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Barnyard Horse Party
Barnyard Horse birthday cakes, menu, activities, favors and ideas
With a moo-moo here and an oink-oink there, here a neigh, there a neigh, here's
how to make your Barnyard Bash extra horsey. Whether or not a petting zoo is part
of the pony party, you can invite cows, pigs, sheep and chickens to the party with
the decorations, games and favors you choose. Old MacDonald is sure to be
impressed with your creativity (and the kids will too).
- Make red a focal point and the center theme of your party with an iconic
red barn. You may already have a toy farm you can use for the table
decorations. If not, Big Red Barn by Schleich, right, is a wonderful toy and
centerpiece for your party. A less expensive option found on Amazon is the
clever barnyard mailbox, pictured lower left, which is not a toy but would look
nice stuffed with small gifts for the birthday child. Decorate your "barn" with
mini horse figurines and mini hay bales. In addition to the pint sized barns,
make a kid size red barn from an appliance box painting it red and white
using your toy as the model. And be sure to read "Barn Dance!" by John
Archambault as an activity just after cake, but before opening gifts.
- Keep with the red theme and choose red checkered table cloths, red plastic
utensils and decorate the party area with mylar horse balloons mixed with
red and white latex balloons. Tie balloons to model horses or barnyard toys.
Find pretty red ribbons to affix to other horse figurines. Tie up the favors in a
red bandanna, place them in a bucket and have party goers bob for "apples"
(the favor bags) without water. And, of course, get out a red wagon as a
prop. Add hay to the decor if you can and let the adults or a teenager give
"hay rides" using the wagon.
- Use red bandannas for napkins to create a down home feel to your table
setting. For an extra horsey effect, tie a small horse figurine using Jute (string
that looks like straw) for the napkin rings. Save time and buy bandannas
online in bulk for about a buck each. Sprinkle the tables with farm confetti.
- Party-goers will favor the Grow a Pony toy, which grows 600 percent in
size. About a buck at Michael's arts and crafts store (they retail for as much as
$2.95 elsewhere). The clever writing on the packaging makes them ideal for
invitations, thank you cards, too.
- Have a barnyard egg hunt. Recycle leftover eggs from Easter and fill them
with horsey items. Mini Horse figurines are an obvious choice to stuff your
eggs, but you'll find stretchy horses and barnyard animals in our Barnyard
party store. Look also for horse stickers, horse finger puppets, horse tattoos,
and horse party sweets on eBay, and other online stores. The buttermints
with a Horse on the label, pictured right, were found at Birthday in a Box.
- Look also to eBay for find custom party favors. You'll find vendors who will
customize candy wrappers, scratch-off-game cards and more. Get cash back
at eBay for all your eBay purchases, and hundreds of other online stores,
including Oriental Trading Company.
- Make your own barnyard animal cookies, using the "NorPro 12 Cup Nonstick
Farm Cookie Pan." Madeleine cookies work well, or use this pan to make
chocolates too. Search Amazon for horse molds to make lollipops and
chocolates.
- Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Donkey is an obvious party game, so surprise party
goers with a Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Horse game, which also doubles as
decoration because it has the birthday child's name imprinted. Or play a
carnival game with barnyard rubber ducks. Number the little duckies and have
party goers take turns to scoop ducks from the pool with a net. The
corresponding numbers receive a prize, like this rubber duck Horse soap
found on Etsy.com for $6.00. Visit our Horse party games and activities pages
for more ideas.
Barnyard Horse Party Ideas
If you're having a barnyard Horse party, then we have some more ideas that are
sure to raise the roof.
Ask your guests to dress like "farm folk" in denim, overalls, pig tails or pony tails,
and straw hats.
Invitations
Hand deliver a barnyard Horse figurine and tell guests to check e-mail for the
invitation specifics. More invitation ideas...
Activity ideas
Feed sacks are great for three-legged Horse races and fit nicely with the barnyard
Horse party theme. If you aren't close to a feed store to get a burlap sack, then
head to your local fabric store and ask for Burlap, or Hessian Cloth.
If you're open to messy fun activities, choose an egg relay spoon race, or have a
treasure hunt by hiding prizes in a few bales of hay.
Favor ideas: Candy is fun to serve at a barnyard Horse party or to stuff in the favor
bags. Try these tasty treats



Barnyard horse theme party
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games, and favor ideas.
Menu ideas for your barnyard Horse party:
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- Have lunch catered by Old MacDonald's (his Golden Arch ranch is sure to
please).
- For lunch, serve up burgers or sandwiches with shoe string potatoes because
they make excellent "Hay stacks."
- Moo-juice is an "udderly" fun way to name chocolate or strawberry flavored
milk or a milkshake.
- Make your own chicken feed (corn pop party snack mix) and display on the
table in a burlap sack, wooden bushel or small galvanized bucket lined with
bandanna.
- Serve what a Horse loves: sliced apples, carrots and celery and provide dips
kids love (caramel dip for the apples and ranch dressin for the veggies.
- Have sugar cubes available for the coffee.
- Create colorful confections using candy molds to create Horse chocolates on a
stick or colorful Horse lollipops. It's all in our Barnyard Horse Party store.