Making your pet hamster
Assemble the supplies before you begin. These are listed below and it's helpful to have everything ready before you start, so that you can work quickly and efficiently. This will be fun!
Place a dab of glue on the biggest pom-pom. Place the dab of glue on the top front where the head is to go. Also put a dab of glue on the smaller pom-pom, which serves as the head.
Attach the smaller pom-pom to the spot where you placed the glue dab.
Add eyes. Place two dabs glue on the head for the googly eyes, then stick them on.
Add the nose. Under the two eyes, put another dab of glue in place and stick on the pink nose. If you'd like nostrils, use a thin felt-tip pen to draw them on.
Wrap the pipe cleaner around the neck space to act as a collar. This is optional. This space is situated between the medium pom-pom and the big pom-pom.
Attach the four tiny pom-poms to the bottom of the large body pom-pom. Place two tiny pom-poms at the back of the large pom-pom and two at the front of the large pom-pom. Put glue on both the small pom-poms and the large pom-pom, for extra strength.
Attach the ears. Add the two medium pom-poms to the top of the head for ears. Fluff them up a little to create side wisps.
Done. You've now made your own pet hamster. Now you can name it and take care of it––some suggestions for this are provided next.
Naming your handmade pet hamster
If you're not sure what to name your new hamster, here are some suggestions to help you.
Use the color to come up with a suitable name. For example: White (snow, snowflake, Bianca, snowball, sugar, cloud, misty, ice, blizzard, cupcake and blaze) Brown (coco, chocolate, brownie, fudge, mocha, chocolate chip, bean, crusty, donuts) Ginger (ginger, pizza, orange, bubbles, boo, Barney, mark, cheese) Black (storm, smoky, thunder, pirate, checker, pitch, twilight)
Focus on the intended personality of your homemade pet hamster. For example: Shy (peekaboo, princess, prince, sweety, hide) Calm (peace, Oliver, sugar, care, cheese) Affectionate (love, hammy Valentine, pinkie, heart, sweety, nice) Nosy (snoopy, Mr. Wow, cool, interesting, nipper) Mad (thunder, Mr. Evil, bite, Rex, pirate, 360, ollie).
Pretend training your handmade pet hamster
Help your little handmade guy (or gal) get used to you and get used to being handled. Start by feeding your hamster fake treats (such as doll food or cardboard made to look like food); once it’s comfortable accepting treats from your hand, you can gently and securely pick it up. Hold it for a short time at first, and then gradually increase your time with it.
Provide playtime. Once you’ve hand-tamed your handmade hamster, let it play outside of the cage (you can make a cage from a shoe box or similar recycled item), in a secure, enclosed area. Stay and supervise the play session. If this were a real hamster, you'd need to be sure that you'd removed any electrical wires from the area, and anything else your curious pet could, but shouldn’t, gnaw on. If you're trying to be realistic, use pieces of yarn for cords and remove them.
Don’t forget your housekeeping duties! Remove droppings (these could be made from modeling clay), uneaten food and soiled bedding (use garden straw or grass) every day. Every week, remove and replace all the bedding, and scrub the bottom of the cage with hot, soapy water.
Show your parents how well you are caring for your handmade pet hamster. Talk to them about how you are cleaning its environment, taking it out to play and keeping it well fed, etc. In this way, they may come to see that you're acting responsibly and might consider getting you a real hamster.
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