Horse Ornaments
Tuesday December 2, 2008
Here is a request for unique ornament ideas recently posted by a visitor nicknamed barnboss on the Family Crafts Forum:
"Hello crafters. This is my first time trying this but I'm hoping for some ideas. Our 4-H club is decorating a christmas tree with the theme, 'Horse Light Up My Life'. We did spray paint some light bulbs and the kids decorated them. I need some other ideas to fill up the tree like garland, something at the top of tree, and other horsey-type ornaments. Hope someone has some different ideas."
Do you have a holiday horse idea for barnboss? If so, please take a moment to post a reply.
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Comments
Get some brown ribbon and attach small bells (available at most craft stores) for garland, and perhaps hay wrapped with coloured ribbon as well. Ornaments such as horseshoes and saddles could be made from baking dough (just google craft dough for lots of free recipes) and then painted by the kids, and for a tree topper, why not a horse? Perhaps decked out in a Santa suit, LOL? Sounds like a fun project.
You could try drilling a tiny hole in the top of Breyer Stablemates (little breyer horses), then, screw in an i-hook. Tye some raffia and walah you have a horse ornament. We use a cowboy hat wrapped in ribbon and ornaments for the tree topper. We really love our horsey tree. Merry Christmas.
how about go to a tack/farrier store and buy some small pony horse shoes and hang them up, they are good luck too
One year we decorated a “hunting” tree using deer etc. There has to be many horse templates if you google for one……cut them out of cardboard (or cereal boxes) and spray them with silver or gold paint. The craft stores sell a ‘flock’ which adheres with glue and would look more like a winter coat. Use a smaller template and carefully cut the horse out so you have a pattern to spray thru - on to a cardboard circle which is covered with wrapping paper or foil paper; or spray paint onto clear ornaments. Fabric stores often have horse patterned flannel - cut the animals out, put two of the same shape together, sew around them, and stuff them.