The first Saturday in May around here means one thing! It’s Kentucky Derby time! In celebration, I’m excited to share with you these Horse Necklaces that would make great party favors!
The city of Louisville rolls out the red carpet once a year and welcomes the world. The entire 2 weeks leading up to the Derby is 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 and would be fun favors for your Derby party. They would also be great for the kids to wear to school Derby week. My daughter is going to wear one when we go to Dawn at the Downs this week. I’ll be sure to share a bit more about that later this week.
How to a Make Horse Necklace
You’ll need
- 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 (is that the technical name? who knows, that’s what I call it)
- 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 very deep but should be wide enough to start your eye hook.
Insert the eye hook into the hole you just started.
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 just tie it off at the end.
Easy peasy right!!???!
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kelly says
brilliant!! p.s. the poker thing is called an awl!
Ahhh!! Thank you!
Ashleigh says
Love it Melissa! I would LOVE to go to a Kentucky Derby one day! It’s on my life list! For now I just watch it on TV!
I still have not been to THE Kentucky Derby either! Just the race the day before which is JUST as much fun. But I do need to go to the Derby one day just to say I’ve been.
Stef says
How adorable!! My girls would love those!!
Sarah says
I adore these!!! Going today to get my ponies 🙂
Cheryl Van Winkle says
Please tell me which store you got the horses at. Love this. Thanks.
Hi,
You can get them at any Craft store- they come in plastic tubes
Jess @ Let's Do Something Crafty says
These are amazing! What a fantastic idea, and you could do it with pretty much any small toy too! x
Jen says
These are super cute! I’ve seen a couple of your ideas for a Derby Party and it’s wonderful! My girls (twins) were born on Oaks day last year and that means that their first birthday is Derby Day!!! We are planning a Derby birthday party for them! Thank you for the great ideas and tips! Can’t wait to begin working on them!
Da Haus says
Would you consider a special order of these for a Derby party? I live in Spain and don’t have access to any craft stores to make these lovelies. Do you have an etsy page or take special orders?
Shelley K says
Awl.
This is such a really cute idea. I have a 3 yr old great-granddaughter who moved to WY. recently and many of her mom’s and grandmother’s friends own horses. Having heard a lot about how much she enjoys riding horses you just gave me (and probably others) an excellent way to keep in touch with her and add to her latest interest.
Thanks so very much!
Have a great Derby month!
I hope that she enjoys the necklace! She sounds adorable.
Nabila Abdulla says
can you share with me the name of the brand of the Plastic Horses