Minecraft Cat House Ideas: 3 Builds with Blueprints

3 Minecraft cat house builds to copy

Easy

Tabby Cat Hideout

27 × 28 blocks, 15 tall · 1,647 blocks

wish for a small orange tabby cat house with ears, whiskers and a curly tail

An orange box with black stripes, pointy ears with pink insides and two green cat eyes. The front door is the cat's mouth, with a pink nose above it. Two white paws sit out front and a striped tail curls up at the back. A kid can build it in an afternoon.

Materials list

Grass Block	702
Orange Concrete	585
Spruce Planks	117
White Concrete	68
Black Concrete	59
Red Wool	33
Pink Concrete	19
Glass Pane	18
Pink Carpet	16
Lime Stained Glass	12
Red Carpet	9
Smooth Stone	4

Plus 2 more kinds of block in small amounts (see the blueprint).

Layer-by-layer blueprint

Layer 1

Seen from above. The front of the build is at the bottom. Faint squares show the layer below. Thick lines every 5 blocks help you count.

Medium

Grey Kitty Cottage

29 × 48 blocks, 18 tall · 3,859 blocks

wish for a big grey cat head house with blue eyes, a pink nose and a fish pond

A grey cat head with big blue eyes, a white muzzle and pink cheeks, plus a loaf-shaped bedroom behind it and a ringed tail. Walk in through the muzzle, then through the hallway to a pink bed and a bookshelf. The garden has a koi-style fish pond, a yarn ball and a lantern-lit path.

Materials list

Light Gray Concrete	1,540
Grass Block	1,363
Spruce Planks	368
Black Concrete	156
White Concrete	106
Iron Bars	54
Glass Pane	48
Pink Carpet	48
Pink Concrete	33
Magenta Wool	33
Water	27
Smooth Stone	20

Plus 9 more kinds of block in small amounts (see the blueprint).

Layer-by-layer blueprint

Layer 1

Seen from above. The front of the build is at the bottom. Faint squares show the layer below. Thick lines every 5 blocks help you count.

Epic

Giant Sitting Cat Mansion

43 × 48 blocks, 41 tall · 8,249 blocks

wish for a giant sitting orange cat I can walk into, with a staircase up to a bedroom in its head

A cat the size of a tower. You enter between its front paws, climb a spiral staircase inside its striped body and end up in a bedroom behind its green eyes. The tail curls up beside it, and the yard has a cat tree, a fish pond, a yarn ball and a food bowl. It also works as a cat statue if you skip the rooms.

Materials list

Orange Concrete	3,875
Grass Block	2,015
White Concrete	752
Black Concrete	447
Spruce Planks	317
Oak Planks	183
Iron Bars	74
Smooth Stone	69
Glass Pane	60
Pink Carpet	49
Water	46
Bookshelf	45

Plus 14 more kinds of block in small amounts (see the blueprint).

Layer-by-layer blueprint

Layer 1

Seen from above. The front of the build is at the bottom. Faint squares show the layer below. Thick lines every 5 blocks help you count.

Tips for building your own

Start with a box, then add the cat

A cat is mostly a block of colour. Build the body or head as a plain hollow box first, then add ears, eyes, nose and whiskers. If you try to shape the whole thing like a real cat from the start, it tends to look lumpy.

Ears make the cat

Two ears on top of a box already say cat. Stack them in steps: a wide row, then a narrower one, then a single block at the tip. Use a pink block on the front face of each ear so they read from far away.

Put the face on the front wall

Eyes should be 3 or 4 blocks wide and 2 or 3 tall, with a black pupil down the middle so they look like cat slits. Use stained glass for the eyes so light shines out at night. Add a pink nose, a few black blocks for the mouth and a line of iron bars on each side for whiskers.

Pick colours that look like real cats

Orange concrete with black stripes makes a tabby. Light grey with white paws makes a grey kitty. White wool with black and orange patches makes a calico. Stripes are easy: just lay 1-block-wide black lines across the roof.

Use the door as the mouth or the paws

A one-block door under the nose looks like a cat mouth. On a bigger cat, put the entrance between the two front paws instead. Either way, it keeps the front of the house from looking like a plain wall.

Light the inside so nothing spawns

Cat houses are mostly hollow, which means mobs can spawn inside in the dark. Put a sea lantern or lantern every 4 or 5 blocks, and light the garden too. Glowing glass eyes also look great after sunset.

Questions

How do you build a cat house in Minecraft?

Build a hollow box in orange, grey or white, then add two stepped ears on top, a face on the front with glass eyes and a pink nose, and paws by the door. Finish with a tail out the back and lights inside. The three builds above show it at small, medium and giant size.

How do you make a cat statue in Minecraft?

A cat statue is the same idea as a cat house, just solid or mostly empty. Build a sitting body, add a head with ears and a face, then curl a tail beside it. The giant sitting cat above can be used as a statue if you leave the inside empty.

What blocks should I use for a Minecraft cat house?

Orange, light grey and white concrete or wool work best for fur, black concrete for stripes and pupils, and pink concrete for the nose and inner ears. Use lime or blue stained glass for eyes and sea lanterns for light. In survival, wool from sheep and terracotta are easy to get.

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