Make Your Own Hobby Horse (Easy Kids’ Craft Using a Kitchen Roll Tube!)

Nicola Carr
3 days ago
2 min read

Looking for a fun, creative activity your child will LOVE this weekend?

This week’s Crafty Sundays project is a classic with a Creative Crafters twist — a DIY Hobby Horse! 🐎✨

It’s brilliant for:

🎨 Creativity

✂️ Fine motor skills

🧠 Imagination & storytelling

🏃 Gross motor play (once it’s finished — riding time!)

And best of all… it’s made using simple household items.

What You’ll Need

A kitchen roll tube (or 2 toilet rolls taped together)
Our FREE printable horse head (download below)
Thick paper or card
Scissors
Glue
Colouring pens, pencils or paint
Wool, ribbon, string or paper strips (for the mane)
Stickers or decorations (optional)

Download the Horse Head Printable

Instead of drawing the horse head, you can download and print our ready-made template — perfect for saving time and keeping it child-friendly.

How To Make Your Hobby Horse

1️⃣ Decorate the Tube

Let your child colour or paint their kitchen roll tube — stripes, patterns, rainbows, glitter… anything goes!

2️⃣ Cut & Colour the Horse Head

Print the horse head
Glue it onto card
Cut it out
Decorate both sides with faces, spots, stars or silly expressions

3️⃣ Add Ears & Eyes

Cut ears from paper or card and glue them on — or let children design their own fun features.

4️⃣ Create the Mane

Stick wool, ribbon, paper strips or string along the back of the head to make a flowy mane.

5️⃣ Attach the Head to the Tube

Cut small slits in the tube, slide the horse head in, and secure with tape

or glue.

6️⃣ Ride Your Horse! 🏇

Time for imaginative play — galloping, racing, storytelling and showing off their creation!

🧠 Why We Love This Craft (The Learning Bit!)

This activity helps children build:

Fine motor skills (cutting, gluing, colouring)

Creativity & imagination

Confidence & independence

Storytelling & pretend play

Pride in something they’ve made themselves

We love crafts that feel like play, but quietly support learning and development too.

Show us your creations below!