Let's make handmade New Year's cards with horses! A collection of fun ideas that even elementary school kids can do.

Brush Challenge! New Year’s Card of the Horse

@rensuiartgallery

Easy! How to Draw a Horse [New Year’s Card 2026]Zodiac (Chinese zodiac)How to Draw a Horse#howtodraw#sumie#New Year's card

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Here’s an introduction to drawing a horse illustration that’s great for New Year’s cards and helps you get comfortable with using a brush.

First, prepare a white postcard, a brush, and ink or black paint.

Start by lightly sketching the outline of the horse.

Next, dip just a little ink on your brush and slowly draw the head, neck, legs, and other parts in bold strokes.

Using the tip of the brush creates thin lines, while laying it down makes thick lines, giving the horse a lively sense of motion.

Once you finish drawing, it’s also nice to write the year or “Happy New Year” in your favorite color.

It’s fun to add a sunrise or grass around it, too! When it’s completely dry, you’re done.

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Stylish New Year’s card with a horse

Stylish Year of the Horse New Year’s Cards [Easy for Everyone! 3 Cute Horse Designs★]

Here’s an idea I’d love those of you who want to add illustrations to your New Year’s cards or are unsure about the design to try.

Let’s create a stylish, cool New Year’s card that still has the warmth of something hand-drawn.

You’ll need items like a sign pen or brush pen, postcards, and colored pens.

It seems that the congratulatory phrases you pair with the illustrations should be tailored to the recipient as a matter of etiquette.

Try finishing it off by combining them with cute illustrations.

New Year’s cards with brush-painted horses

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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.

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.

Let’s make this year so fun we’ll be jumping for joy!

In equestrian sports, horses hop and jump over obstacles.

If your child wants to make this year as joyful as a horse leaping, why not use this phrase? It’s not just about having fun; being so happy that you feel like jumping for joy is truly wonderful, isn’t it? It may be difficult to have days like that all year long, but it’s important to make your own effort to create a year that’s that much fun.

If your child wants to build joyful days together with the friends to whom they’re sending New Year’s cards, encourage them to share this phrase.

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An illustration of a lively, prancing horse

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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.

How to draw a simple horse illustration

@yuzuan_illust

Everyone, have you ever drawn a horse outside of New Year’s cards?#IllustrationIllustratorHow to drawHow-to-draw videoMessage CardBirthday cardSimple illustration

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I want to send these to friends and family with whom I can casually exchange New Year’s cards! Here are ideas for cute illustrations that are easy to draw.

All you need to prepare are things like pens and postcards.

One of the nice things about hand-drawn illustrations is that you can be picky about the types of pens you use! Brush pens, felt-tip pens, colored pencils, paints—you can choose according to the image you want, which sounds like a fun time in itself.

In the video, we introduce ideas for message cards, but how about adapting them for New Year’s cards as you finish yours?