I ordered a bunch of stuff for toy-making, and it arrived today! I got it from My Safe Bird Store, and I must say their customer service is wonderful, and great prices too .

 

Here're pictures of the stuff, and I'll post some more pictures of toys I make out of them:

some coconut rope and GIANT leather strips

 

palm leaf flowers

 

tubes of chewing fun lol

 

palm links

 

braided palm and little nibbley balls

 

Leather hearts and butterflies

 

linking stars and hearts

 

plastic links

 

tube beads

 

Letter beads

 

peanut beads

 

linking thingies

 

plastic rope

 

plastic wheel beads.

 

These all look amazing! I wish you luck and cannot wait to see what is born from these wonderful things.x

They look like they will keep you busy for a while.

They look like they will keep you busy for a while.

 

Definitely!

Okay, a couple toys I've made with the new stuff (and some stuff I already had):

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made three more toys

 

This one...

 

This one (his name's Allen, but I didn't have the right letters, and 'Buddy' is one of his nicknames lol)...

 

And this one. I thought it looked sort of like a weird little guy, so I'm calling it "Peter the Peanut Person" (see the plastic peanut beads?). Yes, I know I'm strange.

I love them, they're soooo cute

Thanks Nadene

I (with help from my dad!) built this plagym/perchy thing for Allen today!

 

 

 

 

Compared to the old T-perch.

 

 

Also, I gave him one of those paper fingers (see first post, titled 'tubes of chewing fun') a week or so ago, and here's all thats left!

 

enjoy!

Just a word of caution...having had tragic experinces myself with my birds and known of many birds hung by threads any longer than two inches seeing longer lengths of string or cord fills me with dread....please cut them shorter or rethink the longer pieces

Agree with Kaz about this. How about adding more beads so the string is full of beads and tie the loops tight to the clips so there is no loop for them to catch their neck in. Good job anyway, with a bit of thought I bet you come up with more toys than Allen "Buddy" can handle. l.o.l.

Thank you for warning me, but I know Allen very well and he doesn't like tight spaces. He never puts his head through any sort of loop or small hole. And that thread is actually pretty thick, and stiff too. It would be very hard for a bird to get tangled in it (especially one that behaves the way the does). The 'thread' is not thread, but (all-natural) hemp cord, and is not all tangly. He loves to chew it, so I leave long strands. Knowing Allen, I'm not concerned.

Great toys and what a magnificent bird!