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| CYA Warning: I am not a bird toy expert. Use these instructions at your own risk. They are definitely not suited to large birds (cockatoo, amazon, macaw, etc.). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stringy Toy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Materials: large plastic button pony beads large wooden bead piece of wood with hole for string jute twine device to hang toy from cage |
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| Cut twine in varying lengths. Tie them onto hanger dealie. Separate a few threads from twine and string them through the button. Tie ends securely Thread pony beads onto twine. Tie several tight knots below beads on twine as it is best that they do not come loose. Thread on bead and wood and tie knots to secure them too. |
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| Cloth and Bead Toy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Materials: length of waistband elastic pony beads knit cloth strips cut 1" by 6". |
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| String pony beads onto elastic. Tie elastic ends together to form loop. Tie cloth strips between pony beads, leaving a few pony beads at top as in pic. |
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| Ever meet a kid that tossed aside the expensive toy to play with the box? Well... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plastic Straws- wonderful to chew up paper towel rolls- cut into smaller rolls, perhaps with a treat lodged inside corn-on-the cob- yummy too crinkled paper untreated leather strips tied in knots ..and the most entertaining toy ever, YOU!! |
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