[twink]

Really great ideas guys, keep em coming :thumbsup:

 

[~birdybea~]

:yesnod:

wow! love this - instructions pretty please?

It's pretty easy, i bought a length of plastic chain from the hardware store, got a ton of cut up newspaper squares, and then fan folded them, put a few through each hole of the chain and then opened them up. It takes maybe 10 mins to make the toy.

 

[Mythara]

Some using newspaper and wire - there's sea grass wrapped around the ends of the wire to ensure nothing can hurt the birds. =)

 

[Enna]

Here are a few more. I Made a ton more but i gave them to the person i'm working for and when my birdies got sick i had to take some time off work to insure her guys were okay so hoping to get some pictures of them soon enough.

 

[Vickie]

These are amazing! I feel inspired.

 

[Melinda]

Wow there are some really great ideas here.:thumbsup: I'm going to have to try some of them. I have some supplies, just not very many ideas,so thanks everyone for the inspiration!!

 

[Braveheartdogs]

I just made these yesterday. My GCC Autumn loves the little forage box. The swing is a hit with my cockatiels. I just ordered a bunch more supplies to make more toys!

Vicki

 

[Mythara]

Couple more new ones:

 

[Mythara]

New toy:

 

[twink]

I bet that last one will go down really well, it's an absolute munch feast, all birds would be in 7th heaven with that one. :lol: Great job once again, Mythara. :biggrin5::thumbsup:

 

[Jenny]

Ooh, that one looks like so much fun! :biggrin:

 

[Mythara]

Thanks guys.

Jute orbiter, with Akio and Widget modelling:

 

[Birdluvr]

OMG!!! What amazing toys! You guys have some lucky fids!!!!

Sue
Wow sue you have some lucky guys! Those are amazing!

Belinda
I would love to find out how you made the happy hut! Rico loves his hut and I would love to make another one for him
Wow what an amazing playgym!!! What is everything attached with? What kinds of wood did you use? Mine cost a fortune and looks like garbage compared to your homemade one! And he barely plays on it.
The first pic what did you fasten the newspapers with?

Mythara - WOW, I would love to steal all of your toys! LOL! So a few questions?
Your wreath looking toy (4th pic) what did you use for the base?
Net (7th toy) How in the world did you make this? I would absolutely love to make this but have no clue as to how about going about it
pinata (8th toy) I saw these in petsmart the other day and they cost a fortune. So how do you make it???
Rings (10th pic) What was the base you used to make the rings?
other post what did you use to attach all the newspaper. That would make a wonderful foraging toy if you were to hide food inside the folds!

Andrea - WOW!!! How do you make this! I would love to make this for Rico. I think he would go insane with this much paper to shred! LOL! You could also make this a forager by adding treats within the folds for them to dig out!

 

[Birdluvr]

So here are some sights of some cool toy ideas. I haven't used too many as of yet but keep planning too! LOL! I keep paying good money to pet stores!

http://unitedparrotbreeders.co.uk/upbfreetoys.html
http://www.fluffies.org/parrottoymaking.htm
http://www.parrot-link.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6484
http://www.parrot-link.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33923
http://www.cheepparrottoysntips.com/
I thought this was kinda cool! Would anyone consider making this???
http://www.cheepparrottoysntips.com/sales.htm

Oh and does anyone have any ideas on how to make a boing???

 

[Mythara]

Mythara - WOW, I would love to steal all of your toys! LOL! So a few questions?
Your wreath looking toy (4th pic) what did you use for the base?
Net (7th toy) How in the world did you make this? I would absolutely love to make this but have no clue as to how about going about it
pinata (8th toy) I saw these in petsmart the other day and they cost a fortune. So how do you make it???
Rings (10th pic) What was the base you used to make the rings?
other post what did you use to attach all the newspaper. That would make a wonderful foraging toy if you were to hide food inside the folds!

I have blog posts on all my toys. These are the ones that answer your questions, lol:

The cage side toy uses a vine wreath: http://www.feathersandforage.co.uk/?p=544
The net is woven seagrass and card: http://www.feathersandforage.co.uk/?p=615
The pinatas are these two: http://www.feathersandforage.co.uk/?p=598 and http://www.feathersandforage.co.uk/?p=622
The newspaper rings are just plaited newspaper: http://www.feathersandforage.co.uk/?p=653
For the last one, I guess you mean this one:

It's stainless steel wire, from a whisk: http://www.feathersandforage.co.uk/?p=711

 

[Sensfan]

Well, I'm canadian so i try to buy most of my parts here so i don't deal with borded fee's and such so the sites i've personally used is

Birdyboredombusters.com
Healthybird.net (great for foods aswell)

I might eventually try Parrotdiseperch.com.

I have ordered in some stuff from http://www.motherpluckinbirdtoys.com/ without a problem. Shipping was a little pricey but one box was 50+ pounds and shipping was $60 with a $23 custom/border fee.

Hi Enna
I am Cdn too and I just ordered some parts from Parrotdiseperch.com They certainly were very reasonably priced and shipping was reasonable too. They are in Calgary, Alta and I'm in Ottawa, Ont.

 

[Mythara]