I made this horse for our first grand dughter who was born in Feb 2015. At 2 years old she loves to ride "Seren Fach".
My last attempt at wood work was a stool I made in school 54 years ago which is still going strong. My horse was featured on the readers page of "The Woodworker" magazine in the September 2015 issue, with a plug for The Rocking horse shop :O) Three weeks ago a friend of my daughter asked if I could make him one as a gift for his cousin who is expecting a baby in May. So, its off to the shed I go to de-rust the tools and dig out the patterns I made for the original, followed by a trip to B&Q for a sheet of 3/4" ply. Let the Games Begin.

Bought this for my Grandaughter was very confident with the general woodworking but had never done any carving, so I was a bit apprehensive about carving the head. I took my time and even printed some pictures of horses heads from the internet for reference, the finished article was way beyond my expectations and to say im pleased is an understatement. I quite fancy doing more carving now

This was the first horse head I have attempted. Following the instruction sheet I proceeded slowly and found no problems at all. I produced a very acceptable finished product which my 1 year old grandson loves. Looking forward to making my next. For anyone contemplating their first horse give it a go it's enjoyable, fun and not as difficult as you may imagine.

The pack contained everything needed to make a superb little rocking horse chair, I used the plywood kit as a template to make one out of hardwood for my new granddaughter, it took a while as I needed to laminate a lot of the parts, the head and rockers etc. The plywood kit will be made for her and will stay with me for when she comes to visit, it would have been great if I could have bought a hardwood pack.