This past year all of the world has been under lockdown and stuck indoors.
Bored, sleepy, and just not doing much.
We have become House Cats.
After being cooped inside for over a year I now know how boring it can be as an indoor cat.
So today I am going to fulfill a childhood fantasy of mine and entertain my cats
with a life size castle made entirely out of cardboard.
I found these cardboard bricks online made by GiGi Bloks.
They are kind of like cardboard Legos that can be snapped together to make
anything life size from your imagination. They are great for kids and for cats!
This is not sponsored. I did purchase these bricks with my own money.
1,000 bricks to be exact. The bricks are perfect.
They are light, strong and durable, but unfortunately they require some assembly.
You see these bricks come in sheets of cardboard and my dream big approach
meant I had to assemble 1,000 bricks! It took about 24 hours for me to assemble all
the cardboard and by the time I was done. My hands were covered in paper cuts.
Today is going to be the most painful and happy day of my life.
I am the Cat Butler. If you enjoy this video please consider subscribing. It really helps
me out to create bigger and better videos. So I started planning out the castle.
Using real world Castles as inspiration. I am quite the Castle Tourist.
I have visited many castles such as Mont Saint Michel, Carcassonne, Neuschwanstein,
Hochosterwitz and many more. I just really love castles.
I eventually settled on Bodiam Castle as my inspiration.
The castle will have four towers in each corner and a tall gate house at the front.
I wanted the towers and gatehouse to be big enough for the cats to sleep in.
The walls will also be wide enough for the cats to walk on.
Finally there will be a courtyard where I plan to lay down some artificial grass
and a water fountain. Unfortunately I don’t think
my living room can handle a moat. I started out by measuring the cats
to see how wide the walls will be. The two kitties sure made it difficult.
Next I laid the foundation of the castle using the sofa as a guideline.
I started making quick progress building the thick walls that will serve as the walkway.
Making sure to interlock the bricks to build a sturdy wall.
Opening up the artificial grass I noticed that pieces
of plastic grass were shedding everywhere. I was concerned because Teemo and Arya eat
anything on the floor and plastic may clog their digestive systems.
So I decided not to use artificial grass. I decided to build a sally port for the cats.
A sally port in a medieval castle was a secret door in the castle wall for the garrison to
escape or attack a besieging army. If ever Teemo and Arya get attacked
and overwhelmed they can use the sally port to escape.
The sally port is also a perfect pathway for the wires to the water fountain and camera.
I set up some nest cameras to see if the cats were adventurous enough
to go explore their new castle overnight. Later in the video we will see what they do.
Before I can continue, my project managers decided to check on my progress
Arya, like a fashion model, used the walls as a catwalk to check
if the walls were structurally sound. Look at that swagger and those hips.
Teemo seemed less than impressed. Avoiding the castle all together.
I quickly got back to work on finishing the wall and towers.
I was getting closer and closer to being finished.
The gate was a little bit more tricky. The gate needed to be big
enough for me to go through, And sturdy enough for the cats to sleep on.
This is what it looks like so far The castle was not yet finished
and Arya already made herself at home. What do you think of the castle princess?
Oh Teemo you decided to join the party I was busy finishing up the gate house
when Arya decided to pay me a visit. Princess Arya proceeded to survey her kingdom
and then go down the stairs.
And finally the last brick!
I added a small medieval banner to decorate the castle.
The castle was finally done. Arya took in the masterpiece.
It was getting late and it was time to go to bed.
Teemo was the first to go into the castle courtyard.
He checked out the water fountain and gave the camera a face hug.
The camera even caught Teemo doing some awkward stretches.
Arya slipped into the castle via the sally port
and stopped to stare at the gate. I wonder what Arya is thinking about.
Meanwhile Teemo entertained himself by playing with Arya’s tail.
Later in the night Teemo gets hyper and starts to climb up and down the castle walls
This is from another angle.
In another clip the cats think about going to the top of the gate house.
They sit there for a very long time. Did they suddenly have a fear of heights?
And there was even a ghost.
Eventually the kitties decided to sleep near the gate.
I guess they were both on guard duty tonight And then it was morning.
I added a bowl of ribeye steak for the prince and princess.
And it was time for the castle’s grand debut, but first the name.
I did a community poll online of some names I came up with and you guys voted for Chateau Catto.
It was time to debut the castle. Queue the castle montage
Chateau Catto
Teemo and Arya enjoyed the Castle. But the one who enjoyed
the castle the most was me. I mean I got to live out every child’s
dream and build out a castle in my living room and having my cats love it too was an added bonus.