• A cardboard rectangle (ideally 6 inches wide, and 12 inched long)
• Sisal twine
• Scissors
• A ruler
• A single hole punch

Begin by taking your scissors and making a 1cm cut at both ends of the rectangle. At the top of the
short edge, you will want to leave approximately 2 cm (you will need this space later!)

You will now take your sisal twine and making a knot, tuck it into one of the top cuts in the
cardboard.

Begin wrapping the sisal around the cardboard until you reach the bottom cut you made.

Once you have the sisal twine wrapped all the way around the cardboard rectangle down to the bottom
cut you made, make a knot to secure the twine in the bottom slit. The results should look like this.

Since these scratchers will need to be secured to a kennel door, so to do that, punch two holes into
the top of your cardboard rectangle where you left the 2cm space.You will cut about an 18 inch piece
of sisal out, and thread it through both holes coming out the back of the scratcher.Tie a bow (like
you would with shoelaces) on the back of the scratcher.This should be easily untied, so that it can
be secured onto the kennel door.

• A piece of old carpet
• Shower rings, binder rings or twine
• Electric knife or other cutting instrument
• A Sharpie or permanent marker
• Scissors (if using twine)
• A ruler

Not for children. Please proper safety precautions when cutting
carpet.

Begin by taking your ruler and measuring your carpet piece out into an 8 inch by 6 inch rectangle.
It’s easiest to use your sharpie and mark out the rectangle on the back side of the carpet.
Depending on the size of your carpet piece, you may be able to get quite a few rectangles out of one
piece!

Next, using an electric knife or another cutting tool such as a carpet knife cut out your rectangles.
Each rectangle will make one kitty scratcher.

Once your pieces of carpet are cut out, if using binder rings or shower rings you should be able to
punch them through the carpet piece. You can use twine or string as well.