Wooden Rocking Horse Plans

Hey fellow woodworkers, it’s Ian here. I have very fond memories of playing with a wooden garage that my dad made for me as a kid, and I wanted to give the gift of similar memories to my girls. I didn’t think they would appreciate a garage so I decided I would make them a wooden rocking horse. I’m okay at woodworking, not a master craftsmen or anything, so I knew I would need to buy some decent wooden rocking horse plans.

I searched through my woodworking books and a couple of magazines that I had but couldn’t find anything that I was happy to work with. As I said I’m a competent woodworker but no genius so the rocking horse plans I bought had to be comprehensive and easy to work with.

I came across some free rocking horse plans on the internet but they were next to useless, they just didn’t give me the confidence that the finished rocking horse would be substantial, long lasting and, most importantly, safe, for my girls.

It really was a very frustrating time but I wasn’t about to give up easily as I was determined to create these memories for my girls. Surprisingly enough, my breakthrough came from a very unusual source… the Mother-in-law!