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Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby entrancedbymyGCC » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:34 pm

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He really likes this. He isn't strong enough to pull the paper out himself, but I'll pull it out to this length and by the end of the day it looks like lace! It's just a roll of plain calculator paper (not thermal or coated or anything like that), leather, two plastic toy part discs, three wooden squares and one wooden rod. The paper came in a a package of 3 rolls, should last a good long time!
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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby Giantmoa » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:39 pm

ooh, I have a much simpler version (in other words, calculater paper hung with a bit o string...) time to jazz it up! thanks for the idea :D
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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby kellybird » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:40 pm

What a cute idea!!
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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby Titanius » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:44 pm

I saw this at Fosters and Smith weird seeing someone remaking it themselves,ingenious :thumbsup: . This kind of shredding toy would only make Diamond better at shredding. I let her on the desk once and within a minute she had shredded a good chunk of my homework sheet.
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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby jayebird » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:16 pm

Love it! Gonna have to make it now :)
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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby Mr.Darcy » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:45 pm

Looks great! I heard of taking old phone books and weaving then in the bars to shred too...
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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby ptuga72 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:00 am

I have the ticker tape toy from Nalani Toys

Jake LOVES it, Scarlet just stares at it :roll: She prefers her books.
Both birds like it when I cut a paper towel into strips (but not all the way up, leaving like one inch so they stay connected) then rolling it up tightly. They love to preen it and tear it to shreds.
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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby Azure Hanyo » Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:17 am

Titanius wrote:I saw this at Fosters and Smith weird seeing someone remaking it themselves,ingenious :thumbsup: . This kind of shredding toy would only make Diamond better at shredding. I let her on the desk once and within a minute she had shredded a good chunk of my homework sheet.


Teacher: Where is your assignment?

You: Um...my bird ate my homework.

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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby ptuga72 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:15 pm

Azure Hanyo wrote:
Titanius wrote:I saw this at Fosters and Smith weird seeing someone remaking it themselves,ingenious :thumbsup: . This kind of shredding toy would only make Diamond better at shredding. I let her on the desk once and within a minute she had shredded a good chunk of my homework sheet.


Teacher: Where is your assignment?

You: Um...my bird ate my homework.

:lol:


:lol: :lol: Just got a visual of someone handing over a scrap of paper with a tiel hanging on with its beak...
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Re: Scooter's Homemade Paper Shred Toy

Postby entrancedbymyGCC » Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:29 pm

There's definitely a cartoon in that somewhere!
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