatisantimetrovyh on the strip; wind one of the flaps on the needle; glue fix region to get the tube to keep it unfolded
	Similarly transform all cut strips into tubes
	cut out Cardboard oval, which will play the role of floor house; Paste it on the perimeter tubes in increments of 2 cm, the result should have a kind of sun
	wrap "Rays" up and weave the lower part of the house to the input level
	Weave sidewalls around the entrance
	Pletom another "sun" only smaller cardboard and laid it on top of the construction
	weave half of the second floor in the wall of the first
	Forming a bowl On the second floor
	We invite cat in a new home that looks like a stand for fruit

Paint all the parts of the house in shades of brown can create the illusion that it is not collected from the newspapers and from branches

№4 Project: House of foam

You can make a home for your pet, and even of foam. Here you will need:

Materials and tools

Photo	Title
	dense textureYou liked the color
	foam rubber
	Sewing machine
	threads, The color of which should correspond to the selected shade cloth

The thicker you will pick up the foam, the cat will be softer and more comfortable to rest in a new house.

progress of work

Picture	Description
	create a project construction paper
	We transfer patterns the resulting pattern on the fabric and foam
	cut out all parts of the fabric and the foam with an oversize of 10-15 mm; Spread for ease in front of him
	Sew all the edges using a sewing machine in addition to the bottom, which will be joined with the floor
	straighten corners; iron the seams iron; sew floor to the bottom of the "cap"
	Puts the interior of the cushion structure; We invite cat to get acquainted with the new house

conclusion

You are familiar with the four most simple and cheap manufacturing projects cat houses. In each of them can bring something of their own, making unique. Videos in this article contains additional materials on the subject, and in the comments, you can ask questions on it.

Houses for cats with their own hands can be made from scrap materials