TacoCat Creations

TacoCat Creations Cat fashion and fully stuffed catnip toys handmade with pride in Madison, Wisconsin. If your cat doesn’t respond to catnip, give ours a try! Drop us a line!

At TacoCat Creations, we have one obsessive focus - making cool stuff for cats and the humans who love them. And we have a pretty good track record, too - for the past seven years, our catnip toys have been driving cats crazy across the US and beyond. Each one of our cat toys is hand sewn and individually stuffed with super potent catnip purchased in small batches from a farm or grown right in our

backyard. We have built a reputation for making catnip toys proven to drive your cats crazy. Just check out our social media! From our large fully-stuffed MadRats and NerdRats, to our small MewMice, our super-durable RuffRats and refillable Fizzle Stix kicker toys - we have a catnip toy for every preference. Lounge around on one of our NipMats (available in two sizes!) or add catnip to the hidden pocket in the top for extra fun! Also featured is our unique line of DapperCat bowties and collars. Each collar and bowtie is sewn by hand - not glued - ensuring they stay sturdy and beautiful. Available in a wide variety of colors and patterns, we’re sure you’ll find something to complete your cat’s look. Rounding out our merch are fun cat-themed t-shirts, stickers, buttons, and magnets that are great to add to your collection or give as gifts. And you can feel good about your TacoCat purchase too. We’re not some big corporation. We’re a female/minority-owned small business, and all of our products are proudly made by hand in our home studio located on the east side of Madison, Wisconsin. We’re a small team of people totally dedicated to making cats happy. It’s the best part of our job, and we’re pretty good at it too! Owner Meagan Porter’s devotion for cats and over 25 years sewing experience led her to found TacoCat out of a need for high quality and unique cat toys in a dog-saturated market. Graphic designer and business manager David Van lends his talents to making our products look beautiful and keeping the wheels turning at TacoCat Studios. Together we supply a handful of small retailers across the US, run an online shop, and bring cool cat stuff directly to the people through one of our many local events. Interested in bringing TacoCat to your shop? Got an idea for a custom order? Wondering where we’re going to be next? We’re happy to help.

My dad and I are all set up at the very first pop-up at  !!! It's SO COOL in here! Come see us and a bunch of other grea...
06/10/2026

My dad and I are all set up at the very first pop-up at !!! It's SO COOL in here! Come see us and a bunch of other great vendors, we'll be set up til 7pm!

Hi TacoFans! We are canceling the TacoChat tonight. EVERYONE IS FINE!!!!! We just have three more (!!!) events this week...
06/09/2026

Hi TacoFans! We are canceling the TacoChat tonight. EVERYONE IS FINE!!!!! We just have three more (!!!) events this week and Dave and I need to put in some studio time tonight so we are restocked for the market tomorrow. We got the AC cranked, I'm sewing my little fingies off, and if we don't see ya at our in purrrson events this week, we'll see ya online next Tuesday!

We're at Epic today! It's time for the Epic Farmers Market and were ready to go! Check us out if you're in the area, we'...
06/09/2026

We're at Epic today! It's time for the Epic Farmers Market and were ready to go! Check us out if you're in the area, we'll be here till 2!

Hi TacoFans! Happy summer! We have so many great events planned for just this week - check em out!TUESDAY, JUNE 9EPIC Ta...
06/08/2026

Hi TacoFans! Happy summer! We have so many great events planned for just this week - check em out!

TUESDAY, JUNE 9
EPIC TacoFans! We'll be back on your campus TOMORROW for your employee farmers market. Catch us there from 11am to 2pm. So excited to be back! This is a private event for Epic employees only, but don't worry - there are plenty of other oppurrrrtunities to catch us this week!

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
We are so stoked to be heading to the brand new Madison Public Market on Wednesday, June 10 for their very first Preview Pop-Up Market! It will be held from 3:30pm to 7pm at their brand new building at 202 N. First Street in Madison. Come visit us and come check out the new space!

SATURDAY, JUNE 13
This Saturday is the return of the one, the only KITTY PALOOZA! This is Madison Cat Project's big event of the year featuring fee free adoptions with over 70 cats and kittens available, a vendor fair including yours truly and 16 other amazing artists and makers, a raffle with great prizes, and an online silent auction which is already live in anticipation of the big event! The whole party is a fundraiser for MCP, which is near and dear to our TacoCat hearts. Kitty Palooza takes place from 10am to 3pm, I hope you can make it!

SUNDAY, JUNE 14
Then on Sunday, we'll be heading out to Milwaukee to spend the entire day eating delicious vegan food at VeganMania Milwaukee! And slingin all of your cat's favorite toys of course.

Come visit us at Greenfield Park from 11am until 4pm. See you in the food lines!

We're here! It's a gorgeous morning on the square and we're in a new spot in front of the Veterans Museum this week!Come...
06/06/2026

We're here! It's a gorgeous morning on the square and we're in a new spot in front of the Veterans Museum this week!

Come out and say hey, we'll be here till around 130!

Hey TacoFans! Dave and I will be set up downtown tomorrow but we're losing our regular spot to all the awesome classic c...
06/05/2026

Hey TacoFans! Dave and I will be set up downtown tomorrow but we're losing our regular spot to all the awesome classic cars rolling in for Cars on State. So we'll be somewhere in the Capitol Square vicinity from about 8:30 to 1:30 - I'll let ya know as soon as we get our spot. But it's gonna be a really fun day downtown so I hope you'll stop by!

We've been slowly introducing Purrl to the rest of the clowder, and while they don't seem to care about her presence in ...
06/04/2026

We've been slowly introducing Purrl to the rest of the clowder, and while they don't seem to care about her presence in the house, they do however care about all of their toys that have disappeared into her room. 😂 Charlie tried to reclaim this WISC'r this morning!

06/03/2026

Contest time! Someone asked me last year how many stickers were on the TacoVan and I actually have no idea. So in order to motivate me to count them, we're gonna have a contest!

GUESS HOW MANY STICKERS ARE ON THE TACOVAN !!!

Here's the rules -
1 - Contest runs through midnight on June 19, which is Tofu and my gramma's birthday. I will announce the winner the following week on social media.

2 - Submissions must be made as comments in the comments of this post on Facebook or Instagram. One submission per person please.

3 - For simplicity purposes, the logo stickers on the back side windows of the van (the big decal that says TacoCat Creations under it) will count as one sticker each so two total (one on each side). I won't be counting each individual letter so you don't need to either. The logo sticker on the hood will count as another sticker. My license plate renewal stickers do not count as stickers.

4 - I promise not to add or remove any stickers until the contest is over.

5 - You are welcome to count the stickers on the van - either by downloading the video and pausing it or slowing it down, or by seeking out the TacoVan in purrrson. Goldie is usually parked in back of our studio at 931 E. Main Street in Madison unless we're at an event.

6 - We will be operating under Price is Right rules - closest guess to the actual number without going over wins.

7 - If multiple people guess the same correct answer, a winner will be chosen randomly from the winning guesses.

The prize will be a $50 gift certificate to our website! Or we can work it out so you can use it in person, I'm flexible.

I will give you one single hint - I do not currently know how many stickers are on the TacoVan, but I did attempt to count a few months ago and got up to 200 before I got distracted and lost count.

Questions? Comments? Guesses?
Let's do this!!!!

I will also tag some of the sticker artists in the comments but if you see one of your stickers on there and I haven't mentioned you, give yourself a shout out!

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931 E. Main Street Suite #15
Madison, WI
53703

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 5pm
Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm

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