Handmade New Year’s cards with horse motifs! A collection of ideas you can make with common materials

New Year’s cards with brush-painted horses

Definitive Guide 🎍 Calligraphy-Style! New Year’s Card Designs for 2026, Year of the Horse 🐴 with Bonus Gifts 🎁

Let’s write stylish characters to make your New Year’s cards dazzling! All you need are a brush pen, postcards, ink, a small dish, and red or gold brush pens.

Even beginners can create cute New Year’s cards just by following the video.

Add your personal touch and send a handmade card with humor and personality.

Before writing on the postcard, practice on a notebook or scrap paper to decide on balanced character placement.

It also looks like you can enjoy adding illustrations and decorations as you create.

Horse postcard illustration

Postcard illustration for the Year of the Horse; New Year’s card — How to draw a New Year’s card for the Year of the Horse — Heartwarming one-stroke painting 46 😘 2025

Let’s send New Year’s cards featuring illustrations of horses that evoke a positive, energetic impression and a sense of prosperity! In the video, you’ll find ideas such as creative variations of the kanji for “horse” and designs with a horse’s face.

By using paints, brush pens, and washi paper, you can achieve a refined yet dynamic look.

Adding a celebratory poem to your handwritten piece can help convey your feelings even more.

Try customizing the colors and layout and give it a go!

How to Draw Realistic Horses Using 100-Yen Store Supplies

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A genuine horse-painting method you can do with Daiso supplies: 1) Use a flat brush size 8 to paint the horse shape in red. 2) Sketch the pattern outlines. 3) Put yellow on the tip of the brush handle and stamp; then use a round brush size 4 to blend and fill in the color. 4) Use a dotting tool to add small white decorations. 5) Draw lines with a paint marker. 6) Stamp small white flowers with the dotting tool. 7) Outline the top pattern with a gold paint marker. 8) Use a cotton swab to stamp gold flowers, and it’s complete! Since it’s next year’s zodiac animal, it would be great for New Year’s cards. Save this and give it a try!translation#100-yen-store artTole paintingAcrylic paintDalahäst (Dala horse)

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Here’s a New Year’s card idea that conveys the texture of paint and warms the heart.

What you’ll need: a size 8 flat brush, a size 4 round brush, a dotting pen, paints, tracing paper, a pen, a paint marker, cotton swabs, and more.

It’s great that you can get all the materials at a 100-yen shop.

It also sounds fun to customize the colors and patterns while referring to the video! Try creating a design tailored to the recipient.

I recommend letting the paint dry thoroughly before putting it in the mailbox.

An illustration of a lively, prancing horse

@bowtac

New Year’s card for 2026! In true Hinoe-uma style, I’ll render it in brush calligraphy alongside a dynamic illustration of a leaping horse.#New Year's cardCalligraphy brush#2026

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Here’s a New Year’s card idea featuring bold brush calligraphy to usher in the new year.

By adding some creative touches to the kanji for “horse,” you can convey a sense of dynamism.

Use the postcard in landscape orientation and freely brush the “horse” that you envision.

Writing with a brush can leave a warmer, more impactful impression than printed type.

To fine-tune the balance, practice on drawing paper or in a notebook before doing a clean final version on the postcard—your result will likely look more polished.

A collection of poses you can draw with circles and a pen

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Recommended for anyone unsure about their design! New Year’s cards are a uniquely Japanese custom for conveying your feelings to the recipient.

Even in an age when it’s easy to stay in touch, many people still want to put care into their New Year’s cards.

This video introduces five perfect ideas for those people.

By simply copying the varied designs—like a rearing horse or a profile—you can achieve a lovely finish.

The drawing methods are explained clearly, so keep practicing as you work toward completion.

Also great for New Year’s cards! Origami horse

[Zodiac] Year of the Horse Origami: How to Fold a Paper Horse

Here’s an idea for making horses out of washi paper or patterned origami paper that look beautiful even as decorations.

You’ll need items like patterned origami or washi paper and double-sided tape.

It’s a lovely piece you’ll want to make not only to send to someone special, but also for your own home.

The mood changes depending on the texture and pattern of the paper you choose, so why not pick something that suits the person you’re sending it to? Also, if you attach the horse to a New Year’s card and add motifs like flowers or pine made from origami around it, it will turn out even more festive.

Making horse stickers

Zodiac sticker making! A “horse” design to bring good luck in the coming year

Let’s send New Year’s cards that shine with personality! While digital prints and handwritten cards are the norm, how about adding a three-dimensional touch with original stickers? Some steps—like printing, cutting, and applying—require delicate work, but taking your time and working carefully while thinking of the recipient can become part of the essence of the finished piece.

Also, thoughtfully balancing the placement of a festive poem alongside the stickers is another detail you can really refine.

Take this opportunity to give it a try!