How to make a house for a cat out of cardboard

Next, you need to cut off the circle from another made figure. The element is glued horizontally in the round workpiece slightly below the top edge. The other cut out piece is attached over the walls with door, window openings.

15 ways to make a cozy house for a cat with their own hands

What's needed

• 2 identical large boxes;
• duct tape;
• scissors;
• a box cutter; a pencil or a pen; a pencil or a pen;
• Marker, pencil or pen;
• brush or roller;
• white paint;
• yellow paint;
• pink paper;
• glue gun;
• paper with drawings and patterns;
• twine;
• 2 colored beverage tubes;
• bedding.

How to make

1. Take the first box and tape the seam on the bottom with duct tape on the outside and inside.

3. Adjust the other two sashes with scissors so that you get triangles.

4. Draw the outline of the door on the front under one of the triangles – a large vertical rectangle divided in half lengthwise. Cut the cardboard along the planned lines and along the base of the box. Open the resulting door.

5. On the side of the box, draw a window with a frame and cut out along the contour.

6. On the triangle above the door, draw and cut out a small round window with a frame.

7. Take the second box and separate the two side walls from it. Glue them together.

8. Place the construction on the house and attach the back and front to the triangles.

9. Paint the walls of the house white. Paint the doors on the outside and inside with yellow paint.

10. From pink paper, cut out "shingles" – many not too large rectangles with rounded edges. Smearing hot glue on the straight side of the parts, attach them in rows to the roof.

11 Cut several triangular flags from the patterned paper and glue them to the string. Attach it with glue over the door. On the doors, make handles out of straws. Put a warm bedding inside the house.

What other options are available

The authors of this master class have made a cute living bus for pets:

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What's needed

How to make

1. Cut a narrow strip of cardboard and pierce the side with a pin. Insert a pencil in there, place it on the cardboard and, holding the piece at one end, scroll it in a circle.

2. Draw a long straight line under the circle to the right. From the center of the circle in the same direction, draw another horizontal line. Connect them with a vertical line.

Cut out the figure with a utility knife. In the same way prepare another figure.

3. Cut out several rectangular windows in a large piece of cardboard. Use a glue gun to attach this piece to one circle.

4 Cut a piece of cardboard: the height should match the height of the made structure, and the width should match the length of the rectangular part in the front of the base. Cut out the door and window in the piece with the frame. Attach the element to the front of the house.

5. Glue the back wall with a solid piece of cardboard, and the narrow side – with cardboard with a window cut out in it.

6. Cut a circle from another part from the second step. Glue it horizontally into the round piece, just below the top edge. Attach the other cut off part above the walls with the door and windows.

7. Cut out several of these shapes, which are shown in the photo. Glue them together to make the pieces thicker.

8. Vertically glue the small pieces to the plate with the holes. On the other side glue a second piece. This will be the ladder.

9. Make the sides on the second floor, as shown in the photo and in the video.

10. On top in the middle, glue the cardboard so that a tunnel is formed.

11. Glue the ladder to the side, above the window. Thin strips of cardboard close the seams on its railing.

To the seam above the door, attach a slanted visor. Glue thin plastic into the round piece from the inside, "glazing" the windows. Place a cushion or basket with something soft on top of the circle.

Tools and materials

To begin, you need to prepare the necessary materials and devices.

• Cardboard boxes. They can be made of simple or corrugated cardboard sheets.
• Cutting tools. In this case, scissors, office knives will do.
• Stationery. It is also necessary to prepare a ruler, a simple pencil.
• Glue. It is worth choosing a glue composition without a pungent unpleasant smell, because cats have a rather keen sense of smell. The best option would be a special thermal glue. It is most convenient to apply it with a glue gun. This composition will provide the strongest possible fixation of parts.
• Upholstery material. It is best to choose soft, but at the same time dense fabrics.
• Interior upholstery. In this case, preference should be given to fabrics with good water-repellent properties. Sometimes instead of fabric, you just take a comfortable cushion or cushion of suitable size.

In addition to the above, you can also prepare decorative elements. As they can be a variety of brightly colored cuttings from paper, woven materials. It is also possible to decorate a homemade product with beads, colorful drawings.

The simplest house from a box

To begin with, we will consider how to create the simplest house for a pet. The first step is to find a suitable box.

Check whether your pet will be able to fit in it, turn around inside and climb out freely.

After that, make an entrance in the prepared cardboard base. To do this, a plate is attached to one of the walls, its outline is outlined with a simple pencil. Then the material is cut out along the marked line, the result should be a round entrance.

From the top of the box make the roof. To do this, you need to cut the material from the round entrance side as well as from the opposite side. This will provide ventilation in the lodge. The side sections should be connected with the tops at the top. They are fastened with glue or stapler or double-sided wide tape. Inside the finished construction there should be put a small pillow or a dense piece of fabric.

Choosing the size and shape of the house

To build a house yourself is not so difficult, the main thing – to determine its basic parameters. Before making your choice, you need to consider the number and age of pets.

• A cat with kittens will be best served by a construction with two entrances. In a confined space, the mother will be nervous and no way she will bring her babies there. It is better if the hole is not through and the exit is on the side or above. And the hole itself should not be too big, but should take into account that cats carry their kittens in their teeth.
• A solitary cat of any age will be fine with a secluded place on a height. If the cat is still too small, it can be a construction raised on a leg only 15-20 cm from the floor. Adult cats will prefer a house hanging on the wall or standing on a window sill.
• For two or more cats, you should not make one big house. Animals need privacy, even from their brethren. In addition, there is a great risk that the territory will be occupied by a more mature member of the feline family, and the others will be left without shelter. In this case, it is worth thinking about several small houses connected in a single system by different platforms or pipes.

In addition to taking into account the number of pets, you need to consider their size and the available space of the house or apartment. For larger breeds, such as the Maine Coon, you need a larger house than for an ordinary cat. But it does not need to be too big, just so that the adult can fit and stretch out in it. The amount of free space in the room also imposes its limitations. It is unwise to occupy it by more than 10-15%, otherwise the owners will simply be uncomfortable.

Places to shelter furry family members differ in a variety of forms and design features. The simpler it is, the more budgetary it will be to buy it or easier to make it yourself.

Cat hut

Rectangular or square structures resembling dog kennels are considered a classic option for a cat house. The simplest version of such a house is an ordinary cardboard box, in one wall of which a hole is cut through. More complex options may have not flat, but a triangular or domed roof. They can be supplemented with windows or decorative elements. Made in the form of a tent or a teepee. Most often such booths are simply placed on the floor, but sometimes they may have small legs or stand on a catwalk.

Cozy cat house from a box

Not everyone can afford to buy a beautiful house for their pet where they can hide during games and rest. And so it is worth paying attention to this instruction, which will allow you, without any cost, to build an excellent cardboard house for your cat. And most importantly, you can decorate it to your liking. Let's proceed.

To begin with, you need to choose a suitable box. It must be of such a size that the cat could move around in it at least a little bit, turn around, lie and stand at full height.

For the formation of the roof, we connect the tops of the box with scotch tape, so that there is a little distance between them, literally 4-5 cm.

The side "lids" are adjusted to the joined parts, so that there are no holes or protruding cardboard on the sides. You can do this with a pencil: lean them against the base and pencil over the joint.

As a result, gets a triangle – it must be cut, and the upper sharp part of the cut to make it flush with the tape that connects the main parts of the roof. It all looks as follows.

Features of building the future home for the pet

To make the cat house as comfortable as possible, you need to take into account the behavioral habits of the animal and its preferences. For example, some owners of purrs may have noticed their pets' passion for climbing to the very tops of cupboards and cupboards.

• The higher the cat climbs, the more confident he feels. At the instinctive level it is a sign of superiority over other animals and their kin.
• When it's colder, the warm air rises up toward the ceiling, and the cat climbs as high as possible to get warm.

In this case the cat will like a construction with a post a meter and a half high and at least 10-15 cm in diameter, on which the lodge will be fixed.

Also, based on the habits of the animal, you need to choose the size of the entrance: cats who like to relax in their company will be fine with a compact entrance, while those who like to watch all pets and everything that happens, need an entrance that provides a good overview. The optimal width of the entrance is 15-20 cm.

Variants of houses from cardboard

House for cats with their own hands out of a cardboard box can be made for any taste, picking up for this attractive degree of intricacy, complexity and design idea. The only question is the personal preferences of the owner and the cat, and the amount of free time: some houses can be made for 5 minutes, making and decorating the other may take a couple of hours.

• Lodge– is a dome-shaped tent, usually consisting of a frame in the form of four to six sticks and "walls" of cloth or cardboard.
• Cot – A crib for a cat made from a box or basket, covered with a mattress or thick soft cloth.
• One- and two-story cardboard houses – The simplest square-shaped cardboard structures, with space for sleeping and playing.
• Cardboard castle – A complex structure consisting of cardboard blocks joined together to form several stories with a variety of decorative elements and cut-out windows.
• Cardboard tower – a construction consisting of multiple layers of cardboard cut out in rings, of different diameters, from larger on the bottom to smaller on the top.

Joining parts

When all the parts are ready, you need to make a test, without glue approximately joining everything into a single construction for the cat. If necessary, adjust the dimensions and align the edges.

Now you should connect the parts into one box. If we are talking about the simplest square shelter, everything is simple: glue the edges and connect one by one according to the sketch. If the design of the cat shelter is complicated, you will have to spend more time, because you usually have to connect the parts one by one. And only if it is a round cat house consisting of rings, it is enough just to glue these rings to each other until the house is ready.

Decorating

Now it's time to start the most interesting activity – decorating the house. First, take care of the day. If it is planned to constantly move the design from room to room, it is better to strengthen the bottom of the house with plywood – it is glued to the outer bottom or to the inside of the base – depending on how the parts are connected.

To make the house beautiful and to please the cat, decorate it with fabric. Let it be a soft fabric – animals love it. Use a yarn or wool rug inside. The main thing is that the material should be safe for the cat.

The round entrance to the cat house can be trimmed with ribbon of a different color. The cloth is attached to the box either with PVA glue or with a furniture stapler.

To complete the decor of your own shelter, you can install a scratching post next to it or attach it to the wall. If the scratching post is always in full view of the cat, it will get used to it faster.

The miniature cat's house will become a real decoration of the interior and will bring joy into the pet's life. Now you don't have to look for the cat in places where it is undesirable to hide – the animal will surely love the new shelter made by you.