Stars Catvent 2025 ✧ Build-a-MYO edition

[canadianhowl]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: canadianhowl + 523964
✧ Clan Link: galactic skies

✧ Word Count: 102
✧ Prompt: Gentleflora would love to have one with as many colors as she can put on it! She’d use flowers to get some dyes and use items like leaves, sticks, and feathers as stamps to put the colors on. She’d likely made the ornament out of a moss ball base coated in layers of hardened mud. Gentleflora would make a few of these to have an entire collection. Each one would be from the help of a few clanmates and gradually everyone would have participated in some manner. It’s a nice way to unify the clan in a fun activity everyone can enjoy!

[changeling.]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: changeling. + 756856
✧ Clan Link: Hsiin’al

✧ Word Count: 111
✧ Prompt:

Sunny-duckling excitedly holds up a ducky ornament, a pretty much flat thing made of fabric carefully sewed together, with dark button eyes. He’s holding it from its black ribbon, sewn into the top so it can be hung from something.

“I’m not really good at sewing,” he admits, giggling, “but I wanted something to give my best friend, Wormwood-glade, for the Winter Solstice! And what better than my namesake, huh?” The felt ornament sways from its place wrapped around his paw, and it catches the light to reveal faint sparkles in the fabric.

“I’m gonna make them something else, too… probably a worm one of these!” His eyes shimmer at the thought.

[Aktori]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: Aktori + 737315
✧ Clan Link: Reefclan

✧ Word Count: 104
✧ Prompt: If Lumina could make any Christmas ornament, she'd make one out of clay. It would resemble a cat and a star above its head. She'd paint it with natural plants from her garden, green from grass, red from cherries and gold from marigold flowers. She'd carefully paint the cat and the star and when she's ready for the finishing touches, she'll add a light to the star that blinks a brilliant dazzling gold, red and green interchanging between the three. For the last part, she'd make some twine out of a broken stem of a plant and hang it on her favorite pine tree.

[Deercan]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: Deercan + 776756
✧ Clan Link: Forum/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=5087286

✧ Word Count: 501
✧ Prompt:

A single lantern illuminated the stable where Sunnyside was situated, humming to herself as he made sure everything was settled for the night. Cold winter weather had finally found its way to the castle, so it was time for the horses to don their blankets. The silence was interrupted and the horse in front of her shuffled in surprise at a shrill squeak sounded behind him.

"SUNNYSIDE! Look what I made!!" Lovelace burst into the stables in excitement, a huge grin plastered over his face between cheeks rosy from the cold. His winter clothes looked as if they had been hastily thrown on, and as he ran up to Sunnyside he tripped on his scarf which had been dragging on the ground. Acting fast, she caught his fall.

"Whoa there! I got you!" she helped him regain his balance, but the kit hardly seemed to notice, preoccupied with whatever he came in for. She smiled, fondly remembering how her own kids were like that at his age. "Alright, I'd love to see what you made!"

Lovelace presented his creation with two gloved paws, holding it up and out in front of him. "I made an ornament!! I remember your story about the pretty tree you had back up at your home before you got here so I wanted to show you first!! And everyone else was um, asleep, but then I saw you were still out here so....yeah! Do you like it?"

Sunnyside admired the ornament, which consisted of a yellowy-green apple covered in glitter and patterns of hearts and whirls drawn on. It reminded her of an abstract winter landscape, the silver glitter shining in the lantern's glow like fresh snow. It warmed his heart to see. "It's absolutely beautiful, I love the little details you added. Using an apple is so creative- Thank you for showing me!"

Lovelace's smile grew at the response. Before he could return the thank yous, a large head of a horse reached over the stall and ate the ornament in a single crunch. Both cats stood in a shocked silence at the event that had just unfurled in front of them.

Sunnyside was the first to speak up. "I.. think she loved your ornament too!" She prepared himself to deal with an upset kit, but much more to his surprise, Lovelace squealed in delight.

"This means I can make ANOTHER one!! Okay Sunnyside see you later!!" Faster than lightning, Lovelace had turned and rushed out the stable door to return to the castle.

Sunnyside couldn't help but chuckle. She hurried to the door and called after him, "Not until tomorrow, I hope! It's way past your bedtime!" The cat turned back to grab the lantern and her things to follow after, but not before giving the horse who ate the apple a gentle pat on the head, "you got off lucky this time, but you're not to make ornaments part of your diet, understand? And don't tell Troutstream that you ate glitter!"

[elliott.]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: elliott. + 720066
✧ Clan Link: the hawthorns

✧ Word Count: 118
✧ Prompt:


Asphodelstar will always put his family first. Even his mother, with her betrayal and all included, was still close to his heart, as wicked as it sounded. His siblings and his mate and his kits would always come first when it meant anything and he'd never fail to put them on a pedestal. For his ornament, something that'd sit on his tree and be seen by multiple people, he'd include something for every member of his family. His first thought would be all of their pawprints, however that might make it quite a big ornament, so he needed to scratch that and think again. First letter of their names? A family tree? Ah, he'd get to it later.

[Infinitygalixy]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: Infinitygalixy + 852716
✧ Clan Link: The Compass

✧ Word Count: 176
✧ Prompt:
“What even is that?”

Mira peers down from the stool she’s standing on to get a clearer look at the crudely hacked bauble in Faust’s hand, “Did you make that?”

“Yeah, I did,” Faust replies simply, “Rebecca said you guys carve things to put on the tree, so I tried my best.”

“Sooo, what’s it meant to be then?”

“Well,” Faust’s shoulders raise with nerves, “I was thinking about the first things I saw when I joined you guys.”

She rotates the figure so it better faces Mira, “So I carved a cat, or at least tried to.”

Mira squints her eyes, inspecting it, sure enough two ears and a tail, though the body is covered in clumsy gouges and a paw has splintered off, “Oh, I see it now.”

“I know it’s not very good,” Faust interjects, “halfway through I snapped that leg off and later Rebecca said the knife I was using was too dull.”

“It’s not too shabby for a first try,” Mira relents, “give it here, I’ll hang it on the tree.”

[SkyWishes21]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: SkyWishes21 + 603852
✧ Clan Link: Overlook Station

✧ Word Count: 135 words
✧ Prompt:
Midnighthour isn't one for holidays, personally. Co didn't really have a super great time with them in cor old clan and they tend to bring up a sore spot.

But when one of cor partners, Tigger, timidly asked if co wanted to maybe make a decoration for her winter celebrations, how could co say no?

The base of Midnighthour's ornament is a piece of coral, found by cor dragon Ster and enchanted to stay vibrant even in death. It matches what cor dresses up with, a little piece of co. It's been wrapped with a piece of fishing line stolen from human marine waste and artfully tied up with a little bow. The whole thing tends to shed sand (co spent a few days on the beach making it) but it's turned out rather nice!

[Baobabel]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: Baobabel & 39277
✧ Clan Link: SecludedGlade

✧ Word Count: 286
✧ Prompt:As a kit, MouseFur had a special toy he loved to play with. A few days after birth, he was given a toy mouse. Another cat had carefully saved most of the fur/skin. They then stuffed and sewed it roughly back into its originally shape. It made a fantastic toy and later, great hunting practice for the kit. As he approached apprenticeship age, Mouse began to get teasing remarks on his diminutive size and features. The toy mouse he so faithfully carried around didn't help. He grew self-conscious. One day, tired of all the jokes, he took his beloved toy into the woods and buried it.
Eventually, much later, Mouse would learn to accept himself. He learned an appreciation for even the smallest mouse.
His first Winter Fest was coming up. Many cats make an ornament to add to the clan tree for their first year. Mouse had a hard time coming up with ideas when suddenly it hit him. He raced out of the den and to the area where he had buried his treasured toy in shame weeks ago. He quickly found the spot and uncovered the lump. He got lucky. They got a deep freeze the night after he had originally buried it and it had stayed below freezing ever since. The cold had helped preserve the fur and kept it safe and intact from any insects. MouseFur found some string and crafted his old toy into an ornament. He felt some pride when he went to hang it on the tree. It represented respect for their prey and himself. (and now he wouldn't have to throw out his toy because he was "too old")

[BingoDingo03]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: BingoDingo03 1113749
✧ Clan Link: x

✧ Word Count: 190
✧ Prompt:

Fluttereye would make its ornaments out of moss (and berry vines if he had too). He has done this before one year.

Finding a suitable decoration for the guardians of Gleanmoor was not an easy task. Every ornament leafs pupils choose are either too glittery or too shiny. He was honestly disappointed in his pupils taste of decorating. So much so, leaf made his own ornament. Fluttereye, chose to use, you guessed it, moss! Moss with the addition of the gnarly, inedible berry vines made some great use for his craft. It used Biscuit as a muse as she begged for hours for it to do so.

With the materials scattered on the wooden floor, he immediately went to work. Crafting a mini dog out of moss and berries came naturally to Fluttereye. It could've been fun to do if it wasn't for the fact Biscuit couldn't pick a pose. Leaf managed to plaster the moss on a dog shaped berry vine with the help of some honey. It was messy business. After some more messes, voila, a pawmade ornament was made!

And it become his go to since then.

[jun10r]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: jun10r + 1050173
✧ Clan Link: shadeclan

✧ Word Count: 113 words
✧ Prompt:


curlfeather would make an ornament inspired by her partner in crime and her companion, a little robin. having been her loyal companion for as long as she can remember and helping boost her mood on bad days, any chance she gets she will make something to honour her little friend. using a round rock both as her base and to tick off the gray colouring. she uses scraped tree bark to depict the brown on their wings, using honey to stick it in place. pieces of white lichen for the underbelly. and finally, the bit that freaks out other cats, her orange tail fur for the orange bits on the head and neck.