Hayes got married last September, and sweet photos showed his wife perched on the Iron Throne with Hayes at her side.

“The show is one of the first things my wife and I bonded over,” Hayes told WLKY. “Besides the awesome fact that my wife pretty much does look like Daenerys, especially when she’s in her get-up … it made it all the more awesome when I could see her sitting in the throne and doing her thing. It’s just been awesome.”

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Hobbs says the project served as a “cool” learning experience for the group.

“We’re always trying to create stuff and make learning fun in our environment,” he tells PEOPLE. “When you get through your basics then get to the part where you can work on these thrones and carriages, you’re actually doing a real-world project and you get self-gratification out of it because you step back and you’re like, ‘Wow! I had a part in that.’ “

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Hobbs adds it was rewarding to watch the proud looks on the students’ faces when they created the project. And Hayes says his wedding guests were just as in awe.

“Everyone’s really blown away at how intricate and large it is not because it’s massive, but we did a lot of detail work too,” Hayes told WLKY. “I can’t think of another spot that would allow me to do that when I walked up to the owner of the school and say, ‘Hey, I want to do this for my wife.’ Okay, I got your back. Let’s do this. That’s just awesome.”

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