I have only made one toy so far, I'm expecting LOTS of packages this week with toy parts.
It's not very good, but I had very little materials.
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
Awe thank you. ^_^ I'm hoping that they will. I'm putting it in the cage for Simba that I'm preparing for when I separate him in a few weeks.
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
Mmm, thats what I am worrying about!!! Have started collecting all sorts of materials and hope to start making toys early this week....... The earlier posts have got the creative juices going (the one or two that I have!!!)and created lots and lots of inspiration so thatnk you to eveyone who has posted their home made toys and ideas!
@ Liezl, Oh yeah...I know that already because I've been relentlessly checking my email from my phone checking on my order updates all weekend, even though I know that they won't update until today. >.<
@Munchkin, Me too!! I don't even know how much money I spent last thursday/friday on orders for toys and materials. >.<
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
You bet! My tent will be here by the time I get home from work, so I know this workday is going to drag SO BADLY.
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
i love making toys ! but sometimes i get an idea in my head and the toy just doesn't look like i want it to so i get fustrated.
maybe Aimee and Cole (myliljadagirl) would be kind enough to post pics of the toys i made them at the First Annual Monkey Palooza ?
i will be making more toys when i move because i will have a lot more room, right now i have no space. Jeff has a BIG rubbermaid storage basket full of toy making supplies that i've bought over time. and i usually forget all what i have and he reminds me.
Jeff is going to buy me a soldering iron so i can use duckies and boats and cones and such in my toys.
Hehe Well my tent has arrived and I just recieved an email that my first package of toy making stuff has FINALLY shipped Super stoked for it >:)
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
Jeff is going to buy me a soldering iron so i can use duckies and boats and cones and such in my toys.
Holly, I was wondering what you would be doing with the soldering iron? I make all sorts of toys, and my best friend is the dremel. I don't know this for a fact, but would think that the rosin and lead may be a problem with suggies? (in the solder)... let's look up more info before you go that route... I'll have to see if we have more info on that...
Also, I love to use split "O" rings to attach stuff, as well as C clips. Hope this helps?
OMG FINALLY my first package of actual toy materials has arrived!!!!!
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
Jeff is going to buy me a soldering iron so i can use duckies and boats and cones and such in my toys.
Holly, I was wondering what you would be doing with the soldering iron? I make all sorts of toys, and my best friend is the dremel. I don't know this for a fact, but would think that the rosin and lead may be a problem with suggies? (in the solder)... let's look up more info before you go that route... I'll have to see if we have more info on that...
Also, I love to use split "O" rings to attach stuff, as well as C clips. Hope this helps?
I have never heard of an issue with using soldering irons.
~*Sara*~
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin
I LOVE my dremel!!!!! I use it for everything. You can get all kinds of bits for it to cut and drill holes.
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FYI for all you creative toy making people.( I'm so jealous) I was at Michaels today and they had some really cute things for making toys. If you have a garden or beach cage set theme they had some really cute things and cheap. They had a plastic watering can for 2 bucks, plastic shovel for a dollar. There not to big and not to small. I'm not creative but I think they could definately be used for making toys. I'll attach a picture and you can see for youself watering can photo
I wish I had taken pictures of some of the other stuff too If anyone creates a toy do show it off!!
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
My tent, still in progress obviously. Still have toy parts on the way.
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
SUPER cute!!! LOVE those huge plastic balls that u have strung together that's so cool!
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
nice I'm uploading another toy I made for my joey's cage. Getting it prepared for when I separate him.
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
We went to like a Salvation Army store but not really today and for .50 I found 5 of the CUTEST bowls and I can't wait to make a toy with 'em On top of that we found this baby ball toy and I can't wait to see what they think of it but only want to add a couple things at a time because they like to bark all night when there's a new toy added lol
Mommy to 3 precious suggies
Glide free Ricochet,Little Abby and PapaSugz Mama and Angel and Sipsy
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
They haven't gotten to play with it yet. It's in the cage I'm preparing for Simba and (eventually, when I adopt her) Tinkerbell. But I'm sure they'll love it.
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
hehe ty Cant wait till people show us some more toyssss
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
Teresa, non-professional zookeeper. 1 dog-Tippy, 2 cats-Oreo and Jareth, 2 geckos-Zodiac and Palkia, 1 guinea pig-Critter, and 3 amazing gliders! :glider: Kiki, Simba and Winry Nibbler (2008-2011) You will always be in my heart. Always.
Hi I am preparing for my first glider to arrive at the end of this month and here are a few toys I have made so far. I do not have a crafty bone in my body but this site and others certainly helped to inspire!!
@Krissym - I think you have more crafty bones than you think. You did great!!! Love the colors. Keep going... you will need loads of things. Isn't glideritis wonderful!!!
@Bozeman - I will be attempting my own tree later this week. You have inspired me!
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Tracy Married to my best friend for 24 years We have 5 skin kids, 2 with spouses, 4 PERFECT GrandSkins Owned by 2 cats Playmate to 5 dogs Slave to 16 suggies + joeys now and then www.garlandfunnyfarm.weebly.com
It was really easy to make. I had some PVC pipes in the garage and used a heat gun that I borrowed from a friend to shape the tree the way I wanted it. Note that I worked outside as I believe the heating of the PVC pipes could create toxic fumes and that I wiped the completed tree with a damp cloth when done.
To see them jump on the tree every night is great! Gizmogirl and I think that they are now enjoying the glider room even more. LOL.
I love it that all of your gliders are getting so spoiled!!
Keep in mind, as you scroll through the pictures in this thread, these toys are being made for people's personal gliders. Therefore, they are not for sale. Of course not, or they would be in the classifieds!
For this reason, you may see some designs (like the one Alicia made) that are very similar to those you see sold on vendor's websites.
My kids had lots of large bead type rattles and I recycle them into toys for Maxey. I'll add some fleece vines to them and makes swings, etc. He loves them! And it allows me to constantly change things up and have new things for him to play with!
Liezl, I was looking through the past posts and saw pictures of the toy around and the forage around. Do you have instructions on how you did those? Is the toy around made with the pvc cable stuff and is that a hula hoop for the forage around? You are so creative. I'm not sure I can copy you fast enough
Go for it Leigh, but remember, for every copy, you owe me a picture of your creation.
The forage around is a hoola hoop yes :), for the toy around I used thick electric cord/cable, twisted it around a bottle to shape it, and covered it in fleece.
Love your cage Krissy!! How did you make the fleecey vine with the foraging cups hanging down from it. I think its your first picture. Its really cute and would love to attempt to do something like that but I'm creatively challenged
It's actually a plastic ring type thing... It came from a Leap Frog toy and they were on the back to attach it to the kids Crib.. I figured it would work well!
It's actually a plastic ring type thing... It came from a Leap Frog toy and they were on the back to attach it to the kids Crib.. I figured it would work well!
You can always use a swim ring as well, I've done a similar toy, and it's great when you have several, with different length braids
I made a post for hardware net toys but I guess I should posted here. Another reason to read first..LOL sorry but heres my new items for the babies..
So we built our 3 babies a new cage a few months (or more) back. I still had about half a roll of the net left. I was cleaning out the garage and the roll was taunting me. I kept hearing it say make me into something!! Well tonight I did! Here is my babies newest toys! Hope this gives others who hear the same call some ideas.
Georgiaanddonald- great toys and your cage is amazing. Can you post a picture of that too!! That's what I'd like my next cage to look like. Did you make it with the hardware net and how difficult was it??
back by request here are picts of the cage my hubby and I made a few months back. This cage also has a rope light in the top cross bars for "moon" light for the girls. it wasnt to difficult to make, it was a lot of zip ties and sore fingers and back. but oh so worht it, were already planning an add on to this one! cant wait to get it built!
I have spent the last few days doing nothing but making sugar glider toys and cage sets. I seriously think someone needs to step in and take my toy making basket away from me...my kids are starting to complain all I do is make glider stuff I need to figure out how to post a picture of all their new easter bunny collection of toys. I also made a cool ball pit for them where the balls shouldn't get thrown all over the cage. I'll take some pics and try to post them later tonight.
Connie: soon to be wife to Harold, mom to 3 children, 2 precious kitties, and my treasured gliders.
I totally just made my first toy!!! I used two green plastic shot glasses drilled 11-13 holes at the bottom of them. Took some relax and weeved it in and out of the holes. Tied it off and cut it. Then I drilled a hole on the top put some relax there for hanging. Then I took some black pony beads and put them inside and took a soldering gun and melted the 2 halfs of the glasses together! It looks so cute. I will post pictures later So happy I got my soldering gun and dremel piece kit today!!
8 American Bullies: Zeus,Storm,Jazz,Mya,Rebel,Mercy,Diamond,and Lexi. 3 Sugar Glider: Izzy,Mina,and Pixie. 2 Cats: Gizzy and Bella.
I just made a pvc pipe tree for my gliders but i am wondering how some people made their pipe bend to look more like tree branches. Someone mentioned heating it but how do you heat it? All advice would be greatly appreciated. My 4 yr old has been playing with her newly sewn stuffed sugar glider on the new tree...hopefully my real babies will like it as much as the stuffed one does...lol!!!
Connie: soon to be wife to Harold, mom to 3 children, 2 precious kitties, and my treasured gliders.
The first one is a clown toy that I made:) I used my dremel to carve out the eyes,nose,mouth,hair,and bow tie. Then I took food coloring and added the color. I drilled holes on the top and the sides for arms and legs and for the hanging. I used pony beads for the legs and arms and put 4 white beads inside then solder it together.
The next is a barrel of monkeys toy Simple to make. I had fun with it!
Then I have the next one that was already described in a previous post.
8 American Bullies: Zeus,Storm,Jazz,Mya,Rebel,Mercy,Diamond,and Lexi. 3 Sugar Glider: Izzy,Mina,and Pixie. 2 Cats: Gizzy and Bella.
I used a soldering gun! I melted them together. The soldering gun I got for 4.00 plus free shipping on ebay. Its a plug in so it makes things easier for me My sugar gliders love the last toy! I haven't put the clown one it yet.
8 American Bullies: Zeus,Storm,Jazz,Mya,Rebel,Mercy,Diamond,and Lexi. 3 Sugar Glider: Izzy,Mina,and Pixie. 2 Cats: Gizzy and Bella.
Gizmo is bending the tree branches with a heat gun hard? Do the pvc pipes go flat when you heat them to bend them? My boyfriend told me this would never work. I sooo want to prove him wrong
Connie: soon to be wife to Harold, mom to 3 children, 2 precious kitties, and my treasured gliders.
Gizmo is bending the tree branches with a heat gun hard? Do the pvc pipes go flat when you heat them to bend them? My boyfriend told me this would never work. I sooo want to prove him wrong
Casper surprised me with the tree one afternoon. Will ask him to give his thoughts.
LOL. It is not difficult at all. No hard work. Just make sure that you wear gloves as the pipe tends to get really warm when you heat it with the heat gun.
You must make sure that you do not actually "touch" the pipe with the heat gun and that you keep the nozzle about 1 to 2 cm away from the pipe. You also need to move the nozzle the whole time, like a hair dryer. Do not concentrate on one area, then you will see the pipe goes darker.
You need to bend the pipe slowly, then the pipe will NOT go flat.
I was also told that you can put sand in the pipe before heating. That way, as you bend it, it still keeps it's shape. It's always nice to prove our men wrong. Sorry Casper.
Tracy Married to my best friend for 24 years We have 5 skin kids, 2 with spouses, 4 PERFECT GrandSkins Owned by 2 cats Playmate to 5 dogs Slave to 16 suggies + joeys now and then www.garlandfunnyfarm.weebly.com
Oh but "noooo". If I know I gonna be proving my hubby wrong I have to do it when he's there and pretend I didn't know it really was gonna work. Otherwise, I'm the bad guy. Just sayin-
Thanks you guys...Now I wanna get a heat gun and make another tree with curved branches. My babies are loving the tree we just made them...it is adorable but me being me I now have to try to do it better...lol!!! Today I am on my 3rd bonding pouch because I just haven't been happy with all the regular designs of bondingpouches. Has anyone tried over the neck pouches that would rest kinda like a purse under your arm. I hate how the pouches flop and toss my babies around and how they seem to be getting pushes on all the time. I have daycare so always picking kids up. Any ideas?
Connie: soon to be wife to Harold, mom to 3 children, 2 precious kitties, and my treasured gliders.
saw this post, and it inspired me! heres my first attempts after a walmart run and some dollar store finds. they love the barrel of moneys one, and they look adorable sitting in the train! havent tried the others out on them yet. windmills are simple, but might be entertaining? i got the choo-choo at petsmart. its a tunnel for hamsters, but theres a rim on the bottom so i put mealies in the tunnel for them to find, and the worms cant crawl out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40269917@N08/5541025692/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/40269917@N08/5541027036/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/40269917@N08/5540447363/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/40269917@N08/5540449091/in/photostream/
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I use photo bucket and just copy and paste the addy. Also photo bucket can re-size so it is allowed here.
Tracy Married to my best friend for 24 years We have 5 skin kids, 2 with spouses, 4 PERFECT GrandSkins Owned by 2 cats Playmate to 5 dogs Slave to 16 suggies + joeys now and then www.garlandfunnyfarm.weebly.com
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You will always be in my heart. Always.
Silly "Ozball" Ozzie. You left us 11/21/12..way too soon. You're forever loved, remembered, missed."
We wanna see pics when you are done.
Super stoked for it >:)
Guess what you'll be doing? 
Very cute!!! I bet your babies love it 
Casper surprised me with the tree one afternoon. Will ask him to give his thoughts. 
