This Instructable will cover how to make a cute mini yarn horses.

Supplies

Optional:

Rubber bands

Step 1: Form the Head and Front Legs

Wrap some light weight or thing yarn around a piece of cardstock (3 x 4.5 inches) about 25 times.
Bend and cut a pipe cleaner sized fore the yarn loops (see image above)
Save the little extra piece of pipe cleaner (we can use it to make the horn)

Remove the yarn loops from the cardstock
Twist a little less than half of the pipe cleaner around itself
Take the twisted end and place it inside and between one of the ends of the yarn loops (see third image above)

NOTE: Halfway through this, I realized my yard broke off easily so I switched to embroidery floss for the knots (you will see this with the legs)
Tie a knot close to the end of the loops with a little embroidery floss
- Take care to also hold the pipe cleaner with the knot
Tie a second knot to form the rest of the head
Cut the opposite end of the loops (the ones that are far from the knots
- This will form the legs later
Bend the pipe cleaner and yarn just under the second knot to shape the neck

Set the head and front of the body aside for now

Wrap about 25 loops of the same yard around the same piece of cardstock
Slide a piece of yarn (or embroidery floss) through the loops and tie a knot
- This will be the horses' chest

Cut the loops at the opposite end of the knot
Separate the strands into to pieces
Cut a pipe cleaner the size of the strands on yarn and bend in half (see third image)
Place the middle of the pipe cleaner agains the the middle of the yarn strands

Take the stands we just formed and wrap them around the front of the body under the head
Tie a knot around the body as close to the front of the body as possible (see second image above)
Tie a second knot away from head, this will form the horses hindquarters

The yarn strands were getting in the way so I used a rubber band to hold them together and out of the way

Separate them back legs
- Make sure each bundle has a pipe cleaner end wrapped up in yard
- Tie a knot about half way down
Repeat on the front legs
Tie a second knot on each of the legs. This should be lower than the first one
Trip the excess yarn

Take apiece of floss about 6 inches in length and separate it into its 6 threads
Thread a needle with one of the strands
Place the mane on the horse's head
Sew in place

Take embroidery floss and loop it around two fingers a few times
Remove the loops from your fingers and secure the loops together with a piece of the separated floss strands from earlier
Cut the loops at the opposite side of the tied segment

That's it, make as many little horses and you'd like. If you want to make a unicorn, follow the next step.

Take 2 pipe cleaners of different colors and twist them together.
- Use two new ones or you can use the little left over piece from earlier and a new one
Cut to size, leaving a little extra to insert into the head
Insert the horn into the head
- If you want it to be more permanent, twist the base of the horn together and glue in place
Since this is the first time I have made these, I would love to see your version and see how you improve on it.