How to have a carousel horse party

Flag good deals online.

This garden Carousel Horse Garden Charm flag, which measures 23.5" x
34", is just $5 while supplies last (it has a $30 value).
You may find vintage Carousel horse toys and great deals on eBay, such
as the Wilton Carousel cake pan from 1990. Fisher price made some
sweet merry go round toys in the 1970s that you may find.With a little
creativity beyond your search for "carousel" items you can find "merry go
round" or "carnival" items. Try also "circus." We found carousel pencils,
Sandy Lion Merry Go round stickers, custom invitations, and carousel
Horse chocolates on eBay. Wilton made a carousel cake pan in 1990.
Find the on eBay and g e t cash back from eBay.

Make colorful Rice Krispie treats by substituting a portion of the cereal with
Fruity Cocoa Pebbles.
Roll Wilton Rainbow Non Pariels (candy sprinkles) onto carmel apples and
sprinkle them generously to cookies and cupcakes.
Make edible table confetti from Necco Wafers.
Any kind of fair food fits the carnival theme:

caramel apples
caramel corn
circus peanuts
cotton candy
salt water taffy
bricks of pink popcorn
carousel candy gum balls
snow cones
ice cream
hamburgers
hot dogs / corn dogs
nachos

Carousel Horse Party Favors

Horse shaped Lollipops (make them yourself with candy molds available
on Amazon or eBay.
Carnival masks
Carnival toys (e.g. Rubber ducks)
Rainbow swirl lollipops
Crazy loop straws
Mini Gum ball machines

Games and Activities:

Create edible carnival bracelets by stringing round foods, such as
LifeSavers, fruit-flavored cereals with holes, miniature cookies with
holes, and gummy candies with holes.

Get crafty! Oriental Trading Company has a Carousel Horse Craft kit that
includes plastic gems, foam and wooden pieces to make twelve 7"
carousel horses. It doubles as a favor. Be sure to get cash back at
Oriental Trading.

Play pass the parcel in a merry go round fashion. Here's how to play
the pass the parcel Party game. Find one unique small toy for each child
and wrap it well (a popcorn bag is fun and adds to the theme). To play
the game, have Party goers form a circle. Hand one package to each
child. Remember, each prize should be different and have different
shapes. Start the music. Children pass the packages around the circle
until the music stops. Then everyone gets to open the bag they're
holding and take home the unique trinket inside. Alternatively, have just
a couple of bags floating in the circle and as each child "wins" he can
leave the circle to give the other Party goers a chance to win too.

Create a carnival atmosphere with a floating duck pond using a blow up
swimming pool and rubber duckies.

Provide some Venetian masquerade face masks and have the kids apply their
own sequins, feathers and gems.

Buy a real C arousel Horse . The most affordable we've found are at e-
horselovergifts.

Search Amazon for carousel Horse books in paperback by Poppy Shire and
Ron Berg, around $3.99 include:

Magic Pony Carousel #1: Sparkle the Circus Pony

Magic Pony Carousel #2: Bright heart the Knight's Pony

Magic Pony Carousel #3: Star the Western Pony

Magic Pony Carousel #4: Jewel the Midnight Pony

Magic Pony Carousel #5 Flame the Desert Pony

Magic Pony Carousel #6:Crystal the Snow Pony

Your Horse crazy kids will also appreciate The Magic Carousel Pony

(Jewel

Sticker Stories series) by Jerry Smath, around $4.99.

Here are some fun carnival food picks;

Amazon.com Widgets

More Ideas for a Carnival Theme and Carousel Horse Party:

Send in the clown (or puppeteer or face painter) to twist horse-shaped
carnival balloons.
Decorate in red and white with yellow and blue accents. Buy bunting,
popcorn bags and circus tent cups at Oriental Trading (and get cash back
from your purchase).
Serve food in nostalgic plastic hot dog trays (find them on eBay with a
"red plastic basket" search).
Wrap your Carousel Horse favors in a popcorn bag, or use the popcorn
bags for fun snack mixes. You can also serve colorful candies in ice-cream
cones.
Hang a colorful canopy. You'll find circus canopies online and at Oriental
Trading. Or turn Turn a patio canopy into a circus tent with some
triangular flags you make from construction paper.
Tie a Horse figurine to pull a box of animal crackers (such as the Barnum
Animals Cookie wagon box, pictured left). Use a pipe cleaner as the
harness. Finding animal cracker boxes is not as easy as you might thing,
so buy them online.
Trim the tables with an edible garland of life savers, Fruit Loops or candy
necklaces.

Don't horse around, buy what you need online now. Mylar balloons, like the
carousel Horse, left, make excellent Party favors and double as decoration for
your Party. They're hard to find locally, but you'll find them online in our
Carousel Horse Party Supply store.

Make a favorable impression with your creativity. Carousel Horse favors are
hard to find, so make your own: It's easy to affix a horse sticker or stencil
cutout to a swirled candy stick, a pencil, or a straw. The Carousel Animals Cut &
Use Stencils book by Celeste Plowden, availalble on Amazon, makes decoration
easy.

Bake carousel horse cookies or mold chocolates or candies into carousel
horse shapes. Bake sugar cookies with a Copper Gifts C arousel Horse cookie
cutter. Or find a horse shaped cookie cutter and bake with wooden sticks to
make a cookie lollipop. Then frost the cookies and twirl a colorful ribbon on the
stick.

Do yourself a favor, check out Dover Carousel books: Dover makes Carousel
horse and animal sticker and activity books (about $1.50 each). Search "Dover
Carousel animal" as well as "Dover Carousel Horse." See the stencils, too.

How to Have Carnival Horse / Carousel Horse Party
Carousel Horse party decor, food, favors, fun and games.

Having a Carousel Horse Theme Party adds the excitement of a carnival or county
fair, so it's time to send in the ponies and clowns, and to eat snow cones, taffy,
caramel apples, cotton candy, popcorn, ice cream and hot dogs.

Here's how to have an old time Carousel Horse and Carnival Party:

Let them eat cake. Get inspired by the fabulous Carousel Horse cakes
others have created. Yes, you can make a memorable birthday cake using
Wilton Carousel Horse cake separators, special cake pans and your
imagination! Visit The Carousel Store for more cake toppers.

Give a carousel horse gift that doubles as decoration. The ultimate gift for
the birthday kids is the heirloom quality wooden white carousel Horse
(around $299), pictured right. Any carousel toys you display will bring the
charm of yesteryear to your Carousel Horse Party.

Assemble a paper model carousel. "Cut and Assemble and Old Fashioned
Carousel" by A.G. Smith is a fun project and makes a fine centerpiece for
your carousel horse party.

Be merry and amused with these merry-go-round ideas:

Build a Chocolate carousel .
Create Carousel Animal Apple .
Stamp invitations with a Zazzle carousel horse postage stamp.

Bring Carousel music to their ears. Download Carousel music to your MP3
player and have it as background noise. Try:

"Come To The Fair" Old Time Wurlitzer Carousel Music, Good Old USA
Carousel Music Volume 1" by Wurlitzer Model 146-A Band
"Old Time Carousel Music" by The Wurlitzer Band Organ or
"Carousel Memories" by Replica Wurlitzer Band Organ and Verbeeck
Band Organ.