I’m a puppy and love to play. My owner loves to sew, and collect fabric. She made me a dog tug toy, when I need a little something new to play with! Sometimes I just like to sit and chew on them, too.

One (1) Dog Toy

How to Make a Dog Tug Toy

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Use up some fabric scraps by making this dog toy. This is a great stash-buster project to use up some of those scraps of fabric!

Materials

Four (4) pieces of fabric 4-inches wide and 40-inches long (or as long as the fabric width)

Tools

Scissors or rotary cutter to cut the fabric

Instructions

Start with your four pieces of fabric that are 4-inches wide. They can be the same color, or different. It is easier to keep track of your knot tying with different colors.
Here are the four fabrics I used to make the dog tug toy for Lucy.
Take one end of all four (4) fabrics and tie a big knot. This is the easy part!
To make a sturdy dog toy, that will last a while, we'll be making a series of square knots with the four (4) fabrics. Start by laying them out with two of the fabrics to the sides and two down.
Take the strip on the far left (pink) and fold it over the two strips (yellow and orange) that are laying down straight.
Take the strip that is on the right laying down (orange) and fold it up over both horizontal strips (read and pink).
Take the strip that was lying to the right (red) and fold over the strip that was folded up (orange), and pull it under the 2nd strip that was laying straight (yellow). Now all four strips are interlaced for a square knot, ready to pull it taut!
Here is another view of the four (4) strips interwoven for the square knot.
Voila! Our first square knot.
Do this progress again (and again), making square knots until you run out of fabric. Here are the steps again. Fold the piece of fabric that is to the left (here it is yellow), over the two center strips (orange and red).
Bring one of the center strips (red) up and over the two strips (yellow and pink) that were on the outside.
Bring the right side strip (Pink) over the strip we just folded up (red).
Pull all four taut for a knot. Here is the finished dog tug toy! Tie off the end with a big know when you don't have enough fabric to make another square knot.

Alternative: Although this is a great stash-buster project to use us scraps of fabric, you can also make this same dog tug toy from nylon rope, which is very durable. Pick up some rope at your local hardware or home improvement store and start making square knots and dog tug toys!

Check with your local Humane society or dog shelter and see if they’d like some of these toys to entertain their dogs. A great project for a rainy afternoon. They don’t take long to make and can be so much fun for playtime!

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