Life's a Puppy Party: Recipes, DIYs, and Activities for Celebrating the Seasons with Your Dog

by Heather Hunt

Make the most of every day with your dog using this fun collection of healthy recipes, easy DIYs, and Pinterest-worthy party plans that you and your pup can enjoy together.

Our dogs are more of a part of our lives than ever, but it's still hard to find cute treats, toys, and accessories for them that you can make yourself.

When Heather Hunt brought home her dachshund, Dave, she scoured the internet for all the info she could find about being a great dog owner. And although she found plenty of factual guides to being a good pup parent, she was shocked that the fun and silly parts of owning a dog were completely missing-how to create a comfortable Halloween costume without buying a sewing machine, how to bake a nutritious barkday cake, or how to host a party for other pup friends.

Heather eventually launched TheDapple.com as a place to share great pet products and simple, creative activities for modern dog parents.

In Life's a Puppy Party, Heather has created a handbook for having fun with your dog. Grouped by season, it features easy, cost-efficient, Instagrammable, and vet-approved recipes, crafts, and no-sew costume ideas to make your pup a part of every type of celebration.

In this book, readers will learn how to:
-Bake an easy "pupcake"
-Upcycle a pair of old jeans into a cute bandana
-Throw a backyard puppy pool party
-Turn a dog hoodie into a dinosaur Halloween costume
-And make a dog toy advent calendar

This is a perfect gift for any dog parent looking for more ways to celebrate their pooch while giving us all something to smile about.

• ISBN10: 1982167556
• ISBN13: 9781982167554
• Publish Date: 12 October 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 176
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Life's a Puppy Party is a silly, whimsical, funny, and often adorable collection of recipes and DIYs for the very best dogs in readers' lives, written by Heather Hunt. Due out 12th Oct 2021 from Simon & Schuster on their Tiller Press imprint, it's 176 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.

This book is full of cute tutorials and instructions for costumes, treats, theme parties, gifts and more all with a canine twist. The recipes are arranged by seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Birthday parties. Tutorials include a description, tools and supplies in a bullet list sidebar, and step by step instructions. Extra tips and alternatives are listed with the directions. Recipe ingredients and tutorial tools and supplies should be easy to source at moderately well stocked grocery stores and craft shops.

The photography is clear and abundant throughout. The author has also included a resource and links lists for sourcing supplies online as well as an index. I loved that the entire book is peppered with adorable pictures of her dachshund (Dave) and corgi (Lizzie) modeling costumes, eating treats, and generally being cute.

Four stars. This would be a good choice for library acquisition, as a gift for friends and family, or for home use.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.