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Post by anotherdeal1 on Aug 11, 2010 21:30:13 GMT
Please!! I'm useless at this sort of thing!!
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 11, 2010 21:32:48 GMT
how bomb proof is pony?
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Post by melons on Aug 11, 2010 21:35:46 GMT
have seen a "clothes horse" pony had washing rack with loads of washing dangling from it led by two old fashioned washer women with aprons etc really good.... also seen harry potter with full cape scar and glasses and we did wee willy winky put pony in stripey nightgown (just striped material made into little rug) made a matching night cap which pony was good enough to wear lol stuck on teddy bears and cut out big alarm clock, carrots etc.... stuck a cardboard cloud on saying time for pony dreams.... my little girl wore jim jams and dressing gown and had matching night cap, carried bear etc.... they won first prize ! sorry i sound like a bit of a loon but they were all dead cute unfortunately pics were on my old lap top that crashed ;(xx
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Post by anotherdeal1 on Aug 11, 2010 21:38:04 GMT
Thanks melons! Mm pony is bomb proof child proof etc!!!! Lol
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Post by tabbyx on Aug 11, 2010 21:39:49 GMT
i saw a group at nps dressed in camo so they were doing the army! it was great they even had water pistols. or the 118 brothers! or smurfs that could be tricky but if you had a blue body suit(for the pony) you could do it x
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 11, 2010 21:41:42 GMT
Best one I've seen was 'Hey Diddle Diddle', black pony had white chalk patches and fake horns, and a tinfoil moon hung round neck, leader was in cat costume carrying fiddle, jockey was the 'little dog', carrying dish and spoon! Teddy Bears picnic is an easy one, checked tablecloth over pony, with paper plates and fake food stitched on, lots of teddy bears and jockey dressed as bear. If you have a grey pony it's quite easy to make a unicorn with a fake horn on browband and coloured ribbons in mane and tail, and jockey can be a princess.
Also a good one I remember was a postman pat one, where jockey was pat and pony was in a huge cardboard box done up as a parcel!
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Post by haggismarmite on Aug 11, 2010 21:48:45 GMT
One of our local shows a little girl was wearing a pilot uniform and her pony had become an aeroplane made out of cardboard wings etc... they won everything that year! Our pony is nervous of such things so we keep it simple and put a sign round his neck say "A Little Hoarse" with a bandage round his neck and the girls dressed as vets with massive thermometers etc.. won a few with that one for the novelty value rather than impressive costume!
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Post by dawnie on Aug 12, 2010 0:00:14 GMT
whats the pony like? who is riding or how many kiddywinks are likely to be involved?
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Post by ladybumble on Aug 12, 2010 6:00:01 GMT
I'm having the same problem, got a roan pony thats a little nervie and my daughter wants to be a princess so looks like we might pinch the unicorn idea. In a mag i saw some localish show reports they put the fancy dress in one was the yellow brick road the pony looked like a yellow brick wall and 5 kids dressed up as lion tin man etc another had a girl and her pony covered in red with black spots being lady bugs and the best one i thought was a boy on his pony dresses as fireman sam he had a hose and the pony had a red rug with a burning house on and lots of ribbons all over to look like flames.
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Post by quinny on Aug 12, 2010 6:49:09 GMT
We had fancy dress one year at our yard, we did shrek and donkey!! my little dapple sec a had extra long ears and my neice dressed up as shrek! they won that day, thankfully we didnt have to do alot to the pony only making some extra long ears, he was already dirty so we told our judge is was authentic dirt as donkey lived in a swamp so all good!!
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Post by amumwithapony on Aug 12, 2010 6:52:23 GMT
Frankie is currently obsessed with the idea of doing fancy dress. she has lots of ideas including 1. Pochahontas (sp?) grey pony with black or brown patches, some of those fake hair clips that you can get for kids from Claires to put some bright colours through mane and tail, white halter over bridle or remove noseband for indian look, jockey/leader with chaps on instead of jods, tunic style top and feathers/beads and stuff through hair. etc etc.
2. Princess pony. You can get disney princess dress up costumes really cheaply now for your little jockey, chuck loads of glitter and tinsely stuff and love hearts all over your pony, the more the better and off you go.
3. The princess and the frog. As above for your jockey, and then you just need to turn your pony into a frog. Frankie suggested we paint her green. I told frankie it would be easier to turn pony into a princess and paint frankie green and get her some green tights and body suit but she wasnt impressed by that idea.
Have loads more ideas but frankie still in bed so will ask her later. I think the best fancy dress ideas are those that are a bit funny, cute and very home made. And also something current. We thought of doing a world cup dress up when football was on, with frankie in her england kit and pony (white gray) with red stripes as a flag but never got round to it.
However, be warned! we took my friends pony into a fancy dress class 1 year at solihul for their xmas show. Covered poor pony in glitter, tinsel, baubles and bells. Frankie had a very last minute fairy outfit cobbled together and they came 2nd out of about 12. However, the following year at the start of the season my friend bathed her pony, changed her rug that morning for her smart travel rug with her name on it and set off to show. When she took rug off at other end pony was covered in glitter and sparkles! Even though rug had been washed all the glitter had stayed in. Dont think it went down very well in welsh breed class at a big county show!
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Post by chazzysmum on Aug 12, 2010 9:06:53 GMT
Here's a picture of my girls (quite a few years ago) when they did Bill and Ben, all made out of paper, plastic flower pots and felt!
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Post by amumwithapony on Aug 12, 2010 14:03:59 GMT
Chazzysmum that is fab, fab, fab!
Though I daren't show it my daughter, my idea of fancy dress is a lot more simplistic than that! That looks like a lot of hard work (but good fun too!).
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Post by quinny on Aug 12, 2010 14:08:43 GMT
what a fab picture and a well behaved pony!!!
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Post by chazzysmum on Aug 12, 2010 16:46:31 GMT
The girls made it themselves, it was a good project to keep them busy during the summer holidays, and was just simple cut outs of leaf shapes from felt sewn onto tights! then they had some green furry material that they put more leaves and flowers on for on the pony and I think it was a furry boa you can buy cheaply that went up the main and held on with elastic bands onto the plaits. The hardest part, and the only bit I helped with at the time was working out how to get Weed's headress attached to her hard hat which we finally did with the aid of a yellow swimming hat! this particular pony wasnt that well behaved! so it was quite good to have an on foot helper on either side - happy memories though!!
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Post by dawnie on Aug 12, 2010 23:00:13 GMT
awe the Bill and Ben outfit is brilliant
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Post by hatman on Aug 12, 2010 23:15:55 GMT
wow Bill and Ben look great must go to bed now as late HG a bit addictive OH thinks i don't love him any more and has to come second best to HG oh poor thing.
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Post by pencaedu on Aug 12, 2010 23:18:20 GMT
Saw a brilliant, but simple one at St Mellons show - 'white' pony had black make-up on in stripes like a zebra & child was dressed as lion!! At least pony doesn't have to 'wear' anything then!!
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Post by smallpony on Aug 12, 2010 23:34:25 GMT
Thats the fancy dress costume I made for my pony and I. Pony is petrified of everything (her feed bucket, her shadow etc) but loves fancy dress! Crazy!
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Post by welshbyname on Aug 13, 2010 8:28:30 GMT
Theyre brilliant, and look really proffessional. Ours are a bit more 'homemade' and rough around the edges this one pony was a garden, Lottie was a butterfly and I was a bumble bee. This one spaeks for itself, pony loved her tutu! Currently making this years effort, will post pics after sundays show!
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Post by ilovenatives on Aug 13, 2010 10:50:54 GMT
That is so cute a pony in a tutu . What a saint she must be
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Post by slj on Aug 13, 2010 14:40:54 GMT
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Post by welshbyname on Aug 13, 2010 16:55:35 GMT
OMG! one of those ideas on that link is our idea this year dosn't look that good tho, will have to put some extra work in on it tonight!
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Post by julieandpat on Aug 13, 2010 22:47:52 GMT
This was my kids and friends at our local fancy dress,we even took our dog who happens to be a dead ringger for ToTo
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Post by leahwright on Aug 13, 2010 23:26:21 GMT
We had lauren dressed as a bear and malabou was a honey pot we got first prize even though the outfit was hanging off as such a rush to put on in between showing classes ill try upload picture
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Post by cuddles on Aug 14, 2010 8:01:29 GMT
we did this a few yrs ago
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Post by Ziggy on Aug 14, 2010 11:51:35 GMT
Saw pony at a show once as a packet of polo mints was fab! Had green rug on with round circles sewed on like polo mints and child dressed in green. sounds odd but it was so effective and original I thought.
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 14, 2010 11:54:59 GMT
Clever play on words, a polo pony!
Once saw one with jockey dressed as a mermaid, and the pony was wearing a rug covered with letter 'c's, it was a mermaid and a 'c' horse!
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Post by Ziggy on Aug 14, 2010 11:57:47 GMT
::)Do you know what MM I am so silly I never got the joke, a polo pony, OMG I thick am I! 'C' horse, very amuzing
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 14, 2010 12:02:10 GMT
LOL, thinking about it there's loads, what about a clothes horse, hobby horse, pony tales (storybook theme), horse and hound - horse as a dog, jockey as a horse!
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