This Christmas, I found one of the cutest toys ever at Toys R Us: Calico Critters. Each Calico Critter family consists of different animals with adorable names like the Furbanks Squirrel Family and the Hopscotch Rabbit Family. Like My Little Pony and Strawberry Shortcake, this is a come-back toy from the nineties. I was mad jealous of the girls that smuggled their animal families out during recess. Back in the day, they were called Sylvanian Families. The current toys and accessories look just like the originals: fuzzy animals with quaint, Country Living style houses and furniture. Last week at Goodwill I happened to stumble across a very new looking Caramel Cat family which I promptly scooped up and brought home. Finally, after twenty years, I have my own! At least for a week or two...until I come to my senses and give them away to some unexpecting child that will actually play with them. Here's the Caramel Cat Family posing with Meatball, I couldn't resist doing this: As you know, I love miniature things, so I don't think you'll be surprised that I made a mini play room by recycling random odds & ends from my studio. Because Sylvanian means forest related, I decided to give the little toys a woodsy theme. I'm going to tell you how to make these little accessories for your kids...or if you're a weirdo like me that loves tiny things, you can make them just for the hell of it. Tiny Art Easel I used two clothes pins for the base along with a popsicle stick and tooth pick for the support bars. Everything was hot glued together and painted a happy shade of sky blue. The boards are made from two tile samples. I painted the textured back side red and attached them to the base. If you cant find tile samples, use thin pieces of wood or cardboard scraps. The little paint tray is the lid from a container of dental floss. Pony beads make messy little jars of paint, and sections of a toothpick work well as paint brushes. Table, Stools, and Tea Set The table was very simple to build. A large wooden bead acts as a base with a button underneath for balance. The tabletop is made from the three legged plastic thing from a pizza box. After snipping off the legs with wire cutters, I sanded down the bumps using a nail file and topped it with a circle of wood grain contact paper. You can also use a wooden disk from the craft store or cardboard for the surface of your table. The stools are made from two wooden rings (old game pieces from Goodwill), two wooden wheels, red t shirt material, and a cotton ball. In place of the wooden rings, use plastic water bottle caps or large, flat wooden beads. First, I set a bit of cotton on the cloth, then a wheel on top of it. I pulled the fabric and glued it underneath to create a toadstool cushion. The rings were painted white and hot glued underneath the cushions. The last step was adding white dots with acrylic paint. The tea set is made with a collection of random beads and buttons. For the tea pot, I painted a large wooden bead blue and snipped apart smaller beads for the handle and spout. Tiny Wagon (ignore the text on this photo. I gave this wagon away as a free gift) A little Altoid tin makes the perfect base for a mini wagon. After drilling four holes in the bottom of the tin, I painted it with several coats of red. The black tires are made from buttons. I drilled holes in them as well and glued them to the ends of a segment of wire. Two sections of wire were pushed through the holes in the tin, allowing the tiny wheels to spin. The handle is a black zip-tie. Before painting the tin, I glued a sewing pin (bent into a rectangle) to the front of the wagon creating a small ring. The zip-tie was glued to the ring. To cover the axles, I cut a section of red fabric to fit inside the wagon. The tiny bear is from a craft store. Aren't they so cute? What will my next project be? Little beach toys or a mini play house? The possibilities are endless! If I'm still excited about them next week, maybe I'll make little costumes. The toys are cute, but the clothes could use some help....
*doll not included* New wire frame rectangle glasses for animal dolls! Available in many different colors. Earpieces can be gently bent to fit on your critter’s face. Each pair is handmade to order and fits adult size critters. Thank you!
The furry Giles' planigale is a native to Australia, is about as big as a 50p piece, and can usually be found foraging for food in cracks in the soil.
Animals come in all shapes, furs, whiskers, paws and sizes. But despite that, they all share this temptation to squeeze and cram themselves into the weirdest places. From tiny mugs to vases and pockets, it seems like some of these cute furballs possess a magic power of turning into liquid.
There are billions of animals in the world, but for the most part, they stay in their designated areas. But every so often, animals are spotted out and about in the strangest places!
Because animals this cute deserve to be noticed.
Tubes are the most fun the ferrets of Motor City Ferrets can have with their clothes on! We have tubes of all sorts in the ferret room here at the shelter, but our crinkle tubes have been the absolutely favorite toy for all our critters for years now. Unlike store bought tubes, which often come from the same company that produces factory bred ferrets (BOO! HISS!), our tubes come from a small American business, and your tube purchase supports our shelter! All our clear Crinkle Tubes are 15' long. NOTES: the tradeoff for the wonderful crinkle noise that our tubes make is the fact that eventually they will tear. But fret not, for tears just mean more entrances and exits for our critters to exploit. Our crew keeps on using tubes until they're just full of holes...and getting to that state takes months, even with our tubes being in heavy use here in our shelter. If you feel you must repair a tear, clear packing tape will make for a nearly invisible repair. Just an FYI so you know what to expect! Also, remember that our tubes are spot-clean only as needed, do not submerge to clean or use hot water. We use bleach wipes here at the shelter, and a little spritz of your favorite cleaner is fine just for spot cleaning. International friends: if you're interested in ordering, please email the shelter at motorcityferrets [!at] hotmail.com
Unique, cute, a rare and unusual animal.
Just try to picture something so round, hearty, and out of proportion to its surroundings that it would grab anyone’s attention and simply wouldn’t let it go. If you’re already feeling amused, this post might be just for you. You see, today we’re all about celebrating Absolute Units, a meme dedicated to objects, animals, and people that are just comically oversized.
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Even the most optimistic person feels blue and overwhelmed at times—sadness and stress are natural parts of life. However, so is joy. And it helps to remember that the world can be a pretty magnificent and magical place if you ever find yourself going through extremely tough challenges, one after another.
There are units, and then there are absolute units. Even if you don't know what the former is, you'd immediately recognize the latter.
Even though the lifespan of a harvest mouse is just 18 months, its days are filled with adventures. Being Europe's smallest rodent, it is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail, giving it the ability to grasp plant stems as it moves through long vegetation. And probably no photographer has captured these little acrobats as well as Dean Mason from Dorset, United Kingdom.
Just look at these cuties.
Kitties have some pretty awesome coats. And for these felines, they're cats with cool patterns and markings. Check them out here on cattitudedaily.com.
Animals aren't always as majestic as wildlife photography contests depict them. Sometimes they look as derpy as me and you. And believe me, I wouldn't be saying such a thing if I didn't have any proof to back it up.
Il colletto è realizzato con tessuto in lycra e nastro in organza, elastico e confortevole. La chiusura è posta nella parte posteriore con bottoni a clip in plastica. TAGLIA UNICA La misura del collo è di 28 cm (contattatemi in privato per ordini personalizzati, o inviate una richiesta). ~ PER QUALSIASI DOMANDA O RICHIESTA DI ORDINE PERSONALIZZATO CONTATTAMI! :D♥~ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTA~ Prima di acquistare il prodotto guarda i tempi di produzione. SPEDIZIONE~ La spedizione Standard è di 15-20 giorni lavorativi, se vuoi puoi scegliere l'aggiornamento di 7 giorni. tuttavia prima di acquistare contattatemi per qualsiasi domanda o dubbio. Sarei molto felice di aiutarti a capire e conoscerti ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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If I want to take on a new family member I always walk them around the farm, if they follow me, good, if they can get past Critter on the way back, even better ,means they are beginning the road to acceptance. This was Squirts second day and and his first walk. He let Critter lick him even though I think he was frozen with fear lol. 4 In comments
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