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January 10, 2014

Preparing for Year of the Horse!

Chinese New Year begins January 31st and while we were still home with our Polar Vortex, Josie and I worked a "Year of the Horse" crafting project.  This project came from the ever-talented "Let's Go Fly a Kite". I always appreciate her "crafting with kids" projects. All the instructions and the horse template can be found on her blog at this link. 

 We didn't have many red Chinese envelops to decorate our horse, so we modified the directions and used red and gold glitter, glue and sequins.

I also printed off the horse template on brown construction paper.

As you can see, Josie really enjoyed this project.

 Happy soon-to-be Year of the Horse!

Happy Friday!
  

22 comments:

Renate said...

Love the horses. Great job!

Renate said...

Love the horses. Great job!

LBP said...

How cool is that! I love that this is the year of the horse! What fun!

Blessings

Linda

Nellie said...

Great looking horses! How exciting that it will be the Year of the Horse! xo Nellie

La Vie Quotidienne said...

What a great project and what a super job Josie did. This would be a perfect art project for an elementary teacher to do with her class during Chinese New Year. You come up with the most creative and cleaver ideas.

Lutka And Co. said...

Josie looks so sweet! Those horses are too cute! I see more crafting fun with horses this year :)

Lynn said...

Looks like a fun project and glitter and sequins are always good:@)

Debby said...

I love how you celebrate her heritage. You have to be a fun mom for sure. Josie is as cute as ever.

Jboo said...

Great job Josie!! What fun -- both Maddy and Mr. Tennis were born in the year of the horse! :)

Happy Weekend!

Pam~ Virginia Retro said...

What a fun snow day (or week) project! She did a great job and we can tell by her bright smile how much she enjoyed it!

donna said...

Josie is growing up so fast. Her horses are so cute. I just love horses but they are so much work.
Hugs
donna

NanaDiana said...

I love it,Kim. I love that you are celebrating Chinese New Year with her. Love the horses!!!! xo Diana

White Lace and Promises said...

Precious! My daughter has been trying to conceive for 5 years. They are starting IVF this month as 8 failed IUIs and one miscarriage. I really wish she would adopt. So many babies out there who need a good home.

Blessed Serendipity said...

I didn't know it was the year of the horse. I learned something new today. Your daughter's horse turned out very nice. How wonderful that she loves to craft with you.

xo Danielle

Erica of Golden Egg Vintage said...

Year of the Horse? I didn't know either! You guys do the best crafts! I bet Josie had so much fun with this one. Cute!!!
Erica :)

vivian said...

Perfect craft! I saw that on Kareena's blog too. Josie is so beautiful!
have a great weekend
xoxo
vivian

~Damita's Pretty Wrap~ said...

Looks like a fun project and they turned out so cute! Josie has the cutest little face too! :) Happy weekend! xo Holly

GardenOfDaisies said...

How cute! I love the Dala/Chinese horses. :-)

craftyles said...

Josie looks so cute and her horses are wonderful. Happy Year of the Horse to you too!

Unknown said...

I don't know if you have ever seen the post on this blog but she has amazing paper horses she has created. See http://annwood.net/blog/2009/05/29/cardboard-stampede/ they are just amazing! Enjoy! -- ((hugs)) patti

vintage grey said...

Darling horses and Miss Josie is so sweet! xo Heather

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

Kim,
Josie and the horse are so darn cute!!

hugs,
Deb