Stick Pony Tutorial

 What's a horse themed party without stick ponies? Well, we are making these stick ponies as a craft project for the kiddos to do at the party. Then, they will get to take the ponies home as a favor.

 We made 30 felt horse heads.  They are finished to a point.  All the kids will have to do is stuff them, cinch the bottom closed, then insert the dowel rod.

 Here's how I did it.  I freehand cut out a horse head shape.  I cut out 2 of the same color.

 We chose a different color for the mane.  Just a thin strip of felt fringed.  I used pinking sheers but you can use regular scissors.

 Pin the two pieces together.

 Sew around the whole head.  If you don't have a sewing machine, you could hand sew. Or you could hot glue around the edges.

 With a large needle, do a basting stitch around the "neck" - this will make it easy to close after it it stuffed.

 I hot glued the googly eyes on.

 I folded the ear in half and glued to give it more dimension then I glued the ear onto the head.

 All you have to do now is stuff, cinch, and insert the dowel rod.

 Here, I made a different version - Unicorns!!!

30 stick ponies done. Whew!

Have a fun and playful day
Mel