Halloween is almost here! If you’re scratching your head for ideas on how to dress up your horse, here are five horse costume ideas inspired by some of my barn pals. (This post contains affiliate links.)

1. Football player and football.

Works well with a dark horse but might not be as easy to accomplish with a gray. Smear some black makeup under your eyes (here’s my favorite mascara), wear a borrowed jersey and paint your horse accordingly. Yes, they make horse paint specifically for your equine BFF.

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football

2. Sunflowers!

Such a cheerful costume. All you need is yellow and brown felt and some faux flowers with a yellow shirt. (The horse has a fake monarch butterfly attached to her tail which was a sweet touch.)sunflower

3. Thing 1 and the Cat and the Hat. (Good pony for wearing that hat!)

Grab a huge Christmas bow to hang on your horse, plop a Cat and the Hat hat (that sure sounds funny) on its head. Wear a red tee with the sign and red tights. Cover your riding helmet with a blue winter hat and wrap some blue tulle around your waist. Voila!

Thing 1

4. Subhay: Your horse can also be a sandwich artist!

Get a green piece of fabric or even a tablecloth and a white T-shirt and cap. The trickiest part will be to write out “Subhay.” I’d suggest using stencils.

subway

5. Hurt and Bloodied Rider on an Ambulance.

All you need is red paint and a white tablecloth and fake blood!Horse Ambulance

Knight had other plans and did not participate in the costumed festivities. But he looked dapper in his new fly mask. Tiz a Knight costumeHalloween Happenings: What horse Halloween costume ideas do you have? Do you dress up yourself or dress up other pets too?

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9 Comments

  1. Lauren October 26, 2015 at 8:41 am - Reply

    So much fun! I love dressing up my horse in costume.

  2. carey October 26, 2015 at 9:19 am - Reply

    Great costumes!
    Knight does look ever so dapper in that fly mask 🙂

    • Susan Friedland-Smith October 26, 2015 at 2:27 pm - Reply

      Thank you for helping me pick it out! 🙂

  3. emma October 26, 2015 at 12:22 pm - Reply

    so cute!!!

  4. Brunette in Breeches October 26, 2015 at 1:54 pm - Reply

    These are so clever, love the sub-hay one!!
    http://www.brunetteinbreeches.com

    • Susan Friedland-Smith October 26, 2015 at 2:00 pm - Reply

      That one was really clever! I like them all, but that took some imagination. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by. 🙂

  5. heccateisis October 30, 2015 at 4:18 am - Reply

    Love Love Love halloween classes…. one year my horse was a turkey. The whole barn went to show each of us representing the holidays. We were Thanksgiving!

    • Susan Friedland-Smith November 4, 2015 at 2:26 pm - Reply

      That is so fun. I had a horse who acted like a turkey some days, but never dressed as one. 🙂

  6. Raquel October 30, 2015 at 1:56 pm - Reply

    Mango has the “thing 1” shirt too! She would make an excellent addition to the costume lol. Love these!

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