Where can someone buy EYES for a rocking horse

Dec 14, 2017 6 Replies

I'm making some rocking horses for gifts. I'm mosty copying an old one that I bought at a garage sale, and which was in pretty bad shape. Anyhow, that one has plastic eyes that look like real eyes. Probably the same eyes they use on stuffed animals.



Anyhow, I am not sure where to buy them. Do any of you know? Someone told me to look at a craft store, but I live in a rural area and there are no craft stores around here. I'll probably have to order them online. I need to get them fast because I want these horses done by xmas. Actually they are almost done, except for the painstaking task of making mane and tail from yarn, and installing these eyes. (I assume there just needs to be a slight hole drilled and the eyes glued into the holes). Till I get them, I just left off the eyes. I guess if nothing else, I can paint eyes on them, but I kind of like the looks of them premade ones better, and my art skills with paint are limited too.



No problem here in UK - see

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Might find shipping a bit expensive...

Cheers,

Frank

Amazon seems to have a wide range of them. Some keywords to try: "glass eyes" "toy eyes" "20mm eyes"

Some have free overnight delivery. If you want to be sure they arrive quickly, look for "prime" in the listing--you don't have to use Prime, but if they're listed as "prime" they generally are in stock in an Amazon warehouse rather than coming from a third party who might not be as efficient on shipping.

Paint on some friendly kind eyes - less scary than real-looking. John T.

I also live in a rural area. One with lotsa hunting. If fact hunting is a Winter tourist industry, hereabouts. We're bound to have a few 'taxidermist' who have access to all kindsa 'eye's. ;)

nb

Can you make sure the 'horse' has bared fangs? If so then these eyes would be ideal: goo.gl/fvBGNc

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