What You'll Need & Instructions
My cat is deliriously happy and fast asleep on his bed, a bed filled loosely with shreds. Rather than recycle our junk mail, envelops, office papers, promotional stuff and newsprint, I reduce our paper waste to shreds. I make cat beds fit for a kitty king or queen!
For my 23 pound "Chester", I reused a flannel king-size pillow case, stuffed it with shredded paper, and stitched it closed with needle and thread (Velcro works great, too). The last step to making Chester's bed was to slip the shredded paper-stuffed pillow case into a clean, handsome king-size pillow sham. I bought Chester's linens for very, very cheap at our local St. Vincent de Paul.
- 1 Paper Shredder
- Assorted Papers
- 1 Pillow Case
- 1 Pillow Sham
- Needle & Thread
- 1 Kitty Cat OR 1 Puppy Dog
Scott M. says:
PLEASE only expose cats to ORGANIC or BROWN paper without bleach or toxic dyes or chemiscals.
Glossy Paper has chemicals.
WHITE PAPER is BLEACHED.
GLOSSY COLORED Advertisement / newspaper inserts are coated with toxics.
Examples of less toxic paper are brown paper bags, brown napkins, earth friendly papers.
Ken O. says:
thanks for posting that Scott. easy to forget that glossy paper is toxic, until you bring it to your nose for a sniff.
sounds as though we are limited to paper shopping bags (which you don't get if you are using a cloth bag) and junk mail/newspapers left on the train. newspaper seems ideal, if you read one.
Cris Bisch says:
Good point, Scott. However, if one separates out glossy papers, and pretty much sticks to shredding post-consumer copy paper and envelops, which is pretty much what I do, and stuffs it inside at least two layers of fabric, how toxic is a chemical like bleach residue in the white paper I am using?