Hm. I always used to just tire our kitties out with “towel rassling”. I’d wrap a dish towel around my hand and wrestle the bejeezus out of the little buggers. They could bite and scratch all they wanted; kitten claws and teeth are too little to make it through a small towel. Anyway, I’d wrestle with them until they got the “need to rassle” out of their system, after which they were tired and pettable.