Hobby Horse Toys

Hobby Horse Toys will be featured in Irelands Sunday Business Post newspaper this weekend in the Agenda magazine.

Children need to be steady on their feet before they can mount a hobby horse, so Dan was keen to design something for those still not quite ready yet! Lots of guardians have bought hobby horses with a wooden hanging peg to mark the birth of a newborn, and the horse eagerly hangs as a wall decoration waiting for his owner to one day walk with confidence. But for those who want something sooner, Dan has come up with a range of pull along toys;

He has also made a pull along rabbit and fox which have already been sold, and sadly escaped before being photographed!

Dan has just completed eight horses which are galloping off to new owners around Ireland, Australia and America. This Black Beauty is destined for Oz, our furthest afield order to date.

And so in between the several orders for hobby horses and wooden cars that have been joyfully received over the last couple of weeks, Dan has had yet another project to complete, again, connected to the arrival of new livestock! The latest creation is a luxury goat house. Luxury because it has a closable door, and its most noted feature … a set of steps at the rear of the house so the goats can climb up onto the roof.

They love to do this, a goat (particularly kids) are never happier than when they are aloft, looking down on the world!

Dan spent last week shaping and sanding some new hobby horses which have been ordered for various children. He uses windfallen timber … in this case Irish Sycamore, a native hardwood. Once they have been shaped and sanded silky smooth, they come indoors to the kitchen table where they are each hand painted in accordance to the colour preferences of each customer. Most of these horses are also being personalised with a childs name which helps make it a very special gift.