Finding just the right costume for a miniature dachshund is a little tricky due to their long bodies . . . our little dachshund Andouille ‘The Tube Steak’ Louie aka Dewey looks cute in long tubular designs. So what better costume than a CORN ON THE COB complete with a pad of butter. Finding the … Read more
I made this My Little Pony costume for my Papillon, Lucy, because I couldn’t find a saddle to fit my GSD. My original idea was to have my GSD dressed as a draft horse and Lucy as a miniature horse, but everyone kept calling Lucy a My Little Pony when they saw her picture. When … Read more
I had envisioned Yogi becoming a french fry since he was a wee one 4 years ago. I had searched the web for ideas but didn’t really find a costume that in my mind would work for him so I took it upon myself to put different items together. I started with an open cardboard … Read more
My 8-week old Peekapoo Ziggy is the sweetest puppy ever. I handmade his candy box and background with card board, poster board, aluminum foil, printing and pasting several photos of the tootsie rolls and the price tag. The most challenging part of this was keeping Ziggy in the box for the picture. Other then that … Read more
This year I decided I wanted to dress up my pug like the flying monkey from The Wizard of Oz. I made most of it out of felt started with making a vest out of blue felt and just sewing on two long rectangles for the sleeves. I free handed a pattern onto red felt … Read more
Our dog’s registered name is Hurricane Sandy, so we really wanted a weather-related costume. Hurricanes and tornadoes are a little overdone for costumes, so I thought of the phrase “its raining cats and dogs” and the costume came to life! we got a little rain coat, some red rubber rain boots, got an umbrella top … Read more
Our dog BAM is catlike and almost as fast as a Cheetah – perfect! After giving it some thought and doing some research on painting my dog and a phone call to Chris Christiansen Systems, we ordered our Chris Stix and hoped this would work. In about 15 minutes , with pics at our side, … Read more
Ever since my dog was a young puppy she liked to be held on my hip like a toddler and everyone always commented on her coat. Growing up, Lamb Chop was one of my favorite shows and while toy shopping for her birthday I found a toy of Lamb Chop and noticed how similar she … Read more
I wanted to make my pugs a costume that would tie them together in a theme. I’d seen grown-up Mickey Mouse costumes to buy, but never dog ones. Hmmm, off I go to Wal-Mart with ideas that might or might not pan out. On a clearance rack, I found 3T shorts for a boy ! … Read more
This costume was made with love! Maddie is wearing a shirt I bought from a local pet store. I just cut up the middle and sewed on Velcro so her costume is easy on and off. The strings are hot glued on to look like noodles as well as the cotton balls and spaghetti sauce.
Every year I like to come up with costumes that tell a story for my daughter Emma and my dog Riley. This year I decided they would be Little red riding hood and the big bad wolf..(or what my daughter would say…little bad wolf cause big bad wolf is scary). I had Emma’s costume already … Read more
Gryphon, the witch doctor, donned his creepy cloak with bands of leather. Gryphon, the witch doctor, wore a headpiece of bones and feathers. Then, Gryphon, the witch doctor, put Phoenix in a cauldron on the table. He told him, “Ooo, ee, oo ah ah. Ting tang, walla walla bing bang!”. This is what he said. … Read more