Anybody who loves horses, particularly little girls and their parents surely is aware of the Breyer brand of model horses. These have been bringing joy to little ones and their families for generations. Parents and children share stories and make memories by playing with their beloved little ponies, which are often a variety of sizes.

Then too, they often take great pride in expanding their collection, even when their hooved friends are not actual playthings. These are after all, highly sought after collectible items, and many of them can be hard to find, vintage or fragile, or expensive trinkets meant to be family heirlooms which are not quite up to taking the ravaging that little hands can bestow.

Some of the lines of this type of model horse are more hardy and play friendly than others and are meant to be enjoyed in a different way, and some of the smallest types can even be used as holiday decorations for those who want a western or equestrian theme for their Christmas tree or home décor.

Imagine your entire collection standing guard over the Christmas tree, or using some of the smaller Breyer stable mates as gift identifiers or toppers? And what if you want them ON your tree, or to come equipped with the ability to be hung, then there are small ornaments available too, and they stay true to the name of the brand, in being high quality and exceptionally detailed.

In case you might be thinking that you’re missing something when using horse ornaments instead of going for the larger versions, it’s not true, these little beauties deliver value and uniqueness all on their own, and they are often either packaged together or they go right along with the existing theme for the other Breyer Ponies. The current year ornaments are often in great demand, as are the past years’ vintage collection of retired ornaments.

In fact, collecting the smallest ornamental ponies, as well as the special ornaments (and sometimes custom personalized ornaments) has quite a following as well. Indeed, I would even say that these equine themed ornaments are even more varied than their larger sized cousins, and sometimes they have even more meaning, as they can be a small commutative memento in a very different way (say for a particularly spectacular Kentucky Derby win, or a special familial anniversary) than can those pieces which are larger.

Again, it’s not a case of one or the other, they play hand in hand with having a collection of the bigger horses, and just like their larger counterparts, if you’ve amassed quite a collection and should someday decide to sell it off, you might make a pretty penny.