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Last Minute Christmas Gifts: Three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking!

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December 16, 2013 By Laura

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Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

Here we are in the final full week before Christmas! We just finished shopping for Christmas gifts this weekend, and came up with a fabulous idea for our cats, Lulu and Aliza. Each year we like to give the girls one present that they can share. And this year, the Walgreens Holiday Gift Guide came to the rescue as it reminded me of all the fun pet toys they have for dogs and cats in their pet aisle! Walgreens has lots of Christmas present ideas, from pre-packaged holiday dog treats to cat toys, that will have you putting together creative gifts in no time! There’s fish food, colorful dog toys, stockings for both dogs and cats that you can fill up, and did I mention cat toys? I know I did, but their selection of toys is fantastic, and our cats are picky – especially Lulu!

For those of readers who aren’t familiar with out cats, here’s some recent pics of them . . .

Aliza, our 20-something senior kitty:
Aliza the Cat, our 20-something senior kitty!
Lulu, our 13 year-old cat kitten cat: 
(yes she still is very much a kitten!)
Lulu, our 13 year old cat who still thinks she's a kitten!

Let me show you what we purchased, and give you three must-haves that will make an awesome pet stocking!

Any great stocking must start with? Say it with me everyone, “A stocking!” I saw a fun dog stocking design in the Walgreens holiday catalog (on pages 4 and 5) . . .

Walgreens Holiday Gift Guide, pages 4 and 5

. . . and just knew they’d have a cat version too!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

Isn’t it C-U-T-E? Love, love, love!

Photos can be tricky, so let me describe this stocking to you: It’s made with comfy ivory fleece, both front, back and inside! (I can’t stand stockings that are nice on the front but the back is cheaply finished.)

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

There’s an adorable red MEOW along with red fish on the front, in a raised knit texture, along with fun red pom-poms sprinkled all over! So cute, and definitely has a handmade look to it which you know I love!

Next are the contents of a good pet stocking. Remember, pet stockings should be fun!

Here’s my three must-haves for any pet stocking: 

  • Toys
  • Treats
  • A surprise

TOYS

For the toys, we purchased two of the Walgreens Pet Shoppe catnip mouse toys . . .

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

Adorable, right? If you don’t want the mice, they also have bird-shaped catnip toys too.

These toys are made with fabric that is heavier than many of the catnip toys out there – believe me we probably own almost every type in our house – and I like that our cats can claw and bat these toys around without the toy ripping apart.

I also love that they’re stuffed with recycled plastic bottles! How cool is that?

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

Lulu likes to fetch, which is a funny trait that many Ragdoll breed cats have, and these Pet Shoppe catnip toys are the perfect size for her to carry in her mouth without worrying she will swallow them.

And one more bonus for us? We earned extra points with our purchase of Pet Shoppe products by using our Balance Rewards card! Sweet!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

Next, we needed a new large mouse toy!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

We always have one of these on hand. Aliza especially likes to hug these while rolling around on her back, and I swear it looks like she’s holding a little doll!

This toy has a rattle inside, which always intrigues our kitties!

TREATS

Our cats love treats! We either give them one treat at a time , or sometimes we will toss a treat just a few feet away, so they can chase after their prey and “attack” before eating!

We purchased two packets of Friskies Party Mix. We usually get the Original Flavor, but when I saw the Beachside flavor, I had to get that too, since we do live at the Jersey shore afterall!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

A SURPRISE

And no stocking should be complete without some sort of surprise inside. Again, I already knew what I was looking for, as I had browsed Walgreens online.

This year’s surprise is a new laser toy, also from the Walgreens Pet Shoppe!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

Our cats love chasing laser beams, almost to the point where they will knock into each other as they try to be the first one to catch the elusive red dot! Aliza is a bit quicker at this game, which is surprising for a 20-something year old senior cat, but Lulu can hold her own too!

Our previous laser toy recently bit the dust after many years of play, so I know the cats will love this! (And this one projects different shapes with the laser too, like a mouse and a star, in addition to the regular dot.)

“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care . . .”

Their pet stocking is hung up by our fireplace, but Lulu and Aliza will have to wait until Christmas morning to open their presents!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

If you’re putting together a stocking for someone else’s pet — fill the bottom with crushed paper first. I usually fill the bottom half with paper, as most gifts are small and you want at least a few of them to stick out of the top, whether wrapped or unwrapped!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

And speaking of purchasing gifts for other pets — since we will be travelling around the holidays, our cats will be watched by both of my sister-in-laws. A fun way to thank them, which we love to do, is to leave a special little gift for Sully the dog (owned by one sis-in-law) and Jack the cat (owned by the other sis-in-law).

We found these pet-themed labels at the end of the pet aisle to use for their gifts. We can use the rest of them on the gifts we’re giving to our family and friends!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias
Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

So don’t fret about last minute Christmas gifts for your pet-loving friends or for your own pets: just head to Walgreens and remember my three must-haves!

Last Minute Christmas Gifts: My three must-haves for an awesome pet stocking! #HappyAllTheWay #shop #cbias

Do you give your pets Christmas gifts? Are you done with your Christmas shopping? Let me know in the comments!

~Laura
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  1. Carol TheAnswerIsChocolate

    December 16, 2013 at 11:17 pm

    How fun Laura. People didn’t believe me years ago when I made our pooch her own Christmas stocking and each year Santa fills it!

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 16, 2013 at 11:59 pm

      I should have guessed that you would have a special stocking each year, Carol! Hooray for pet lovers!

  2. Randi~Dukes and Duchesses

    December 17, 2013 at 3:32 am

    That’s such a cute stocking. Your kitties will be so happy on Christmas morning! πŸ™‚

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 17, 2013 at 3:30 pm

      Thanks Randi! Our cats also love wrapping paper and boxes, so they will probably think they’re getting lots of gifts that day! LOL

  3. malia

    December 17, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    What a great post Laura. I would love to be one of your kitties! I think they get tons of love in your house and some good pet toys too!

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 18, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      LOL Malia! You would get spoiled beyond belief! And you’d most likely get away with anything you did wrong too! Well… just about! πŸ˜‰

  4. Mary Beth

    December 19, 2013 at 6:17 am

    So many great pet-gift ideas! p.s. Your Cats are BEAUTIFUL!

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 19, 2013 at 2:01 pm

      Awwww. my cats says “Meow!” to you Mary Beth, which means “thank you…now tell us again!” LOL Well, that’s what Lulu would say. Aliza would say, “Um…can you pet me please?” πŸ™‚

  5. Amy Anderson

    December 19, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    This is so cute – I want to do some for my pups! I like that stocking a lot!

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 19, 2013 at 2:02 pm

      Check out the “Woof” stockings – you will LOVE them Amy! πŸ™‚ And give those adorable pooches of yours some pets from me!

  6. Lindsey Paris

    December 19, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    Our pets absolutely get stockings for Christmas. They even give gifts to their humans! πŸ™‚

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 19, 2013 at 5:47 pm

      That’s so great Lindsey! And gifts back to you? Even better! I’m sending ours shopping…at least online! LOL

  7. Carolyn

    December 20, 2013 at 2:29 am

    Love these kitty stockings. We always get our dog a gift and put it under the tree. I don’t know how she does it but she always finds her gift, drags it out and tears it open. OK, one year she got mixed up and tried to open my son’s Snuggie but every other time she’s picked hers.

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 21, 2013 at 12:26 am

      Love this story, Carolyn! I can just imagine how hilarious this was, when she went for your son’s snuggie! πŸ™‚

  8. Heather SettingforFour

    December 21, 2013 at 1:09 am

    I love those stockings!! Adorable Laura!

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 27, 2013 at 4:31 pm

      I had fun putting the stocking together! Thanks Heather!

  9. Amy*

    December 21, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    You are the best pet mama on the planet! I’m following in your “paws” and running up to Walgreens to grab some goodies for my Fur kids!

    Meow-some post!

    Amy*

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 27, 2013 at 4:32 pm

      I need you to tell my kitties, as sometimes they forget! LOL Thanks and purrs!

  10. Texas Type A Mom

    December 30, 2013 at 1:32 am

    Great ideas! I probably lean more towards the treats than anything else but this definitely keeps things balanced! #client

    • Laura Kuhlmann

      December 30, 2013 at 10:42 pm

      Thanks Kelly! I’m fond of treats too! πŸ˜‰ Aliza and Lulu LOVED their toys, so any extra treat calories are definitely being worked off with playtime!

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