Motorized String Toy for Cats

Does your cat love to play with strings ? but are you too lazy to play with him/her ? , here comes the solution -

DIY motorized cat string toy . To make this toy, you need not have any experience with electronics . It is also beginner friendly.

MATERIALS

• Hobby motor
• 9V battery
• 9V battery clip
• Switch
• A plastic wheel that connects to the motor
• Cylindrical container (In my case , a watch box)

TOOLS

• Soldering iron
• Hot glue gun

Use the provided schematics to wire the motor ,switch and battery together.

You can also use shrink tube to secure the terminals after soldering .

Now let’s glue in the components!

First, plug in your hot glue gun and wait for it to heat up.

Then hot glue the motor first and then the switch.

I recommend not to glue the battery instead use a rubber band or velcro to mount the battery.

For the arm , I couldn't find a large and straight stick , So I decided to use 2 pencils. I joined the two pencils using duct tape.

Hot glue one end of the pencil to the wheel and the other end of the pencil to a string

You can leave it here and let your cat play with a string but I decided to glue a table tennis (ping pong) ball to the other end of the string .

Congratulations, You’ve made it to the end! Awesome job building this project!

Thank you for reading my Instructable, I hope you enjoyed watching the video and I hope you found it very entertaining.

Also make sure that your cat is not scared of the sound of the motor.