DIY Derby Horse Necklace
The first Saturday in May around here means one thing: It’s Kentucky Derby time! To celebrate, I’m excited to share these DIY Derby Horse Necklaces, which would make great party favors!
The city of Louisville rolls out the red carpet once a year and welcomes the world. The two weeks leading up to the Derby are full of lots of fun local events. It’s truly the best time of the year to be in Kentucky.
These necklaces are very easy and inexpensive to make. They would be fun favors for your Derby party and for the kids to wear to school during Derby week.
My daughter will wear one when we go to Dawn at the Downs this week. Important note: These necklaces contain small parts and are not intended to be used by small children.
How to Make a Horse Necklace
Supplies
- Plastic Horses (they come in a tube, and you can buy them at all of the big craft stores)
- Bamboo Cording (or silk if you prefer)
- Small eye hooks
- Poker Tool (may be called a stiletto or an awl)
- Flower Stickers or other embellishments.
Instructions
Using your poker tool, poke a hole in the back of the horse. It does not need to be deep but wide enough to start your eye hook.
Insert the eye hook into the hole you just started.
Tighten the eye as much as you can. The horses I used were soft plastic, and tightening the eye the required amount was easy.
Glue a paper flower on. You can go crazy if you like at this point… use all kinds of fun embellishments.
Cut a piece of bamboo cording to length and loop it through the eye hook. Then tie it off at the end.
Easy peasy right!!???!
