If you follow this blog, you already know how much I adore our Pupp-Awg Quinley…right? And if you’re new here, the fact that Pupp-Awg has her own page here on FYB should give me a away a bit ๐ I mean, in all reality, we don’t really consider her a pet. She’s more like our child. Needless to say she is quite spoiled. Toys, toys, toys and more toys usually litter the floor of every room in the house at any given point in the day. And each day I often feel like a mother picking up her child’s toys when I clean up her toy explosions. But I love it too. And I love it even more when I see the excitement in her face when we give her a new toy. So…making some new toys for her seemed like a brilliant thing to do. And it’s super easy!
Here’s what you’ll need:
Some jersey material, new or old in different colors and patterns. I used 10 different colors and patterns
Scissors
Rubber band
And a few minutes of time.
Step 1: ย Cut 30 pieces, 1″ width x 25″ length. (This is for a large dog. For a small dog I’d suggest 15 pieces and reduce the length to maybe 15″).
Step 2: ย Divide 30 pieces into 3 piles of 10 like so.
Step 3: ย Rubber band the top of the three pieces together to start your braid leaving about 5 inches of un-braided tassels to make your knot. Then remove the rubber band and make a knot where it was. Pull the knot tight making sure to pull on the tassels so there’s a few inches dangling after the knot.
Step 4: ย Make a knot on the other end following the same method in step 3.
And there you have it…a fun new toy for your fur baby! Now I just have to figure out how to get a squeaker in it ๐
As you can see, Quinley absolutely loves it. It was even a bit hard to capture these pictures of her because she was tossing it up in the air and moving around with it quite a bit.
But these two funny pictures below are my favorites. It’s like she’s winking at me…haha!
And this one just makes me laugh…such a funny girl!
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I’ll be making more dog stuff in the weeks to come, so be sure to check back.
Have a Fab You Bliss day!
xoxo
Stephanie
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Haha! She is so cute! I am convinced my dogs have more toys than some children but I can’t stop because like you I LOVE how excited they get when I bring them home a new one. It’s the little things.
Definitely the little things. I love how you love yours just as much as I do Q ๐
awwww how cute!!! I need to make one as well, thanks for sharing =)
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LOVE this idea!!! Quinley looks sooo happy, glad to know she has a cool new toy to play with to keep her mind off of missing Kayla ๐
Seriously! Haha…for days now she’s been sniffing the top of the couch where Kayla was sitting. She misses her friend…as do I ๐
I love it! I’ve been looking for different things to treat my little pooch to and this is perfect.
I love it!!! I was just going to buy a toy for my sister’s dog. This would be so much better.
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Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!
I love dogs!! I adopted 2 and since I don’t have any children, they are my babies. Dogs are adorable!
I am definitely going to try this. I have lots of scraps. Thanks for sharing.
This is a great idea. I have 6 dogs so I can’t always buy them all new toys, but I will sure try this and make them all one. Thanks for the idea =)
Is she a golden doodle? She looks exactly like my golden doodle ๐ They’re funny dogs, and mine loves rope toys!
Yes, she is a Goldendoodle and yes, she’s a super funny dog. LOVE her to pieces!!!
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This is too easy so I’m going to make one for my cock-a-poo and a couple for my sister’s 4 dogs. They will love it! p.s. your statement here’s what you’ll need has an extra ‘you’ in it ๐
Thank you Mary! I’m always saying I need someone to proof my posts. I’m surprised you’re the first to tell me given this post was featured a few months ago…haha! Thanks again and I hope your pets enjoy the toys!!!
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Thanks so much for sharing this! I made one for my dog, and he loved it! I liked your post so much that I shared your link on my blog.
Glad you liked it Callie!!! I need to make another one for Quinley…she loves all my handmade toys. ๐
Love this idea!!! I was just wondering…I have a black lab and he is quite the chewer. His current rope toys get devoured pretty quickly, and we have to take them away. How do these hold up?
Hi Kelly – The one I made for Quinley didn’t last very long, maybe a month. But they’re so easy to make I just keep making more and she just loves them. Honestly…I think she loves the toys I make for her more than the ones we buy at the store. The last toy I made was crafted out of felt and after she tore threw it she carried that piece of felt around in her mouth like a carcass for days. Sweet, silly dog!!!
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Hi, you have an adorable doggie! I have two mini schnauzers one just 6 months and the other about 1 and a half- they love chew and tug so I gave your project a go. My input- the length still needs to be longer even for smaller dogs or else it is just impossible to tie the knots at the ends. Maybe for the smaller dogs less strands or just a bit thinner strands, but I recommend more than 15 in length! Pups happily chewing as I type this! Thanks for the great idea!
Thanks Kathryn! That’s good to know. Glad you liked the project ๐