DIY Halloween Cat House 🎃 (The Cat-O'-Lantern!)

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Published 2021-08-13
Jaimie and Jay make a giant jack-o-lantern cat house from a balloon, paper mache, and rope! It's a house, a scratching post and cat bed, all in one.

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Halloween is almost here!! 🎃 We make lots of DIY Halloween Props, decorations, and fun stuff this time of year and we decided to kick off the 2021 Halloween season with a fun project for our cat, Oberon! He's an 8-month old Sphynx with a particular proclivity for destruction of personal property. We needed to make a scratching post and got inspired to make a combo DIY cat house and cat scratching post/cat tree! Since it's a giant halloween jack-o-lantern, it will double perfectly as a nice piece of DIY Halloween décor.

DIY Halloween Giant Jack-o-Lanterns are AWESOME! You could repurpose this build to make the jack-o-lantern only and leave out all the rope, etc. and just have yourself a great Halloween Prop.

If you'd like to make your very own DIY halloween giant jack-o-lantern or need a DIY Cat House or diy cat bed, this video will get you a long ways towards being inspired to making your own at home.

Check out Evan & Katelyn's "Catcus" DIY Cat House as well! It was part of inspiration for the project:    • DIY Cactus Cat House (a CATcus!)  

MATERIALS USED:
3mm Wire - amzn.to/3iGJIeR
Blue Tape - amzn.to/2VLlvv4
36" Balloon - amzn.to/3lYhrmj
Newspaper and Paper Bags (Paper Mache)
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3/8" Sisal Rope - amzn.to/2UfcH09
Hot Glue - amzn.to/3jL0clG
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TOOLS USED:
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Hot Glue Gun - amzn.to/3xMDe2q
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Who are we?
We're Jaimie and Jay! We're a husband and wife team and we make stuff together. Halloween and other awesome props, woodworking, electronics, and whatever we want.

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All Comments (21)
  • @vsnrm5451
    This must be the first time Ive seen someone make something for their cat that the cat just immediately enjoyed and used 😂
  • @BabyBlondie311
    You guys have Obie, Moriah Elizabeth has Opie, and Evan&Katelyn have Joobie. Did you guys have a cat-naming conference or something? 😂
  • @Anyxe.
    For future paper machete projects, MANY more layers of smaller pieces of paper/bag and orient them in opposite directions. One later vertical, one horizontal, one diagonal.
  • @divinitynmotion
    You should collaborate with Evan&Kaitlyn! They made a greensphere for Joob awhile back. I’d like to see y’all make a whole new concept. Maybe they add resin, and you add a new design!
  • "I think even our kids could sit on it without breaking it."
    Gravity: "Am I a joke to you?"
  • @gothempress
    If you ever do this again, I'd recommend a trim of wood at the bottom and face holes and a small circle of wood at the stem. That way you can staple the rope down in addition to gluing it. Cats exert a lot of force on the ropes when they scratch on them and with just glue, I suspect he will derobe that pumpkin fairly quickly. It is a beautiful project and I hope you do this again at some point and practice with the structural integrity.
  • @Nyx.Nax.9571
    Im so glad there's YouTubers out there actually giving the credit and not just taking the credit
  • @TonyBullard
    I am SO surprised by how well that came out. I would never imagine that a face made of sisal rope could look anything but awful. But man, the final product looks FANTASTIC. Y'all did great work.

    Glad to see you back! I'm so looking forward to the coming season!
  • I sooooo need this cat house in my life!! Yes, please!! It's amazing! My only problem would be, since I have 4 cats, I'd need a pumpkin patch!!
  • @TamaraKane
    Awesome tutorial! Thanks! For anyone trying this at home, important tip/reminder: make it a few inches bigger than you need to. In my experience, papier mache shrinks. This turned out awesome! I'm going to make mine with a furry soft pet bed inside.
  • @d-padqueen1103
    It's looks amazing!
    I personally would have used a flour and food grade colouring based paint/dye and cardboard/paper mache/flour as opposed to epoxy resin because it could cause toxicity if accidentally ingested or cause allergies as the cat scratches on it.
  • @SteveRamsey
    I love Oberon! What a cool cat house! 🐈‍⬛
  • @laurajones6486
    That is super cute. So glad the cat liked. If I spent all that time building that , I know my cat would not give it the time of day. You guys are so patient, putting all that rope on and the stem.
  • @dananishida7620
    Sisal = scratching post in my house. It would be destroyed in a day. Especially with my 4 year old energetic kitty coming at it full bore. Absolutely the cutest cat house I’ve seen though.
  • @alexhulea2735
    nice concept. paper mache needs a lot of layering though. my cosplay sword sheaths are 12 layers of paper mache (with 3 alternating orientations) with fiberglass mesh every 4 layers. and they're still wobbly as heck. a cat house of 2 layers (before resin) won't even hold the weight of a kitten. i'd have advised 30 layers at the minimum for the pumpkin
  • @tzakza9201
    I love this! I can't believe he broke it, but he's still just a teenager. He makes bad plans too.

    We have the same rug in our living room.
  • @joebykaeby
    This is a new record: I had already given up the thought of making one myself by the 3:00 mark 😂
  • @aliciamarana
    Oh my gosh you guys are so cute. It’s so refreshing to see a couple get along and treat each other with respect ❤️ and of course your creations are always amazing! Thank you for sharing 🎃😊