Antique Rocking Horse

About a year ago my husband's grandparents had given us this antique rocking horse.

I love it, however it needed some major updating.. the yarn hair was yucky, it was all marked up, and the little sticker embellishment had to leave! ... :)

I FINALLY have gotten around to re*sanding this baby and re*staining.

After re-staining it like 5 times, I gave up on the whole wooden look.

The stain was just not cooperating!!.. It was so uneven I was getting so frustrated!

So I took a trip to JoAnn's and bought some primer with a 40% off coupon.

and scored 2 Rustoleum 'Summer Squash' spray cans for (you ready for this?!...) $1.97!!

I was happier than a kid in a candy store.

Afterwards, I applied 2 coats of poly.

Anyways.. Here are some BEFORE PICTURES.. & AFTER PICTURES

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HERE ARE THE AFTER PICTURES

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I just used all the original hardware.

I also used the same eyeballs and didn't do anything to the handle.

& crochet'd a whole new mane and tail.

I made a loop in the mane so the handle wouldn't be covered with it.

The tail was crochet'd using a curlicue scarf tutorial.

They were then applied with a hot glue gun.

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Jayden is the name of my first born so I painted on his name on one side of the horse.

Jensen is going to be the name of this July baby whether it's a boy or a girl so I painted that name on the other side of the horse!

What do you think!?