Rope toys!

[Flyte]

Hey guys.
I cut up some tshirts into strips and braided them like I read on one of the links here. Wow! Worked really good. I'm going to add extra material strips and wooden pieces to make them even more fun but so far I think at least one of my birds likes em!

http://www.flyte.org/ropetoy.html

Hope you guys don't mind all the pictures I just have real hams here

 

[birdcrazy]

coool making toys is such a great way to save on money I'm fixing to go on a toy making spree as i've been given a lot of supplys

 

[TexDot33]

Looks like that rope got the best of Madison in those pictures ... cool shots, and a great idea!

 

[Peta]

Hey thats great, madison sure looks like shes enjoying it, or should I say the toy looks like its enjoying madison.

Hope you guys don't mind all the pictures I just have real hams here

Are you kidding, course we don't mind. we love him.

 

[Flyte]

first off, NicoleN, your post was great, lots of neat stuff there!

I've been thinking a lot about my birds toys..

I'm lucky enough to have access to a wood shop, my fathers, his scroll saw and wood scraps galore! I've been experimenting with making the braided ropes out of t-shirt material, as you saw from my pictures.
I'm thinking about getting some rolls of real material, instead of t-shirts.. would have to be something strong, not stringy so it'd be safe, to make my braids with. Non-Toxic of course. I'd like to find plain old white and lots of colors.
I can then cut out all sorts of fun wooden shapes.. make my own blocks, drill holes.. I can color them if I want too but I think I'd rather leave them natural colored. I used to to do this a lot.. even little hand held barbells.
I can use a wood burner on them if I feel the need to make designs. I don't want to use any plastics in my toys. I may use chain.. my boyfriend owns a hardware store
I want to do more research first to find out whats safe and what isn't.
Do you guys think using these 'ropes' would be as safe as the cotton ones used in the ones from the store? I have seen lots of toys with strips of material for preening so I assume it's ok.
I think if they come out nice I may try and set up a website, I am obviously never going to be healthy enough to hold a real job and this would be a good way to make money (maybe) and also provide my own brats with more toys than they could possibly use! I would, of course, first have every single toy checked by an avian vet for safety, not just to cover my own but either.. don't want anyones baby getting injured.
I'm also hoping to start breeding birds again. I was actually hand raising canaries and finches for awhile.. started out as parents not taking care of some eggs so I incubated them and raised em. VERY scary the first time.. those babies get a full crop off about one drop of food. lol.
I was happily surprised to see the adult hand raised finches behaving in the same way that my big parrots did.. very cuddly and loving. It was hysterical to have 3-4 of them perched on one finger I will find some pics to show you. We will have to see if that happens.. my boyfriend is still just getting used to the big birds ok I've rambled on just about enough.. back to braiding my toys!

 

[Peta]

I think if they come out nice I may try and set up a website, I am obviously never going to be healthy enough to hold a real job and this would be a good way to make money (maybe) and also provide my own brats with more toys than they could possibly use! I would, of course, first have every single toy checked by an avian vet for safety, not just to cover my own but either.. don't want anyones baby getting injured.

:35: :35: That sounds like a great idea. I don't see why they wouldn't be safe, I've seen a lot of toys with material in them also. Good idea also to have them checked by an avian vet. Let us know how you are getting on with this.

 

[pheobus]

That's brilliant Sarah!And excellent pics of happy Madison!

Thanks for the idea!

 

[ESS]

I've been thinking a lot about my birds toys..

I'm thinking about getting some rolls of real material, instead of t-shirts.. would have to be something strong, not stringy so it'd be safe, to make my braids with. Non-Toxic of course. I'd like to find plain old white and lots of colors.

What you are able to do with fabric is end less! I have been making some bird toys out of fabric myself. I havn't had a bird in a while but a friend of mine has 6 Macaws and a Gray so I am kept very busy! Overall I have made quite a few and would love to share some of my ideas with you as I have to many to use myself. This is one of the swings I have made, this one is for the gray, but they can be made any size you wish. I hope to get back to my friends with the camera so I can get some pictures of the Macaws on their swings I have made. I hope this picture will help and giving you an idea of all the directions you could go.

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/KongsPictures/BirdSwing.jpg

 

[Peta]

Hey ESS thats a great toy, I'll look forward to seeing more of your toys.

 

[Elizabeth]

I made a braided ladder out of an old t-shirt today. It was really easy, and he loves it.

 

[BlueToast]

I start with about 5-10 sheets of paper cut fringe all around the perimeter fold in half cut a hole in the center crumple the edges to separate the sheets the slide it over a chain left over from an old toy. That keeps her busy for awhile and it's cheap if you swipe the paper from work?

 

[antoinette]

Thanks for all the tips and pic's I think it' a great idea.
Guess what I will be doing tomorrow, going through all the cupboards LoL
Once again
Keep the pic's rolling in
Take care

 

[antoinette]

Did my deed and and made the toy ropes they look great.
"Jane" of the jungle is in full swing.
Mishka loves playing and hanging on the ropes.
No more throwing away old T-shirts
Thanks once again

 

[parrotguy12]

i made a chew/foraging toy with just colored craft sticks and some strips of a t shirt i had , it worked awesome, my IRN likes playing with it

 

[triordan]

your link isnt working for me~

 

[Bobby34231]

your link isnt working for me~

It could be that the link is no longer active, this thread is 3 years old