12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland

Festive, fun, and made of COOKIES! This is totally my kind of DIY!

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Mom helped me come up with a fun holiday garland to decorate my home with this year. I figured can’t hurt to make my home extra festive, because you never know what jolly round fellow might be stopping by in a few days!

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

DIY Holiday Pet Garland

Materials:

 

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Step 1: Using your Electric Drill, drill holes through the pre-existing hole marks in your cookie. You can alternatively use an awl to push holes through them – but this method tends to crack the cookies easier.

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Step 2: Spray paint your cookies a fun and festive color.

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Allow them to completely dry before moving onto the next step, preferably overnight.

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Step 3: Thread the bakers twine through the back of your cookies. A toothpick may be helpful to push the twine through them.

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Step 4: You will want to knot the end of each piece of twine near your cookie so that it won’t slide around on the garland.

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Step 5: If you choose you can tie some festive ribbon onto the bakers twine. Then hang and enjoy!

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Had I know this Cookie Garland was just for looks and not for nibbling I might not have been as excited to make it.

12 Days of Cheer! DIY Holiday Pet Garland using Milkbones! via Ammo the Dachshund

Despite the red spray paint I can still smell the cookies underneath, so make sure you hang your garland out of reach of any furry friends! Mom says it might smell good, but they won’t taste good! Ammo the Dachshund

This diy was inspired by the following halloween decorating tutorial.

Balloons

Boy did I have a fun Easter! How about you? Don’t worry, I plan to tell you all about it in a few days – but first I remembered I forgot to tell you about something I did last week!

Remember the baby shower I got to go to last Sunday? Well I can’t believe I forgot to tell you that mom actually let me help set up for it! I know right, she never lets me help!

The best part….it involved Balloons of all things!

I guess I can sorta understand why mom doesn’t usually let me help with things like these….because I had a little accident….

We had one Balloon casualty. But it’s not my fault…..it’s really hard to tie a knot when all you have are paws! Sigh.

Sewing – Doggie Style

Lately my mom has been doing this thing called sewing. As far as I can tell she uses this noisy machine that attaches together tempting chew toys fabric into something that may or may not be useful. My mom said I could probably do a better job at sewing than she could, so I jumped at the chance to help. Turns out I never made it past the picking fabric stage – I think all the bright colors just distracted me.

Oh well, sewing has proven to be a great opportunity for me to catch up on my napping. I’ve got my paws crossed that mom will make me something useful one of these days.

What we making today?

Choosing fabric

I like this one

Just making sure the color will match my room

Are we done sewing yet?

Collapsing from boredum

tada! Apparently it’s a grocery bag dispenser.

Crock Pot Cover

Bunting! Makes me want to throw a party and invite all my doggie friends!