What do you do with the little bits of left over yarn from other projects?

I tried cat toys. The cats loved them, and so did the dogs...unfortunately the dogs loved them to eat them rather than to play with them! I wondered where the cat toys went, until I was cleaning up dog poopies and there were bits of bright colors in them. It stumped me until I realized that it was the missing cat toys. I might start making them to sell at craft shows though. It reminds me of one of our dogs, a standard poodle, who loved wool. We didn't discover the addiction until I had knit a pair of slippers. It took me nearly a year to knit the slippers and only wore them once...I took them off and set them on the chair in my bedroom. The next morning one of the slippers was gone. My dad chewed me out for being so careless with my stuff. Then a few days later the mystery of the missing slipper was solved. Dad called us out into the yard and pointed out one of the dogs piles. It was salmon pink and all fluffy. So much for the missing slipper. Through that dog's life, he never lost his apatite for wool!! He even ate the lining out of one of my Mom's jackets, it was a Sherpa lining that was wool, and ended up in the dog. We learned that if it was wool it either got hung up or put in the trunk of the car if he was with us.

I understand what it's like to live with a thieving dog. My dog, Yafa, loves to steal my socks and underwear. She eats the stinky parts. She also steals any silverware she can get and takes it to the garden. I could kill the little thief. I've been dealing with her thieving ways for 9 years. You can donate the cat toys and cat afghans to rescue organizations or shelters. They always need things for their kitties. I made a bunch of small blankets for The Urban Cat Project when I was first learning to crochet. They weren't perfect, but the cats don't care.