What is more fun than pretend play? Running around? Here’s a tutorial for you to create an easy toy for your little ones that combines the two. An easy horse rein!
Materials needed:
- A cord of about 2.5 meters / 8.5 feet in length (we used a cord that my little one knitted with a knitting fork/lucet using our hand dyed rainbow wool)
- Some fabric (we used part of an old pair of jeans) or a piece of felt (if you hand sew)
- Sewing thread
Instructions:
1) Cut two rectangles of 17 x 25 cm (approx. 6.8 x 10 inches) out of the fabric and lay them together with the right sides facing each other. Note – if you use felt, one piece of felt will do and you can skip steps 2 and 3.
2) Sew the two rectangles together with a 1cm (1/3 inch) seam and leaving a 6 cm (2.5 inch) opening on one side. When finished, cut the corners.
3) Turn the fabric so that the right side is facing out and push out the corners. Stitch along the edges, resulting in a rectangle.
4) Tie the ends of the cords together. I used a simple knot here that will be where the kids will hold the rein.
5) Find the top middle of the cord (using the knot as the bottom) and measure 23cm (9 inches) down on each side. Pin those points to the top of the fabric rectangle, leading the cord down on the sides.
6) Sew along the sides over the cord. Sew slowly as the cord might get caught in the machine foot.
7) Re-enforce the cord by sewing the cord parallel at the bottom and top
Finished! Get your little ones ready for some running around as horses and riders!
Anything unclear or do you have questions? Feel free to contact me.