{"id":12198,"date":"2016-10-12T02:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T06:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/?p=12198"},"modified":"2017-07-17T23:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T03:56:02","slug":"super-easy-diy-halloween-costume-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/2016\/10\/12\/super-easy-diy-halloween-costume-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Easy DIY Halloween Costume For Your Dog!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love looking at all of the creative DIY<\/a> Halloween<\/a> costume ideas you can find everywhere at this time of year! But to be honest, I’m a bit clumsy with crafting, and most DIY<\/a> costumes are\u00a0beyond my beginner skill set. But when I came across\u00a0a photo of a Beanie Baby dog costume on Pinterest<\/a>, I immediately knew this was perfect for me – easy enough for my skill level and adorable enough for my dog. Plus, as someone who collected Beanie Babies at the height of the craze, I rather liked the idea of having a Beanie Baby of my own dog. Below you can find the steps I used to create the Beanie Baby costume\u00a0seen in these photos of Sadie.
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Beanie Baby Dog Costume<\/a><\/h1>\n

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Step 1:<\/h3>\n

Search online for a good image of that unforgettable\u00a0heart logo tag. Try to find an image that has the tag open so that your own tag can be opened and read.<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/h3>\n

Print out the heart, making sure the\u00a0tag will print large enough based on the size of your dog. I printed mine at 150%, making the heart take up the top third of a piece of standard printer paper.<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/h3>\n

Glue \/ tape the paper\u00a0with the heart printout to a piece of cardboard.\u00a0This will\u00a0help to make\u00a0the tag is sturdy enough to survive being attached to your dog.<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/h3>\n

Cut out the tag and fold in half.<\/p>\n

Step 5:<\/h3>\n

Write your dog’s name and birthday inside. You may also include cute little facts about your dog, or a small story or poem.<\/p>\n

Step 6:<\/h3>\n

Punch a hole in the tag at the upper left corner. The correct\u00a0spot may be marked with a small circle, depending on the heart image you chose online.<\/p>\n

Step 7:<\/h3>\n

Attach the tag to a piece of string or a rubber band. I used a hair elastic for Sadie’s tag.<\/p>\n

Step 8:<\/h3>\n

Loop string around your dog’s collar and you’re done! (I also tried hanging the tag by Sadie’s ear, as a lot of the Beanie Babies I owned had tags in that position. By using the hair elastic, I made sure this placement wouldn’t pull Sadie’s hair or hurt her. It looked pretty cute in the photos, but as you can probably guess, the tag did not\u00a0stay in place very long and I ultimately realized the collar placement is better in the long run.)
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This post is part of the BlogPaws<\/a> Wordless<\/a> Wednesday blog hop.
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I love looking at all of the creative DIY<\/a> Halloween<\/a> costume ideas you can find everywhere at this time of year! But to be honest, I’m a bit clumsy with crafting, and most DIY<\/a> costumes are\u00a0beyond my beginner skill set. But when I came across\u00a0a photo of a Beanie Baby dog costume on Pinterest, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259,279],"tags":[1372,16,1413,28,29,221,1371,447,34,443,49,53],"class_list":["post-12198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-tips-and-tricks","category-all-posts","tag-beanie-baby","tag-blog","tag-crafting","tag-cute","tag-designer-dogs","tag-diy","tag-diy-halloween-costume","tag-dog-costume","tag-dogs","tag-halloween","tag-heart","tag-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12198"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14527,"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198\/revisions\/14527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}