Catnip Conversation Hearts

Treat your kittens this Valentine's or any day with catnip conversation hearts. Modeled after Valentine's Day candy hearts substituted with lolcats phrases, these hearts are the perfect way to show your feline friend you love them too. It just takes some felt, catnip, batting, and rudimentarty sewing skills to make these sweet hearts for your furry sweethearts. What kinds of conversations will your catnip hearts kick off?

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Step 1: Materials

For this project, I used felt, but fleece is another great choice. The best fabrics will be soft, durable, and won't fray when you cut them.

For the lettering, I used heavy duty fusible backing, and cut the letters out, turning them into iron-on patches.

Materials:

Craft felt in pastel colors
Heavy-duty Heat n' Bond Thermoweb
Catnip
Polyfill batting
Thread

Tools:

Pinking shears (these are my industrial bad boys, but you can definitely find them cheaper)
Sewing machine or hand sewing needle
Iron

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efrs says: May 22, 2013. 11:05 AM

Great!!
Cats are so fun, I have 2 lovely ones, I have catrknip in a vase. They really love it! The fresh plant is nice and they roll with the leaves and sometimes eat them lol!

Eliane

craftpro says: May 12, 2013. 4:56 PM

This is so cute! My cat would love this. Last thing i made for her was a felt mouse... It was ripped up in a few days

Vyger says: May 12, 2013. 3:49 PM

My cat nip toys eventually loose their flavor as I think all do. I recharge mine though. I have a gallon glass jar (an old pickle jar ) that I half filled with cat nip that I bought in bulk on eBay. I throw all the toys in there and shake it up and then leave it for a week or just store them in there all the time. They pick up that smell and get recharged and they are good to go for another round. Sometimes I let the cats pick out the one they want. Just open the lid and they fish out their catch of the day. I do have one who tries to climb in the jar though ( He buries his head in the cat nip ) so they do need supervision. You get a lot of extra play out of toys this way. And the wet slobbered ones appear to recharge the best so just pick them up, say yuck, and chuck them in the jar. Your cats will love you even more for it.

Volcora says: May 11, 2013. 7:25 AM

AAAAAW they are adorable! Both the hearts and the cats!

plzsendchocolate says: Apr 16, 2013. 11:27 AM

These are ADORABLE! Love 'em!

gigilevy says: Mar 30, 2013. 2:52 PM

Love the cat pics at the end <3

karenpowers says: Feb 19, 2013. 10:51 PM

The 'ible is pretty neat ... but those photographs are GREAT! You are talented with the camera!

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sunshiine says: Feb 16, 2013. 2:18 AM

Hey scoochmaroo! My daughter sent me a link about kitties because I love them! I shared this link with Jessy and I had to share it here also! I hope you like it, It does have a goofy start but hang in there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvSs6bp0E_c&list=SPP4n-TyNYe5w3RttD3R9iDcISFSzyCkzl&index=3

Doone valley says: Feb 4, 2013. 12:14 PM

Very cute hearts and very very cute kittens.

gene13 says: Feb 4, 2013. 7:22 AM

bonjour
j'adore votre création et j'ai 4 chat.
ou trouver l'herbe a chat ?
merci

kewpiedoll99 says: Feb 3, 2013. 9:20 AM

But I digress. Love this instructable and plan to make a few for my kitties.

kewpiedoll99 says: Feb 3, 2013. 9:20 AM

"Catnip: Egress to Oblivion" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3scQ0wq5zLE

Jakob2803 says: Feb 3, 2013. 7:28 AM

Catnip is like marijuana to cats - should you really be giving your cats drugs?

AJH532 says: Feb 3, 2013. 7:12 AM

This craft is adorable! So, easy, too. Your instructions are exceelent and fun to read.

Question: did you use a die cut to cut out your letters? They look so consistent.

Thanks for the kitty photos, too. I'm a sucker for all of these fun cat photos on the web.