Infant Rocking Horse
Infant Rocking Horse
 Stork Craft Rocking Horse, Oak List Price: Sale Price: $38.91 You save: $10.09 (21%)  Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionBeautifully crafted solid-wood rocking horse will be a favorite toy and a treasured heirloom. It features a soft mane and tail, and long runners to minimize tipping. Measures 27"L x 9.5"W x 29"H.  |
 Wonderworld Rocking Raffy Rocking Horse List Price: Sale Price: $97.95 You save: $42.05 (30%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThis lovely Rocking Raffy is a winderful baby rocker by Wonderworld. Raffy the giraffe has a back rest for the safety of your little ones, which can be removed as they grow and gain confidence. Your little ones will love how Raffy rattles as he rocks along... |
 Plan Toy Lusitano Rocking Horse List Price: Sale Price: $116.99 You save: $13.00 (10%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionLusitano comes with a saddle and is built with leverage so it can rock backwards and forwards. |
 Charm Company Pinto Horse Rocker, Brown Saddle Brown Saddle List Price: Sale Price: $59.99 You save: $40.00 (40%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionSaddle up your horse and gallop away on this plush, pinto rocking horse. Strong hardwood rocker base holds up to 80 lbs. and measures 16 from the seat to the floor. Cowboys and cowgirls will love the whinney and galloping sounds the horse makes when its ears are squeezed... |
 Prince Lionheart Woody The Rocking Horse, Tan wood List Price: Sale Price: $56.21 You save: $23.79 (30%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionIn 1973, Prince Lionheart began by crafting handmade rocking horses. As a tribute to the product that started it all, we have created a simple, modern rocking horse that is sure to bring years of fun to every family, just as it has to ours... |
 Baby Aspen Rock-a-bye Baby Rocking Horse with Layette Set, Pink, 0-6 Months List Price: Sale Price: $73.99 You save: $46.00 (38%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionLike the heroine in a modern-day fairy tale, this stunning eight-piece layette for baby girl comes galloping in on a beautiful horse! Baby Aspen's fabulously unique newborn gift rocks! The natural-wood horse, with rich, medium-brown, velour accents on the mane, ears and tail, measures 24" l x 18 ½" h x 10" w and rides in with a reusable pink storage caddy sprinkled with brown and white dots and white rocking horses... |
 Pavlov'z Toyz 2-in-1 Rocking and Wheeled Electronic Pony Set List Price: Sale Price: $63.53 You save: $11.46 (15%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product |
 Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Baby's First Christmas, Rocking Horse with dated Ribbon, Diameter 2.5 List Price: Sale Price: $71.90 You save: $0.06 (%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionBaby's First Christmas Rocking horse ornament by Reed & Barton features year marked 2011 ribbon and is engraved with Baby's 1st. W. 2 1/2" |
 Baby Blue Rocking Horse Pacifier Clip Sale Price: $14.99 Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThis Adorable Blue Rocking horse pacifier clip is accented with matching pearl beads. This clip fits all major brands of pacifiers. The beads are strung on 49 Strands of jewelry wire. Each end is triple-secured to guarantee quality and safety... |
 Little Tikes Rocking Puppy Sale Price: $35.99 Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionRide-on toys let kids go anywhere that their imaginations can take them. Where will today's adventure with rockin' puppy be? This durable plastic puppy rocker with soft fabric ears and eyes has large rounded rockers, easy-grip handles, a textured seat and foot area, and an easy-mount seat with a high back--all designed for maximum stability and support... |
 Fat Brain Toys Tobbles Balancing Toy Sale Price: $21.95 Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionTobbles has a great modern design for a stacking, balancing, and however you want to use it toy - and the possibilities are many. Each of the colorful 6 spheres has a dual-textured surface and there is a pleasant heft to each weighted piece... |
Little Tikes Rocking Puppy Sale Price: $35.99 Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionRide-on toys let kids go anywhere that their imaginations can take them. Where will today's adventure with rockin' puppy be? This durable plastic puppy rocker with soft fabric ears and eyes has large rounded rockers, easy-grip handles, a textured seat and foot area, and an easy-mount seat with a high back--all designed for maximum stability and support... |
 Trumpette Howdy Cows, White List Price: Sale Price: $26.00 You save: $8.99 (26%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product |
Charm Company Pinto Horse Rocker, Brown Saddle Brown Saddle List Price: Sale Price: $59.99 You save: $40.00 (40%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionSaddle up your horse and gallop away on this plush, pinto rocking horse. Strong hardwood rocker base holds up to 80 lbs. and measures 16 from the seat to the floor. Cowboys and cowgirls will love the whinney and galloping sounds the horse makes when its ears are squeezed... |
 Little Tikes Tap A Tune Drum Sale Price: $18.00 Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionProduct Description May or may not come with strings. Little Tikes Tap-a-Tune Drum Banging and pounding are two activities that seem to come naturally for kids. Why not give them the Little Tikes Tap-a-Tune Drum and give your ears a break? The Little Tikes Tap-a-Tune Drum teaches toddlers about rhythm and timing and helps them develop an appreciation of music... |
 Melissa & Doug Stacking Penguin List Price: Sale Price: $6.22 You save: $6.77 (52%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionMelissa and Doug Stacking Penguin. |
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Stork Craft Rocking Horse, Oak List Price: Sale Price: $38.91 You save: $10.09 (21%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionBeautifully crafted solid-wood rocking horse will be a favorite toy and a treasured heirloom. It features a soft mane and tail, and long runners to minimize tipping. Measures 27"L x 9.5"W x 29"H. |
 Happy Trails Giraffe Plush Rocking Animal List Price: Sale Price: $58.99 You save: $101.00 (63%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThis lovable, cuddly giraffe will be a sure hit with any child. It is soft and plush to the touch, hand crafted with a wood core, and stands on sturdy wood rockers. Sure to be a favorite for years to come... |
 KidKraft Harley Davidson Roaring Softail Rocker List Price: Sale Price: $98.99 You save: $76.91 (44%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionA rocking horse is fun, but rockin' horsepower is better. It's never too soon to introduce a youngster to the dream and this Harley-Davidson Softail Rocker is sure to get a little ones motor running... |
 Little Tikes Discover Sounds Cell Phone Sale Price: $11.99 Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionLittle Tikes™ lets kids play grown up with their own set of fun gadgets, tools and musical instruments. These toys are inspired by the real world devices that intrigue curious little minds and hold children’s attention with buttons, lights and most of all sound... |
Infant Rocking Horse
Children absolutely love rocking toys, especially wooden rocking horses! And, I don't blame them one bit!
Rocking horses have been enchanting both the young and the young at heart since the 17th century. A rocking horse is a captivating toy, a beautiful addition to any room, and a future heirloom. Rocking horses are also an excellent heirloom.
We were privileged to have no ordinary rocking-horse. Ours was a rocking horse with wheels! I really think that they are the best! I still have photos of my sister and myself both rocking and pushing it along. In fact my parents could not stop me pushing it in order to get a picture of me, so you see they found a boulder and set in front of the front wheels. Now, that picture really makes me laugh. I was so annoyed to see the obstruction that I was obstinately still pushing against that immovable object when they took the photo and my expression is quite comical!
Each child will adore a rocking horse for a period, and then grow out of all such things. That is no reason at all for not buying your children one, besides adults are constantly charmed by seeing them. It takes them back to a time of innocent enjoyment in their own lives. Is there any wonder that it is a memory to treasure, and many adults will buy themselves a rocking horse to adorn their home, even when there are no children around.
After the child no longer enjoys the horse, it is stored away in the attic until the next child comes along. The seeking it out again dusting and cleaning it in anticipation of the joy of its new owner, is a delight for so many adults and children. What are attics for, if not made for such objects?
Rocking horses in the 19th century were made of timber in block sections. The body and head were of softwood, usually yellow pine which was easy to carve, while the legs were made from hardwood, commonly beech, with ash used by choice for the rockers.
Rocking horses date back to the Middle Ages and are thought to have been made in Germany. Medieval knights practiced jousting on wheeled horses, but wooden horses made for children came later. Their popularity rose in the 1800s when they began to resemble the sculpted creations we recognize today. The Victorian rocking horses were crafted by hand, but as the Industrial Revolution progressed, the rocking horse became a mass-produced item.
Rocking horses and other similar rocking toys have been around are some of the best classic toys there are. The best examples make wonderful collectibles.
But what is about rocking horses that make them so well loved through the generations? I would say that physically, the rocking motion naturally soothes every child and also helps their development of balance and vision. But, that is only the half of it because in the child's imagination comes all the association with horses, and beyond that to the magical stories, legends and fables of riders and horses which while gently rocking, the imaginative child can picture and re-live in their minds.
Rocking horses also evolved into spirited racing steeds with lowered heads and outstretched legs. These horses were effective training devices as the young rider could easily be thrown if not riding correctly. Which brings me to make the point in this age of safety worries, that rocking horses as well as any other baby toys should always be chosen according to infant safety criteria and age limit. For small babies, about 4 months old and up, a rocking horse shall have a special seat, these are best if removable and washable.
Children are rough on everything, especially in their developmental years, before they learn the benefit (and necessity) of taking care of their belongings. As a result, choose childrenâEUR(TM)s furniture which has been built to withstand the constant interaction of children.
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