How to Make a Wood Model Horse Barn

Toy horses need a toy barn to live in.

If your child loves to play with her toy horses, she'll enjoy a toy barn to house all those ponies in. You can use a bit of spare plywood to build a toy barn, with room for all the horses your child has collected. This project can be customized to use colors your child likes and you can even get little ones involved to finish the craft. Or, work with your child to make this toy barn as a gift for a friend.

Things You'll Need

• Plywood
• Hand saw
• Sand paper
• Popsicle sticks
• Hot glue gun
• Newspaper
• Spray paint

Instructions

1. Cut a square of plywood to about 2-by-2 feet, using a hand saw to make the cuts. Sand down the entire piece to remove rough edges and splinters.

2. Lay a series of Popsicle sticks on a table vertically, making each stick about 2 inches apart. Lay down enough sticks so that they stretch about 2 feet wide. Glue Popsicle sticks horizontally down the center of the vertical sticks, making a fence panel.

3. Repeat Step 2 three times, so you have four fence panels made of Popsicle sticks.

4. Glue each fence panel to the edges of the plywood board, so the panels stick up and look like a fence around the square of wood.

5. Place the toy barn on a sheet of newspaper and spray paint it in a color you like, or in brown to make it look like a real barn. Let dry and then place toy horses inside the toy stable.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't let kids handle the hot glue gun.

References

• Enchanted Learning: Box Barn Craft