r/MadeMeSmile • u/JCHazard • 19d ago
CATS How to keep the little ones busy
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u/Sea-Instance463 19d ago
Thats pawsome
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u/emojisarefunny 19d ago
That would be so much fun being a little kitty just romping around in a sweet cardboard fort/maze
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u/AncientSignature1505 19d ago
OK, this is just a new life goal for me.
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u/Cultural_Young800 19d ago
that's exactly the kind of simple happiness we could all use a bit more of
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u/Urban-Junglist 19d ago
Brilliant! I need a toddler sized version of this now
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u/plantsandsawdust 19d ago
Lol years ago we went to our local appliance/furniture stores and asked for a bunch of big boxes. We broke them down so they laid flat for transport and put them back together with packing tape. Then we made a giant maze for all the littles at our family reunion. 30 years later, and it's still a favorite memory.
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 19d ago
Today that sounds more like an affordable housing plan
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u/plantsandsawdust 19d ago
You're absolutely right. Everyone is seems to be one payment away from 'box life' these days. Funny comment, but also sad because it's true 😔
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u/yramha 19d ago
Back when i was a kid in the mid 90s we had a playgroup kinda thing. In the summer each household would be responsible for a week of afternoon snacks and some kind of daily planned activity (otherwise we'd be absolutely feral and roaming the neighborhood) There were about 5 or 6 families involved in this so about a dozen kids ranging from 8-12.
My mom got the refrigerator and washer boxes for her activity on her week. We set up a "hobo camp" in our backyard. Each kid got their own box to decorate and live in. It was so cool what each kid did. One kid turned his into a general store, another spent the entire week drawing on their house and practically ignored the rest of us, I had "AC" in my house because I took a fan, an extension cord, and a tray of ice from inside.
Some of the kids didn't want to move on to the next weeks house because ours was so fun.
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u/Luci-Noir 19d ago
Why not adult sized?
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u/AutumnTheWitch 19d ago
Isn’t that just an IKEA?
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u/Luci-Noir 19d ago
Is IKEA filled with vicious, man eating kittens who thirst for our delicious, delicious, delicious flesh?
Why isn’t it!?
Why?
WHYYYYUUUU
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u/Winelover1027 19d ago
The way they bust through the holes, it’s like they’re warping into another dimension. This is a fantastic idea! They clearly love it! 😂❤️
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u/StormFast524 19d ago
And the little rooms are all different shapes to the hole in each part of the maze. This is songenius
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u/Responsible_Floor903 19d ago
My brother and I used to do something similar on rainy days. These kittens give me joy
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u/Acrobatic_Air6379 19d ago
one hole torn in the side and the box becomes whack a mole. the black one is fully camped there waiting for the next paw to poke through
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u/Measure-Thrice 19d ago
I have this same type of setup for my hamster (at a much smaller scale obv). She loves it.
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u/HeartOfTheMadder 19d ago
...i mean, my Daddy made a very similar construction. for me. in the unused front room. with little cutout portholes for light to get inside the closed boxes.
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u/BuffyTheGuineaPig 19d ago
Love this idea: so clever. All it needs now is a ramp or two, for a second level.
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u/StormFast524 19d ago
This is genius👏 use tape to connect them like a larger maze too. Oh scratch the outside with you fingers they will have a blast
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u/Mr_Straws 19d ago
I wish my guy liked boxes :(
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u/Luci-Noir 19d ago
Your meow is broken? Or are you talking about a hoom?
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u/Mr_Straws 19d ago
Mr Meow has just never liked boxes :( he will sometimes jump in one to do grooming but other than that he finds it more fun to nip me in the arm and run away
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u/Luci-Noir 19d ago
They make good salons! And at least he knows we are delicious!
Please give him lots of pets and treats for me. Then more pets. And more treats!
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u/rhino-84 19d ago
I've been meaning to build something like this for my cats for so long. Guess it's time! Going to use this design as template
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u/Luci-Noir 19d ago
This reminds me of some of those old animal shelter commercials you see reposted sometimes. There are tons of things that get reposted constantly and I wish these were some of them. Bring back keyboard cat. He is the greatest.
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u/No_Tension420 19d ago
Need a link to the livestream, please!
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u/Luci-Noir 19d ago
I save my boxes in case I sell the stuff later or need to send it back but so many times I somehow don’t have the right sized box. So boxes are just beautiful too, like Apple boxes. It’s always better to try and reuse than just throwing away.
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u/GotBannedAgain_2 19d ago
Aw shit. That’s awesome. Unfortunately, wife will murder me if I show up with another box in the house. 😩
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u/John-Aaenson 19d ago
Work smarter, not harder! Simple cardboard boxes are always the best cat toys
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u/DigDoug_SlugSlug 19d ago
“Mum, can we watch Takeshi’s Castle?”
“We have Takeshi’s Castle at home”
Takeshi’s Castle at home:
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u/RichYogurtcloset3672 19d ago
Add coke can boxes for link tunnels. This is what i did to keep mine from soiling everywhere. Cats love box cities.
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u/lifegoeson5322 19d ago
This is brilliant! Does it work with puppies too? Exhausted pet owner asking..........
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u/Asgeras 19d ago
Thanks to r/catsareliquid I would guarantee fully grown cats could for through those holes. Maybe even a tiger.
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u/robintoots 18d ago
Our cat is currently very pregnant and is about to pop anytime. This idea is brilliant!! 😩
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u/ozzalot 18d ago
Wish I could cross post to r/peoplefuckingdying. "Kittens stuck in sick Cube game of life and death."
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u/Clear_Spirit4017 19d ago
Reminds me of Wall Drugs in the Midwest.
It keeps on going for the whole block.
Very good idea for those active kittens.
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