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Hobby horses....                                                                                                ♪ Animal fair ♪

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Brighten up a child's playtime with a quaint and whimsical hobby-horse by Calamity Bolt!
An old-fashioned toy for a young imagination!
This Calamity Bolt hobby-horse is designed and handcrafted with soul by me for you, using:
  • Pieces of bygone beauty upcycled - the eco-choice! Vintage/Reclaimed Fabric, carefully selected and prepared
  • Vintage doily blaze, crochet inner ears, bead-embellished halter....
  • Do you have a wooden or tile floor? Please visit my store for riding socks, designed especially to fit your Calamity Bolt horse.
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Milly and George ~ creating childhood memories ~Hand crafted Hobby horse photos
Just beautiful and such gorgeous fabrics
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Strawberry Shortcake (hobby horse, stick pony, puppet, upcycled, recycled) all handmade, will make a great friend for your child. Strawberry Shortcake Hobby Horse features all recycled fabrics and is unique and adorable. The head is of Strawberry Shortcake print on light green cotton The eyes pink mismatched buttons, .
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They say every little girl wants a pony (and in my experience, boys do too). Now get one that tucks away in the wardrobe when you’re finished with it.
Much cheaper and easier to house and maintain than a real pony, a hobby horse is one of those classic toys no home should be without. Lil Moo Designs offers a great new Australian made hobby horse in three different designs. Each horse is about one metre tall and even comes with its own certificate of adoption. Handcrafted from designer fabrics.
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radmegan.blogspot.com.au/diy-sock-hobby-horses- New, bright mens large mismatched socks 
 - Pillow/Plushie stuffing  
 - Heavy wool felt in assorted colors
 - Chunky wool yarn - Assorted buttons
 - Tacky glue - Acrylic thread
 - Leather scraps- or an old leather handbag
 - Embroidery floss and needles
 - Awl - Hand drill
 - Needles & thread
 - Long wooden dowels or rake handles
 - Sander, or sand paper
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  • 1 fuzzy slipper sock
  • Polyester stuffing
  • Needle and thread
  • Felt (off-white, yellow, brown)
  • Hot-glue gun
  • Yarn needle + 13 yards’ thick yarn
  • Thick dowel or broom handle, cut to fit child (ours measures 2 ½ feet)
  • 1 ½ yards cording (we used velvet)
Total time needed:  1-2 hours
Instructions
  1. Loosely fill slipper sock with polyester stuffing.
  2. Nostrils: With heel facing up, pinch fabric on one side of toe and sew a 1/2-inch-wide horizontal stitch across pinch. Knot ends; repeat for other nostril.
  3. Ears: Cut four matching rounded triangles from felt (eg 2 inches wide by 2 1/2 inches high). Glue them together in pairs. Slightly bend each ear to create a hollow, then sew them to the head as shown.
  1. Eyes: Cut out and sew together almond-shapes from felt for eyes and pupils; sew onto head.
  2. Forelock: Sew a 4-inch piece of yarn through the head where shown, then knot it close to head so it looks like fringe. Repeat, tying 10 lengths of yarn about ½ inch apart to the top of head. (Tip: To avoid rethreading the needle, use one 2-foot length of yarn at a time and trim after each stitch.)
  3. Mane: Sew and tie 35, 1-foot-long pieces of yarn about 1/2 inch apart to back of head and neck. Taper width of mane to V shape sewing down sock.
  4. Pad top of dowel with large handful of stuffing. Pull head over dowel and add stuffing. Apply one large bead of glue to dowel, press sock to the glue for 5 seconds. Pleat and glue around dowel, then glue a length of cording to dowel just below sock.
  5. Bridle: Glue two 1-foot lengths of cording around the horse’s head as shown (fold the ends under to hide the raw edges). To make the rein, drape a 21-inch length of cording around the back of the horse’s head, then glue it to the sides of the bridle as shown, wrapping the ends around the cording at the nose to hide the raw edges.
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Girly Hobby Horse:
1 fluffy sock 
Filling of some kind (eg an old pillow)
Googley eyes or button eyes
Eyelashes (Dollar Tree -make-up section)
Glitter foam or felt for ears - Dollar Tree-craft section)
Hot glue
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Yarn (for nostrils, bridle, and to attach reigns)
Yarn needle (Walmart)
Regular needle and thread (to attach feather boa)
Feather boa (eg about 60")
Wooden dowel (eg about 3/4" wide and  2.5' long)
Beaded necklace (Dollar Tree pack of 10 for $1)

Boy sock hobby horse
dandee-designs.com/hobby-horse-tutorial
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Make lots sock horses for a party for the kids to deco
Babyccinokids.com/diy-stick-horses
Cowboy/cowgirl bday party with stick horses
tonyastaab.com/a-cowboy-and-cowgirl-birthday-party.
The Hobby Horses - pre-cut sticks at Home Depot.  
The horse heads -socks.  - idea on Dandee with a few changes.
regular buttons for eyes, combination of rope, 
grommets (found at Beverlys), and canvas straps (similar to a bag handle).   
The mane made out of Lion Brand Wool-Ease in wheat.
leftover rope from the hula-hoops to wrap tightly attach the sock onto the stick (along with gorilla glue).
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Ikatbag.com/how-to-make-denim/fabric stick-horse
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Pattern-head shape to cut from fabric here
bluebonnetvillage.com/horse pattern
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Gift Idea: DIY Stick Hobby Horses - by A Beautiful Mess
1. Supplies: fabric, stuffing, yarn/mophead, long wooden dowel, 1 styrofoam ball per horse, felt. 
2. Carve out a portion of the styrofoam ball and glue the stick into the ball. 
3. Cut out your horse head from your fabric. Cut yarn (about 30 inches long) and double over. 
(Mop head yarn-don't double over)
4. Sew around the perimeter of the horse head, adding the yarn in as you go. 
Make sure to leave the bottom or "neck" open. This is where you add stuffing.  
5. Turn the horse head inside out and begin stuffing.  ( eg old pillow stuffing)
6. Once the head is almost stuffed, insert ball into the neck and finish stuffing around the ball.
Hand-stitch the opening closed. 
7. Cut out horse's ears and stitch around the perimeter. Turn right-side out and hand-stitch in place. 
8. Add details such as a bridle and eyes. 
For these horses, I cut eyelashes from black felt and used fabric glue to glue them into place. 
I used the sewing machine to sew strips of scrap leather together to create the bridle and reins. 
PS there is 4 heads for 4 horses in the pictures
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Stick Horse with Sounds & Moving Mouth
squidoo.com/hobby-horse
How To Make A Hobby Horse
Watch this well detailed and easy to follow video to make your own Hobby Horse
  1. Ride'Um Appaloosa Hobby Horse
  2. Girly Girls Hobby Horses
  3. How To Make A Hobby Horse
  4. Hobby Horses On eBay
  5. Top Selling Hobby Horses
  6. Stick Horse Search
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Draw template and cut horse from wood
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1961 Raggedy Ann and the Hobby Horse by Johnny Gruelle
Pinterest=hobby horses
 Pinterest/stick-horses
Etsy.com/turquoise-and-green-spotted-stick-horse
Askville/Did you have stick-horse/AnswerViewer
Wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_horse_(toy)
Toysrus.com/family/stick horses
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Pinterest.com/jaynabear/vintage-and-antique-toysBrown Beige Musical Hobby Horse on stick
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Carved and Painted Wood Hobby Horse, America, late 19th century, carved horse head with inset glass eyes, on turned shaft terminating with iron clad wooden wheels with iron spokes, ht. 41, wd. 11 3/4 in. Estimate $400-600 Sold for $1,185

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