Great idea for a thread, Robin! And awesome toys, everyone! I have a couple to share myself, both of which I've shared by postings threads but I'll just leave them here, too!
First up, a simple foraging toy!
It's just a small piece of cardboard with the tiny holes along the side. I stuffed it with pellets and seed. Very simple to make. And a good way to get your birds to start foraging, in my opinion.
Last, a simple preening toy I made for my Skittles, who loves to preen my hair! Unfortunately, my hair can't be there for him all of the time, so I made this:
For being such a small and simple-looking toy, it took me quite a bit of time to shove the pieces of string to the beads, lol. And I messed up a few times and had to start over. But, hey, I was determined!
And this toy is a big hit for Skittles now... most of the time. If there isn't a piece of wet parsley hanging in his cage for him to run through his beak, you can often find him running the strings through his beak.
I will most likely be back to post pictures of toys I will be making. And once I finally finish my climbing stand for them, I will post that here, too! Geeze, I really need to get on that. I would have liked to have finished it a while ago, but I've been busy. The seagrass mats for the stand are on their way! I think my family is confused and don't understand why I'm so excited for a couple of seagrass mats, lol, but I am!