This holiday season, bring the barn inside by adding these DIY horsey ornaments to your home. This simple DIY craft can be customized to your favorite colors and silhouettes. Hang on your tree, mantle or bedroom door! These adorable, festive ornaments also make great gifts for your trainer and barn friends.
Materials
â—† 3-inch embroidery hoops
â—† Holiday fabric
â—† Wooden horse cutouts
â—† Acrylic paint and paintbrushes (optional)
â—† Super glue or hot glue gun
â—† Ribbon (optional)
â—† Twine
Directions
Step 1: Using acrylic paint, paint your wooden cutout horses. If you choose, you can leave them their natural color for a more rustic look.
Step 2: Cut your fabric into small squares a little bigger than your embroidery hoop (about a ½” to 1″ bigger on the sides—better to have too much fabric and cut it down later than not enough).
Step 3: Open your embroidery hoop and place the fabric between the two rings and tighten the fastener at the top.Â
Step 4: Once tight, trim your fabric so it is in the shape of a circle and only a little bit hangs out in between the rings.Â
Step 5: Using super glue or a hot glue gun (with an adult’s help), glue the extra fabric down inside the hoop. Then glue the wooden horse to the front of the fabric.
Step 6: Add twine at the top for a hook; add ribbon for extra color.
Step 7: Hang on a tree or around the house and enjoy!
If you decide to make these DIY horsey ornaments to celebrate the holidays, be sure to take a photo or video and share them with us on Instagram at @youngridermagazine, with a parent’s permisson!
This article about DIY horsey ornaments appeared in the November/December 2023 issue of Young Rider magazine. Click here to subscribe!
