Dogs love playing with this toy made out of scraps of material.  They can play tug of war with another dog or can throw this around and try to catch it.  Cats like to attack the strips of material and you can spray cat nip on it to make it more enticing to cats.

To make this toy, cut the binding off the edges off old towels or sheets and the seams off old clothes.  Cut close to the seam or binding so that the strips of material you get are about 1.5cm wide.  You will need a lot of these strips.

Get a length of fabric that is about 70cm long. 

Knot the fabric to make a loop with long ‘tails’

Cut other strips of fabric to 40cm lengths.

Knot them to the loop using double knots pulled very tight.

Continue knotting strips of fabric to the loop until it is very tightly packed.

Spray on cat nip for a cat toy, or just give the toy to your dog.