Horse Birthday Party - Pony Birthday Party Ideas
Gallop...don't trot, to this fun wild horse birthday party for kids!
A birthday party guide for horse lovers, including party games,
decorating tips and matching wild pony party supplies.


Ensuring that the guests at your pony party don't become wild mustangs, will require planning ahead. We suggest you begin your preparations 4-6 weeks in advance. If that's not possible, don't panic...you can still have a great party! Begin by ordering your horse birthday party supplies on-line.
Then, add the horse themed party games and activities provided below.

You can find Wild Horses party supplies  at Birthday In a Box >>

PONY PARTY INVITATIONS
Mail invitations 3-4 weeks in advance.
Order matching horse personalized invitations, or make your own
using cardstock paper. Cut the paper into a horse or horseshoe shape.
Use a Gel pen to write a message party details. Decorate the card
and envelope with horse stickers.
"Gallop...don't trot, to a fun wild horse birthday party for ______ !"
Tip: Many craft stores or scrap book centers will have die cut horse or horseshoe shapes.

Personalize It!

Adding personalized party items such as invitations, party banners, stickers and more will add a unique touch to your celebration...
personalize your party at Birthday In a Box >>

HORSE OR PONY BIRTHDAY PARTY DECORATIONS

Set your table with matching horse party items and solid colored plates
in yellow, green and blue.
Cover the table in a white sheet, my personal party favorite!
Cut horse photos from an inexpensive calendar (dollar store).
Glue them to a strip of green felt, or butcher paper to fashion
a unique table runner. Add individual place settings, using toy horses.
Write the guests' names on the horses, with a permanent marker. Tie a balloon bouquet to a favorite Breyer horse and place it as a
table centerpiece. Decorate the party area with balloons and streamers.
If you have horse tack available, then add that to the party area with a
few posters of horses.

Advanced Decorating for your party...
If you are inclined to "go all out" when decorating for a birthday party...
this is a classic theme to have fun with!
Add bails of hay with a real saddle somewhere in your party room,
or at the entrance. this will make for a convenient photo opportunity
later in the party. Create a wild horse background for your wall using
green butcher paper, horse poster or calendar photos, tissue paper trees etc. Mount pony and horse posters all around the party room. Add horse tack wherever possible.

A Giddy-up Party Welcome!
Welcome your little party ponies with a horse headband and tail.
Use a hot glue gun to attach felt ears to a plastic headband.
Making the tail will require plenty of yarn. Loop the yarn around a
large book, approximately 25 times.
Secure one end of the loops together with a shorter piece of yarn.
Cut the other ends so that the pieces hang freely.Tie a large piece
of ribbon to the yarn tail so that it can tied around the waist.

HORSE PARTY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
The games and activities you choose for your party, will depend on the
size of your party space, whether your party is held indoors or outdoors
and the ages of the children. Prepare 2-3 games and one craft activity.
We also recommend that you be prepared with an extra no-fuss game,
just in case.

Horse Round-Up
Hide toy horses throughout the party area and yard. Send the little wranglers to collect them.

Pony Course
Round up the wild ponies for a fun obstacle course.
Before the party, use the Internet to find and print a picture of a horse head. Use this for tracing onto cardstock paper.
Color and cut the heads and then staple them to the top of wood dowels.
How many you'll need will vary depending on the size of your party.
The children will use these "horses" to travel through a simple obstacle course you've created with trees, shrubs, buckets, saw horses etc.
You can play this as a race with two teams, or simply play fun music
and have the children gallop the course.
Variation:
Try teaching the children the difference between galloping, trotting, cantering and running. When you holler out a stride...the player will change.

Horse Race
Use the same "horse" explained above, to play a racing game.
Place carpet squares in a loop or straight line on the ground.
Write number 0-3 onto index cards. Two players at a time will
take turns selecting number cards and then move forward that many
squares. Whoever gets to the end first, wins the race.
Variation: You can also play this game using a smaller game board and plastic toy horses.


Bobbing for Apples
Play this traditional game using a horse's favorite treat.

Sugar Stack
Give each payer a pile of of sugar cubes. Set a Timer.
When you say "go" the children will race to build the tallest stack of sugar cubes in the allotted time.

Horse Shoes
Use a plastic set for your players.

Pin the Tail on the the Pony
Adapt this traditional party game, using a horse instead of a donkey.
You may want to enlist a talented teen to draw a tail-less horse on poster board. Make tails with card stock paper. Use double stick tape or "sticky-tack" to attach the tails to the game board.

Mustang Tag
One player is the designated "wrangler" and the other players are the mustangs. When a Mustang is tagged by the wrangler, that player
becomes the new wrangler and so one. Ensure fair play with this game
to avoid one player being tagged repeatedly.

Horse, Horse, Pony
Play this party game just as you would Duck, duck, goose.

Play the Story Game
You probably remember this concept from Girl scouts or Sunday school.
Sit the players in a circle. Have several theme words written a head
of time on small slips of paper:
Wild Pony, In the meadow, It was a winter's eve etc.
The first person selects the theme...starts the story with the first phrase and then each player continues the story one phrase at a time.

HORSE BIRTHDAY CRAFTS

Dazzling Horse Shoes
Go to a local feed or farm supply to purchase used horse shoes.
Spray them with gold or silver spray paint before the party.
Your local crafts store will have plastic gems to glue on with craft glue.
The guests can write their names with fabric paint.
These can be hung from their bedroom doors!

Tissue Flowers
Create a meadow filled with tissue paper flowers.
Although it's not specifically a horse craft, it is a fun addition to
this party theme.

Beading
Bead a necklace with plastic lanyard, pony beads and a horseshoe charm (craft store).

Doorknob Hanger
Purchase craft foam doorknob hangers (craft store). The children can use horse stickers and gel pens to decorate.

BIRTHDAY PARTY TREATS
Feeding your hungry herd will take more than oats and apples.
If you are choosing a western theme to go with the horse interest
serve hot dogs, baked beans and "Roy Rogers" or root beer Floats.

Otherwise, serve sandwiches cut with a pony or horseshoe cookie cutter,
carrots and veggie dip, apple wedges, trail mix, licorice whip lassos and
cupcakes topped with a small horse.

The easiest horse birthday cake to make is created with a green frosted
sheet cake. Use a decorating tube to add yellow meadow flowers.
then randomly place small horses on the top of the cake.

WILD HORSES PARTY FAVORS
Birthday in a Box party favors are a fun and unique way to give
your guests a special treat! The wild horses favors are designed to coordinate perfectly with your party theme.
Kit's Party Favor Tips
Fill bandanas with party favors. Gather up the four corners and tie a knot. Party Favors can be tied into bandana's.
Fill with any of these choices....horse stationery, horse stickers,
choker necklace, hair clips, nail polish, bean bag horse...kids are
easy to please at this age.

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