What are some homemade cat toys?

Some homemade cat toys include a feather or other lure attached to a length of string and strips of felt tied to a plastic milk ring. Other ideas are a ball made from lightweight cardboard rings and a crumpled paper bag with a bell or lure inside it.

A more labor-intensive homemade cat toy is a castle made out of empty cardboard boxes that the cat can enter and walk through. A cat owner can make a homemade window perch for her pet by cutting a piece of sturdy plywood to size and attaching it to the wall, or she can make a cat scratching post by stapling a square of carpet to a wooden base.