Clothes Pin Paper Horse Craft
Today, I invite and olden golden blogger Rindy Mae and her girls to share an adorable little Paper Horse Craft they did many moons ago. Sometimes going back to basics and just creating these sweetest simplest of crafts, is the best! This little horse craft is perfect for any budding equestrian, but would also be a fantastic Year of the Horse craft for Chinese New Year 2026!
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A word from Rindy Mae about these horses
The Girl was invited to her bestie’s birthday party and immediately wanted to find a horse craft to make for the birthday girl. She did a Google search, found the one she wanted to make, and I really only helped a little bit. The rest was done on her own.
Supplies needed to make Horses
We made horses here today – but of course you can use this technique to make any animal you want to make (you can get some inspiration from these safari animals too)
- heavy card stock or paper plates (we used paper plates) – you could also use card as per these cardboard animals)
- scissors,
- clothespins (get hold of some half sizes for the baby?),
- yarn,
- and pens, crayons, or colored pencils to decorate your horse (if you do stop up on these supplies, I always encourage people to get the best quality they can afford, as these will last you the longest and will get you your best results!)
Or whatever other animal you want to make. It would be cute for anything with legs.
How to make your clothespin horses
I free-handed (clearly) the horses’ bodies and heads separately, only because the plate centers weren’t big enough for the whole thing.
The Girl cut them out and taped them together.
Then she did the rest by herself.
Faces and bodies were drawn on and colored.
Tails and mane were cut out of yarn and glued on.
Then two standard sized clothespins for the mama, and two smaller ones for the baby. Easy peasy.
I know I’m a little partial, but I think they’re so dang cute. Even if baby sorta looks like Alf.
And there ya go, somethin’ to keep the rugrats busy for a few minutes.
Thank you Rindy Mae for sharing this sweet horse craft for preschoolers!
If you fancy more Horse Crafts – we have more coming soon, but have these to whet your appetite:
- Another Paper Plate Horse craft for preschool
- Printable Moveable Horse Paper Doll
