Christmas Gifts for Dogs That You Can Make Yourself

Christmas this year will be a challenge for many families, with finances strained to breaking point. But there’s no reason your dog cannot wake up to a special gift on Christmas morning with these great money saving ideas for doggie Christmas presents.

Christmas Dog Treats

Our first suggestion is something most everyone can do – bake some special Christmas Dog Treats. To make our dog treats you’ll need 1 cup of wholemeal flour, ½ a cup of grated cheese, ½ a cup of cooked frozen vegetables such as peas, corn and carrots, ½ a cup of margarine or butter (melted) and a little bit of water.

To make, mix together the flour, cooked vegetables, cheese and melted butter (or margarine). If it is too stiff, add a little water until you have a dough like consistency.

Pop this in the fridge to chill for an hour or two, then remove from the fridge and place on a floured work surface. Roll out to about half an inch thick, then use seasonal cookie cutters to cut out Christmas shapes.

Place these on a greased baking tray and cook at 185°C / 375°F for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool completely before placing in an airtight container.

Note: you can make more biscuits by doubling the ingredients, however these biscuits do not keep for as long as traditional dog biscuits (due to the cooked vegetables). Can be refrigerated.

Doggie Neck Scarves

These are also very simple to make. They are basically a triangle of fabric with a seam sewn all the way around. Scour your local fabric shops for their remnant bins. You can quite often buy smaller pieces of fabric (the ends of rolls) for a very reasonable price. A patterned fabric looks great, or you could get some plain fabric and write your dog’s name on the scarf with a fabric pen (or draw a Santa – use your imagination!).

To make the scarf, just draw out a triangle on your fabric using tailors chalk. Here’s how you do it. The bottom of the triangle is a straight line, so just mark on the edge of your fabric a length which is equal to your dog’s neck measurement plus 12″ or 30cm. When measuring your dog’s neck, don’t measure too tightly! So if your dog’s neck is 10″, make 2 marks on the bottom of your fabric 22″ apart.

Now the point of your triangle should reach your dog’s mid chest. So measure from under your dog’s chin to the middle of his chest, then add 1½” (for seam allowance).

From the midpoint of your line on the bottom of your fabric, mark the point the right height for your dog. Then just draw the two lines from this point to either edge of your bottom line.

Cut out, pin and sew a hem all the way around, and you’re done!

Bone Soft Toy

This one is a little trickier and requires some drawing skills! Again, search the remnant bins for some fabric to make your bone soft toy, but make sure that it’s durable, because most dogs like to have a good chew, and it would be terrible to have your Christmas present destroyed before Christmas Day is over.

You’ll also need some filling material. You can either use scraps of leftover fabric, or buy special filling material from your local fabric or craft shop.

Now just fold your fabric in two with right side together, and draw a bone shape (don’t worry – the dog won’t mind if it’s not perfect)! Keep in mind when you are drawing the bone that you need to make it big enough to have a seam sewn all around. Cut out your bone shape and sew around almost the entire outside, but leave a gap of around 2″ to allow you to fill the toy.

I also suggest you sew the seam twice (remember those teeth!). Now turn the bone right way around and stuff with your filling. Hand sew the final bit of seam closed.

Rope Toy

Here’s another easy one. Just buy a length of rope (the thickness should be suitable for your dog – the bigger the dog, the thicker the rope). Now cut into three equal lengths. Tie a sturdy knot near one end, and then plait the 3 strands of rope and tie off with another sturdy knot at the other end.

Food Tray

If you have an elderly dog, they may be finding it more and more difficult to bend down to eat. If so, why not make them a wooden tray for their food bowl to sit on. You can use scrap pieces of wood – have a look around your garage or shed and see whether you have anything suitable.

You really just need a square or a rectangle, depending on the size of your dog’s bowls. If you are going to put the water bowl there too, you may want to consider waterproofing the top of the tray.

And make sure the height of the tray is suitable for your dog.

So that’s it – 5 relatively easy, and cheap, Christmas Gifts you can make for your dog. The whole pack can have a great Christmas now!

About the Author

Di Ellis is an avid dog lover, and co-author of the site BestDoggieTips.com where you can get loads of useful tips and information about our four legged friends including free recipes, dog cartoons (updated weekly) and links to the best free dog stuff on the Net. And when you sign up for our free newsletter, we’ll send you a copy of our Dog Recipe Book.

Christmas Gift Patterns Questions

Anyone have patterns for crochet scarfs?

I want to make scarfs for christmas gifts and need patterns.

I like “Cozy Crochet” which has a couple of very good patterns, and the one in particular I like is for a thick four strand yarn blanket which can also be made into a quick, thick scarf. A single stranded version would be more elegant, and can be just as warm with the right kind of fiber. This book is available at my library. I also have a book called “Vogue Knitting Crocheted scarves” which is very nice and has inspired me alot, particularly the granny square shawl. And finally I’d recommend you look at Interweave knits website linked below. They are my favorite source for knits and I am pretty sure their crochet patterns are darn good, too.

Confused for Christmas: Shopping for a 16 year old girl.?

I have to buy for my younger sister this year. She’s 16 and her girlfriend and I are both completely stumped. She is the farthest from a girlie girl you will ever meet. She’s more masculine than a lot of boys her age. She has a cell phone (on a plan), an mp3 player and a camera. She’s into snowboarding like mad and used to figure skate (i don’t know if she does anymore, i don’t really think so). She’s fairly easy to please with funky patterns and unique gifts. Any ideas? I’m sinking.

you could get her a funky, purse-like bag, one that’s not directly girlie. If you go to one of those stores like maxwells that cell incense and those type of things you could probably find something really cool for her, like a poster of her favorite musician or one of those door hanging that go in the doorway of the door to her room.

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