It's summer time (yaaaaay!!) & that means time for all those creative projects that get stuck on the back burner during the hectic school year. Here's one of our favorites–a perfect activity for those too-hot-to-be-outside days!!

Get ready for some indoor rodeo-ing! I wanted to find an alternative to the hard, pointy object that is usually part of a typical stick horse so after poking around pinterest (with seriously limited findings) and a good imagination, this is what we came up with! Here's what you need!

DIY STICK HORSE

• pool noodle
• trim (or ribbon or twine), about 2 yds
• hot glue gun
• fabric scraps (for the mane)
• felt (for the ears)
• buttons (or anything else you can dream up, for the eyes & nose)
• & if you're feeling fancy, an old (or clearance) pair of sweater tights, kid sized

This was allllll my daughter's choosing. She picked the tights ($2 clearance, target), then we slipped them over the noodle. We used the trim to secure the noodle together after we bent it over & made some reigns. Then she went through my scraps and picked out her favorite colors. Turquoise & "gween" ears. 🙂 With bows, of course. & "cute yittle buttons" for the eyes and nose. I couldn't talk her into two nostrils, so one'll have to do. 😉

For the mane I just knotted little strips of fabric & hot glued them down the tights. She picked the order. I was under quite some pressure: no two of the same touching. Thankyouverymuch. (so proud!)

"Wainbow Sp-wink-uwl" has now accompanied us to Lowe's and took a nap on the stairs and is tucked in tight next to her mama for the night. Oh, the joy! Happy horsey making!  

Post by shawna of styleberryBLOG.com

Despite days full of washing diapers & messy fun, Shawna is determined to make mommyhood a stylish adventure. Married to the military & mother to one feisty girl & a snuggly little guy, she is a passionate DIYer & loves sharing how to make the complicated simple. Shawna talks creativity, style, food, decorating, green-chic living & mommyhood atstyleberryBLOG, a daily-ish dose of something fab.