Build your own horse stable

Discover how you can easily build your own horse stable for the playroom from the IKEA KNAGGLIG box. We also show you creative craft ideas for pony stable accessories.

Anyone who has little horse lovers at home or used to be one themselves will know that playing riding stable is great fun! And who wouldn't want their own little stable for their favourite horses? We'll show you a great way to easily build a fantastic horse stable yourself from an IKEA KNAGGLIG wooden box.

We also have some great craft tips for pony stable accessories for you. Let's get started!

Building a horse stable - what you need:

IKEA KNAGGLIG* box (23 x 31 x 15 cm)
colourful spray paint Plywood board for the horse boxes
Shashlik skewers, corks and wooden popsicle sticks for the fence and obstacles
Hot glue gun
Jigsaw
Hay for the decoration

How to build the horse stable

1. Assembling and painting an IKEA KNAGGLIG crate

Perhaps you already have an IKEA KNAGGLIG* crate at home and can simply convert it into a horse stable with the help of our IKEA hack. Otherwise, assemble your crate first before painting it in the colour of your choice. We opted for a brown spray paint, which we sprayed on the outside of the crate. We left the inside of the wooden crate untreated. However, you can also paint the crate completely in your minis' favourite colour.

2. Cutting the chipboard for the horse boxes to size

while the paint is drying, you can already cut the walls for the horse boxes to size. Use a hand saw or jigsaw to cut three pieces of the same size from a 15 cm wide chipboard (the same depth as the box), which will later be inserted into the box. This creates the boxes in which the horses can later make themselves comfortable. Decide for yourself how high the partition between the individual boxes should be. Of course, the size depends on the size of the toy horses.

3. Making fences and jumping obstacles

What would a real riding stable be without fences and obstacles for the horses to jump over? You can easily make a small fence and obstacles from collected wooden ice-cream sticks, corks and shashlik skewers. You will need four popsicle sticks for each fence element, which you can join together using wood glue or a hot glue gun. You can also paint the fence colourful if you like. Stick two or three corks on a shashlik skewer for each of the obstacles. We have wrapped the kebab skewers in red washi tape to make the obstacles look really real.

4. Installing the horse boxes

By now, the spray paint on the crate should also be dry. Now you can glue the pre-sawn chipboard inserts for the horse boxes to the inside of the wooden crate in the final step. Use either wood glue or a hot glue gun for this - both work excellently and hold very well. If you have also painted the inside of the crate, you can of course also paint the side walls for the horse boxes in the same colour before attaching them so that everything looks harmonious.

Finally, you can scatter some hay in the horse stable boxes so that the horses have something to eat. And the simple and beautiful IKEA hack is finished: a small riding stable for the little ones to play in.

Tip: We have set up our homemade pony farm on a LACK table, which is equipped with our SPIELWIESE- decalis stuck on it. This is a great alternative, especially for playing indoors. But at this time of year, it's finally time to get out into the fresh air again and this is where our IKEA hack proves to be particularly practical: all the horse stable equipment can be easily transported in the box and taken anywhere.

Transform IKEA FLISAT dollhouse into a pony farm

Do you know the beautiful wooden IKEA dollhouse? With the matching adhesive foils PONNY HUS from Limmaland, you can transform the beautiful little house into a red Swedish house. And then you can start playing - with all the ponies and farmyard figures.

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Making accessories for the pony stable

Making grain sacks for the riding stable Of course, horses also need food - and this is stored in grain sacks in the stable. And you can easily make these yourself

What you need for the DIY grain sacks

Sewing machine incl. thread and scissors
some linen fabric a cord and a safety pin
Filling cotton
Paint and a fine brush

Firstly, cut the linen fabric to size. You will need two rectangles measuring approximately 13 x 8 cm and two strips measuring approx. 13 x 1 cm.

And this is how it works:

Firstly, cut the linen fabric to size. You will need two rectangles measuring approximately 13 x 8 cm and two strips measuring approx. 13 x 1 cm.
Now place one strip on each rectangle, leaving approx. 0.5 cm space to the edge of the rectangle. Then sew the strip to the rectangle with a straight stitch along the longer side. Leave the short side open, as this is where the cord will be pulled through later.
Now fold the rectangle over in the centre so that the side with the sewn-on strip is on the outside. Then sew the rectangle together along the outer edges to form a small bag. Remember to only sew up to the strip and leave the opening for the cord open.
Now you can turn the little bag inside out and then pull the cord through the cord guide using your safety pin.
Now you've almost done it and all that's left is the finishing touches. Grab some paint and a brush - now paint some cereals on the bags.

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