LITTLE CRAFT: Recycled Container Scare Cat

Here’s a fun little craft for little crafters just in time for your spring vegetable garden. Make a scare cat out of recycled plastic containers to keep the critters away from your vegetables. Or that’s the idea anyway.

Here’s the inspiration piece. I’ve had this wrought iron scare cat in my garden for years. The marble eyes reflect the sun and it’s supposed to keep the squirrels and other critters from eating my veggies. I’m not sure it works but it looks cute.

Over the years my little iron scare cat has become weathered and taken a beating but I think he looks even better (and maybe scarier)!

This is the perfect quick craft for your kids. I’ve been eating a lot of frozen diet lunches lately – you know, in preparation for shorts and tank top weather – and the little plastic containers have been stacking. All you need to do to make one of these is clean out your empty plastic container, cut out the face and ears and glue them together. Glue on some flat marbles for the eyes and some wire for the whiskers.