Horse Party

Hit the trails at your horse party. Saddle up with the guys and gals and head off to the wild West. People of all ages are fantasized by horses, so this party theme is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Yee-haw!

• Use the color theme of blue, green, brown and black
• Have horse Mylar balloons
• Have a brown table cloth with a rustic table runner and horse figures with flowers for centerpieces
• If possible go to a farm and use that as the foundation for your party by setting up a table outside
• Have horse themed cups and plates
• Pitchforks and shovels - have a sign for your forks and spoons pretending they are farm tools
• Have a large horse cutout painted in fun rainbow colors or black and have balloons tied to the horse
• Have cowboy hats for party hats
• Have toy cowboy boots to hold napkins, straws, or flowers
• Have a sign that says “welcome to the ranch”
• Create an aesthetic “watering hole” refreshment station
• Have wooden wagon wheels 
• Photoshoot station - have hay bails, cactus cutouts, a blue cloud backdrop, cowboy/cowgirl hats and a picture frame that says “wanted” on the top and “reward” on the bottom. 

• Horseback riding - Go to a farm with horses or a horse riding facility and ride horses. Be careful and wear a cowboy/cowgirl hat and boots to show you are a pro. 

• Ride the horse race - Pair up for a race with a partner. Have the smaller person ride the partner (the horse)by sitting on their back and race through an obstacle course and then back to the beginning.

• Balloon shoot - Have a table set up with some empty cans or bottles stacked in a pyramid. Everyone gets 3 water balloons to throw at the pyramid to try to knock them over.

• Rope ‘em - Get into two groups (depending on the number of people). Stand facing into a circle. The first person holds a rope and passes it around their backs (alternating between people with the rope front and back of the people) until the rope is all used up. Then the first team out of the ropes is the winner.

• Branding - Have a temporary tattoo station with horse and farm inspired tattoos for the guests to choose from.

• Horseshoes - In this game, you throw the horseshoe and try to get it to land on the maker.
  

• Campfire - Sing songs, play guitars, roast marshmallows, and tell stories.

• Pin the tail on the horse - Just like pin the tail on the donkey, but have a large horse cardboard cutout or paint a horse onto a board. Then, for the tail use a tassel garland and blindfold the player with a bandana. 

• Paint a horseshoe - Spread good luck by setting up an art station with paint, glitter glue, and stickers to decorate wooden horseshoe cutouts. 

• Bobbing for apples - place apples in a bucket of water and try to grab them with your mouth 

• Grooming salon - have horse shoes on a sign and paint your nails 

• Watch a guest of honor and friends favorite horse movie 

• Old fashion BBQ - have hotdogs, hamburgers, wings, corn on the cob, loose leaf salad, coleslaw, and potatoes.
• Watering hole refreshment station - have water and juice
• Hay bails - rice krispy treats
• Horse treats - have red and green apples in a barrel 
• Trail mix - have glass jars with nuts, seeds, and small chocolates for the guests to make their own combinations (make sure to be aware of any allergies)
• Ranch snack - have ranch dip and carrots
• Horse poop - have chocolate covered almonds or chocolate kisses
• Straw - pretzel sticks (small and large mixed)
• Horseshoes - honey glazed or old fashioned donuts
• Horse cake or cowboy hat cake
• Horse cupcake cake - make chocolate cupcakes and organize them to look like the shape of a horse and ice them according to their placement to look like a horse.