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April 15, 2013

No Bake Dog Treats Book and Cook Activity

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This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids author, David Shannon, was completely new to us so we went to the library to check out of bunch of his books.  Good Boy, Fergus! was the house favorite and we had a lot of fun doing a dog themed kids activity to go along with it.

Homemade Dog Treats: Good Boy Fergus! Book and Cook Activity

The kids really enjoyed Fergus, the canine main character, because he reminded them of our dogs and how they sometimes act…especially out in public!

We love book and cook activities and decided to make our dogs some homemade dog treats for when they are “good girls”!

Homemade No Bake Dog Treats Book and Cook Activity

No Bake Dog Treats Recipe:

1/2 cup of dry dog food

1 c of oats

1/2 c of creamy peanut butter

1 tablespoon of cinnamon

1 tablespoon of honey

Mix the first three ingredients together and then stir in the cinnamon and honey.  Once everything is blended roll into small balls and place in the refrigerator for an hour to chill.  Makes about 14.

The treats smelled so good that my three year old kept wanting to try one and the dogs loved them!  We’ll have to make some again soon!

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About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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  1. Jackie Higgins says

    April 15, 2013 at 10:13 pm

    I didn’t know you could make your own dog treats. Cool. We don’t have a dog, so we might have to make human treats. My boys want a dog sooo badly but I want them to be a little older first! For now, we’ll just read about dogs in great books like this one!

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 17, 2013 at 12:28 pm

      Ha! They smell so good even I had to remind myself not to eat it! Swap out the dog food for Cheerios and I bet they would love their “dog treats”!

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  2. Erin - The Usual Mayhem says

    April 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    My dogs would probably love those treats! I’m printing the recipe to try out this weekend. Thanks!

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 17, 2013 at 5:32 pm

      My one dog kept following us around and trying to “sit” so she could have another one! Ha! I hope they’re a hit at your house too!

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  3. Jill says

    April 17, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    My 4 dogs thank you because I will be making this recipe tomorrow morning for them 🙂

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 17, 2013 at 5:31 pm

      Jill mine were obsessed with it! And they smelled so much better than store bought ones!

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  4. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    April 17, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    We made homemade dog treats once. My dog absolutely loved them. We’ll have to try your recipe. I’m sure she’ll love it!

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 18, 2013 at 2:15 pm

      And they smell so much better than the store bought ones! These are super sticky with all the peanut butter and honey so they’d be perfect to put medicine in for dogs too.

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  5. Erica @What Do We Do All Day? says

    April 20, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    Hmmm, except for the dog food part, those actually sound a bit yummy to me. lol. Thanks for sharing at The Children’s Bookshelf. 🙂

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 21, 2013 at 11:29 am

      Ha! Thanks Erica!

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  6. Vicky Van Ness says

    April 23, 2013 at 9:01 pm

    I’m so glad I found this!! I was just talking to my husband about homemade dog treats, I just had to look up a recipe. You saved me the trouble!! 🙂

    Thanks!!
    Vicky

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 25, 2013 at 2:16 pm

      Yay!!! My dogs were obsessed with them and they smelled much better than the treats we buy at the store!

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