I have a gorgeous pile of wool blend felt here in my studio that has been calling my name for the last few months. I am starting off my felt project series with a second version of the felt stick horses that I made almost a year ago. But this one has a little white horn that transforms it into a magical unicorn horse.
Every little princess needs a unicorn to ride, right? And, of course, we can’t forget a princess crown! Dress-up clothes are always so much fun for little ones. And by making them yourself, you can customize them for your kids and make them feel more special than a store-bought version. It also saves you some money, too!
A Magical DIY
For this felt stick unicorn horse, I used a 12″x18″ piece of white felt.. While you are ordering your unicorn felt, you may want to get some pretty colors for the matching felt and lace crown. (I used Light Peach, Carnation Pink, Rose Quartz, and Pistachio)
I also used a blanket stitch with pink embroidery thread to add a little handmade detail. For the mane of the unicorn, the felt version of the horses was not quite right, so I found this silky fringe in the wedding section of the fabric store to make the luxurious mane. One yard of fringe is plenty for each unicorn since I doubled it for a thicker mane.
For the stick, I bought a 1/2-inch dowel at the home improvement store and had it cut to 36 inches. Though the bare wood looks great, I painted my stick white before I started my project.
Tools
- Detail Scissors
- Embroidery Needle
- Clover Marbled Glass Head Pins
- Stuffing Tool or Chopstick
- Needle Threader (optional)
- Low-Temp Hot Glue Gun
- Paint Brush
Materials
- Lia Griffith’s Wool Blend Felt — White
- Embroidery Floss — DMC Medium Pink (776)
- Polyester Fiber Fill — Lia Griffith Stuffie Puff x 4
- Fabric Pen — Dritz Disappearing Ink or Pencil
- Dowel 1/2 x 36″
- White Paint
- Fringe
I have included the pattern for the unicorn horse below with a full set of step-by-step instructions on how to assemble it. If you prefer using a sewing machine over the blanket stitch, you can use the tutorial from the stick horse and add the horn. Cheers! ~ Lia
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51 Comments
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how cute your little queen is… and what an incredible idea… going to make this for my 2 twins daughter
I hope they love it!!
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This is so lovely. Gonna try this out. Thanks for sharing this felt unicorn making tutorial.
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Hi, anyway you would be able to give a more detailed explanation of how to sew on the horn? I’m kind of new at all this sewing and don’t want it to fall off once it gets played with! ?
Hi Tina! If you look at step 3, when you are blanket stitching around the head, sandwich the horn between the two head layers and stitch through all the layers together. That should hold the horn securely in place!
Thanks for replying! I got the horn sewn on nice and tight.? One last question… I have tried hot glue, craft glue, and super glue and none of them will stick the felt to the wooden dowel. Did you use a special type of glue or have any tips?
We always have such good luck with hot glue. Maybe carve into your dowel just a little bit to roughen up the surface before you add the glue, then tie it into place on top of the glue. A pretty ribbon can also help hold it in place.
Excellent step by step tutorial. I just shared your post on my blog about pretend play unicorn ideas -https://www.growingplay.com/2017/05/unicorn-pretend-play-ideas-2/ . Thanks!
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Do you print the pattern on normal size printer paper or the 12×18 size like the felt?
Hi Heather, the pattern is set up on 8.5×11 paper 🙂
This is just stunning.
I was able to download the pattern, but not the instructions.
Is there a special step for that?
Thank you! The only download is the pattern, and the photo tutorial is just an image in the post (you can save the image to your computer and print it though!)
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I’m looking forward to making this for a birthday gift…the only problem is that when I download the pattern and instructions, there are no instructions (just the pattern shows up). Please help!
Thanks for letting me know. It seems that all of the photos and tutorial had been deleted from the post. I just replaced them back in.
Thank you!
🙂
Hello there, I have made unicorn by your instruction. My little girl just love it. Thank you for sharing.
Just adorable. Can we share the pictures on our facebook? https://www.facebook.com/liagriffith.hyl?ref=bookmarks
I am making this for my granddaughter’s 4th birthday, however I am having great trouble finding the fringe. Two large fabric stores and Michael’s….no luck. Help! I love the fringe size and look on the one you made.
Hi, I just got my fringe at my local store (in the bridal area, but they might also have it in the upholstery area). Good luck!
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This is beautiful!! for sure I’ll be making that crown for my daughter. I love getting your emails full of ideas with love and happiness
So good to hear! I will be posting the crown this week!
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Wonderful!
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this is about the most darling tutorial EVER!!! thank you so much for sharing
You are welcome Lorena! Happy you like it!!
Cute, Cute, CUTE!!!!!… Thanks for this wonderful idea… <3
Thanks Luana! (love your name).
Bonjour, j’ai découvert votre site il y a quelques mois et c’est un immense plaisir de recevoir vos idées géniales un grand merci
Nadia
So happy you are here Nadia! Thanks for your sweet comment. 🙂
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These look just as great as I imagined they would when you told me your plans! Bravo!
Thanks Lisa!
Lia, there’s something wrong with the pdf file.
Oops. It is fixed now. 🙂
Thanks,Lia….it’s so lovely the unicornhorse
So good to hear Liesbeth! 🙂
So sweet–would love to see a tutorial for the lovely crown too!
That is coming right up. . . next Wednesday. 🙂