Horse Shoe Crafts

You will get a picture taken during camp to work with for this craft.

Get an old horse shoe with nails removed and paint it (i bet spray paint would work the best), and decorate it with craft glue and ribbon, gems, writing in fabric paint, horse stickers or transfers or whatever supplies you can find...

Attach a piece of foam core or cardboard to the back of it. or you can use wrapping paper, stationery paper, whatever you want.

One 12" piece of twine
Rolling Pin and Blunt knife Markers in various colors

if we have clay
HERE'S WHAT YOU DO:1. Mix in a few squirts of your craft acrylic paint. e" into the shape you want. We just punched in the edges with our fingers and made a casual-looking edge.3. Lay your horseshoe on the pancake and press Hard so the shoe fully imprints on the clay. Make sure you have all the nail holes imprinted too. Gently lift horse shoe off your "pancake."4. Poke two holes in the top of your pancake. This is where you'll thread and knot the twine to hang your sign later. Make sure the holes are big enough for the twine to get through.

decorate Using letter stamps or markers, create your message. Use your imagination: "Ponies Rule, Boys Drool," "Tack Room," "Gone Riding,"

6. Cut out your craft paper as a frame for your personal photo. Cut out your personal photo, making it slightly smaller than your craft paper frame. Glue photo onto craft paper. Take this and glue it into the inside of your horse shoe imprint.
7. Let your craft dry overnight. If it's humid, lay it in front of a fan or a vent.
8. Using the silver acrylic paint, paint your horse shoe, being careful not to paint in your "nail holes."
9. Thread your twine through the back of each hole your sign and make a knot.

Horse Posters

Students must design a poster about a specific horse topic, ie: Safety, Colors/Markings, Anatomy, etc. Use old tack catalogs or horse magazines, stamps, stickers, whatever you can find!

Paint Your Horse

Use tempera paint mixed with mild dishwashing soap. It goes on and comes off easily and the horse gets a good bath in the process.

Jewelry

Horse Hair Bracelet/Anklet: Get some mane or tail from their favorite camp pony - braid/weave mane/tail hair into anklets/bracelets. You can also add in beads and little charms

Beaded Horse Shoe Ornament: Give each child a pipe cleaner. Bend each pipe cleaner into the shape of a horseshoe, then string with colorful pony beads.Tie a piece of yarn to each end of the "shoe" to make a necklace or ornament. Good craft for ages 4 and up.

Frames for Stall Cards

Use fun foam or cardboard frames from craft stores and decorate them as an added touch for stall information cards.

Cardboard Horse Craft

Materials:
toilet paper roll,
a printer,
something to colour with,
scissors,
glue,
paper

Directions:
Print out the template of choice.
Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.
Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube. Toilet paper rolls come in different sizes, so if you find the rectangle is a bit too big, just trim it down. If you find it's a bit too small, just cut out another small piece to fill in the gap.
Glue on the head and "arms"
Fold the tabs on the feet and the tail and glue them onto to the tp roll to give it a 3 dimensional effect
We typically make the crafts as if they're sitting up on their haunches as it's easier to construct them. (I think the horse looks cute this way)

Templates:
Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template option 1 (color) or (B&W)
Template option 2 (color) or (B&W)

Stick Horse Craft

Do you know how much fun it is to ride around on a stick horse? Why not make this stick horse:

Materials:
suitable stick
cardboard
scissors
construction Paper
markers
yarn
glue and tape

Directions:
Cut a horse head shape out of construction paper. Let your child color it and / or decorate it with construction paper. Use yarn to make the mane and the reins. Use glue and tape to attach the head to the 'body'.

Cork Horse (?)

What you need: 2 corks (one large and a smaller one); Toothpicks; black, brown or yellow scrap yarn; black or brown felt (you can substitute this with piece of paper colored brown or black; 2 black beads or googly eyes; glue.
What to do:
1. Stick one toothpick into large end of the large cork. Angle the toothpick upward for the horse's neck.
2. Stick another toothpick into the small end of the large cork. Angle this toothpick downward for the horse's tail.
3. Stick four toothpicks for legs, on what will be the underside of the horse's body.
4. Glue yarn strips along both the tail and neck toothpicks until covered. This is the mane and the tail hair.
5. Stick the large end of the smaller cork onto the neck for the horse's head.
6. Glue the googly eyes or beads onto the head for eyes. You can just make the eyes with black marker if you prefer.
7. Glue two, small pieces of brown or black felt or colored paper on the head for ears.
8. If desired, you can cut small pieces of scrap felt or material into the shape of a saddle and glue it onto the horse's back.

Lucky Cards

To make each greeting card, simply fold in half a 5 1/2- by 8 1/2-inch piece of white card stock.

Then cut out a horseshoe from craft foam or construction paper and glue it to the front of the card. Apply glitter or other dots for horseshoe nails.

Use colored markers to add a message and any decorative details you wish, then print a message inside.

Pine Cone Pony

Materials Needed:
Pine Cones
Pine Tree Twigs and Needles
Glue

Instructions:

To make the pony's body, glue the ends of four straight twig legs to a medium-sized pinecone. For a head and neck, glue a small pinecone to the end of a twig that is covered in pine needles and trim the needles to create a spiky mane. Then, glue the base of the neck to the body. Lastly, glue a thick bunch of pine needles to the back of the body for a flowing tail.

Horse Beaded Safety Pin

Use this free pattern from http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/farmanimalcrafts/l/blspinhorse.htm to make beaded safety pin jewelry.

Materials Needed:
14 -1 1/16 inches Safety Pins
1 - 2 inch Safety Pin
Seed Beads (see picture below for colors needed)

Instructions:
Each number column represents a pin; for example, your first pin will have 7 yellow beads and 3 brown beads. Your second pin will have 7 yellow beads and 3 brown beads. When you thread these beaded pins onto your larger pin, start with pin number 1.

Basic Directions

The supply list for this project is pretty simple. All you need are safety pins and seed beads. It is helpful, but not necessary, to have a needle-nose pliers and a small, flat-head screwdriver.
Depending on the pattern you choose, you will usually need between 10 and 14 small safety pins. Open a safety pin, and slip the seed beads onto it. Once all beads are in place, close the safety pin. You may want to use the needle-nose pliers to pinch the end of the safety pin so it will not pop open later. Repeat this step until all the safety pins are beaded.
Now you are ready to put all the beaded pins onto a larger safety pin. Open the large safety pin (the size you need will be stated in the pattern). Use the flat-head screwdriver to slightly pry apart the coils at the end of the large pin.

Slip the loop of the first beaded safety pin onto the large one.

Pull it down to the loop at the base of the large pin. Pull it around the loop and up the back-side of the pin. Repeat this for each beaded safety pin.
Once all your beaded safety pins are on your larger pin, use the pliers and squeeze the loop to close it. You can now pin your new safety pin jewelry onto your shirt, hat, shoelaces, etc