Safe and cat friendly ways to make the house smell Christmasy

[Show Me Your Kitties]

I have no idea where to put this thread, so forgive me if I got it wrong.

Anyway, my mom has decided not to get a real tree this year due to both of our concerns that the boys will chew and ingest pine needles, but she really misses that Christmas tree smell and just Christmas-y smells in general but there are so many no-nos when it comes to cats that we're kinda at a loss of how we can make our home smell like the holidays to us and others but also safe for the boys.

Would cooking cinnamon sticks over the stovetop be safe? How about those wax melts if put out of reach? I was told that candles could be harmful due to the smoke, and I wasn't sure if melts produced any or had their own risks (other than hot wax of course).

Any suggestions, tips or tricks would be more than helpful!

 

[neely]

How about the cinnamon scented pine cones most stores sell at this time of year? We put them in a small basked on top of the mantle out of reach from our cat. Of course you have to like the smell of cinnamon which I love.

 

[Furballsmom]

Would cooking cinnamon sticks over the stovetop be safe?

I think so

Something you could look into would be soy wax melts, and see if the maker/seller notes that they used nontoxic fragrance oils

 

[Show Me Your Kitties]

How about the cinnamon scented pine cones most stores sell at this time of year? We put them in a small basked on top of the mantle out of reach from our cat. Of course you have to like the smell of cinnamon which I love.

I have honestly never heard of those. That is something to definitely look into! Thanks!

Furballsmom okay good!

 

[Furballsmom]

I did an edit to my post above, in case you didn't see it

 

[Winchester]

With the old kitty clan, I could burn candles, but I wouldn't trust this gang any further than I could throw them. Haven't burned a candle since Mollipop came to live here. And since Mollipop loves to sit on top of our kitchen cabinets, we don't put anything anywhere! We have artificial trees and don't worry about scent anymore.

 

[fionasmom]

Trader Joe's used to sell mulling spices which you could use to make mulled wine, or just put on the stove on simmer in a small pot for the fragrance providing you use the normal caution about cats and stoves and not boiling the pot dry.

 

[Show Me Your Kitties]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far everyone!

 

[MoochNNoodles]

My friend's mother always had some kind of concoction in a mini crockpot and their whole house would smell amazing.