Make a cardboard kibble dispenser for your cat

Do you also tend to buy all the accessories in the world for your fur ball, even if it means ruining yourself? Know that you can make a large majority of her accessories yourself while still making her happy. You can start with this very economical cardboard kibble dispenser!

Thanks to this tutorial, you can make your own kibble dispenser for your cat. It’s done in no time and the necessary materials will not even cost you 1€without forgetting that Félix will be happy to have a new accessory. So many good reasons to get into DIY!

What you need:

  • cardboard (fairly strong)
  • a glue gun
  • un cutter
  • a few flat pieces of wood
  • a gray pencil
  • a rule
  • a sheet of paper
  • two elastics
  • a jar with a plastic lid

The steps:

1. Cut out four pieces of cardboard of the following form.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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2. Using the glue gun, assemble the four pieces so that they form a kind of cone.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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3. Cut a few small pieces of wood and glue them on (on the right and left side of the cone, glue a large piece of wood to a smaller one).

cardboard kibble dispenser
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4. Roll up a sheet of paper around a pencil.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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5. On a rectangular piece of cardboard, stick the pencil wrapped in paper on one of the sides.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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6. Paste again a large piece of wood on a smalltwice, then glue them in the corner of one side of the piece of cardboard.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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7. Attach the cone to the piece of cardboard using two elastic bands.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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8. Paste two rectangular pieces of cardboard (of the same size) and a piece of square cardboard together by inserting your construction into it.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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9. In a rectangular piece of cardboard the size of the previous two, make a hole in the rolled paper then insert it.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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10. On a rectangular piece of cardboard the size of the previous ones, cut a slit. Next, make a sort of ramp with three pieces of cardboard then insert and glue it into the rectangular piece.

cardboard kibble dispenser
Credits: Capture YouTube/TN Maker
cardboard kibble dispenser
Credits: Capture YouTube/TN Maker

11. Assemble everything with the glue gun.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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12. Glue a piece of cardboard to the pencil on the ramp side (it will serve as a pusher).

cardboard kibble dispenser
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13. Drill a hole in the center of the lid of the jar. Then glue it to a piece of cardboard.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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14. Fill the jar with kibble. Then close it.

cardboard kibble dispenser
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15. Glue the first construction to the second. Once the glue is dry, return the whole thing.

cardboard kibble dispenser
Credits: Capture YouTube/TN Maker
cardboard kibble dispenser
Credits: Capture YouTube/TN Maker

16. Finally, decorate the distributor as you wish!

cardboard kibble dispenser
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