DYI wooden toy. Building a wooden rocking horse

wooden rocking horse for my daughter’s birthday My woodwork skills level: beginner Time taken: 22 hours over 10 days amount of wood used: one sheet (4’x8’) of 3/4“ Oak plywood ( maybe 3/4 sheet would work) 1/4 sheet of 1/8“ Cherry plywood one small piece of a walnut board Walnut and Hickory dowels finished with 3 coats of Tung oil and to be covered with a 3:1 Tung oil and Honeybee wax mix when oil cure Plan was purchased from