| Wooden rocking horses are hugely popular among | | | | In those times, these horses resembled hobbyhorses |
| children, no matter what their age is. A wooden horse | | | | of today. A horse head was attached to on end of |
| is something that is a masterpiece in itself, and children | | | | the stick and the children could hold the stick between |
| have been cherishing it for years, even after getting | | | | their legs and ride the horse. Later on in 1750 and until |
| newer flashier toys. Wooden rocking-horses have | | | | 1980, the only rocking horses that were there were |
| been there for many centuries and keep on going | | | | those with parallel bows, resembling a rocking chair. |
| forward year to year and from generation to | | | | Later on, there was another kind of horse introduced; it |
| generation. | | | | resembled the modern one the most. This horse was |
| No matter what parts of the world children are from, | | | | mounted on a stand and there was no movement. |
| they hold a fascination for rocking horses. It is not | | | | There was, instead, a swinging mechanism used that |
| clearly specified in history as to what was the purpose | | | | enabled the back and forth movement of the horse. |
| of the creation of these wooden climbing horse. | | | | These were the kind of rocking horses that were liked |
| However, it is known that they have been there for | | | | and used the most, the main reason being the safety |
| hundreds of years, since the 15th century to be exact. | | | | of the children. The movement was not too fast, |
| There are some sources that say that these wooden | | | | something that made sure that they did not t tip over |
| horses were utilized for instructing children to ride on | | | | during the movement. |
| horseback. In spite of the origin or purpose of creation, | | | | After plastic was being used for toy making, rocking |
| wooden horses have been made ever since in | | | | horses became even more popular. However, |
| different parts of the world, and they very much | | | | wooden rocking-horses are still preferred among many |
| remain all time favorites during the time of childhood. | | | | people because of their beauty as well as originality. |
| After the fifteenth century, when wooden horses | | | | There are many wooden-rocking-horses that are quite |
| were used for the very first time, there was a | | | | expensive because of the brand name of their |
| distraction and the use of wooden horses reduced | | | | manufacturers. |
| because of the usage of driving cars. The history of | | | | After the popularity that was gained by the wooden |
| the wooden-rocking-horse goes back to the time of | | | | horses, other animals were also made following the |
| King Charles I. During his boyhood, there was a rocking | | | | mechanism of the rocking horse. These include animals |
| horse that used to be in his nursery. The rocking horse | | | | like lions, alligators and giraffes. We see that even |
| had a head of a horse along with a saddle and there | | | | after centuries, and many inventions in toys, the craze |
| was also decoration and the carving on it. | | | | for the wooden horses still goes on. |