Cowboy party
How to have a classic cowboy party for kids
Giddyup! As kids parties go, a cowboy party is a classic, so cowboy up! Learn how to have a classic
cowboy party for your little cowpuncher or bucking bronco. This is a birthday party that even the
adults can get into by dressing for the party in their Western duds. Best of all, the food is easy for
kids: hamburgers for lunch or try a spaghetti Western. For the cake you can do a horse, a
stagecoach, a cowboy hat, a cowboy boot or a ranch scene with horses. Below you'll find, cowboy
cake ideas, cowboy game ideas and more to help you make this day memorable. See also our
cowboy food ideas.
The best part about a cowboy party, boys can take on the role of classic characters like Buffalo Bill,
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone or Roy Rogers, and the girls can be Annie Oakley or dress up as
rodeo queens or pretty pink cowgirls. Boys and girls alike will have fun wearing a fake cowboy
mustache. (See lower on this page.)
Cowboy party favors
Shopping for a cowboy party for kids is relatively easy, though surprisingly they may not have what
you need at the local party supply store. You can provide inexpensive cowboy hats for the kids or
simply bandannas and sheriff's badge by shopping online. Your cowboy party can have a classic
cowboy and Indians party, too, though shopping for these retro cute items is even harder.
Even if you give the kids a cowboy hat at the party (or a bandanna or a sheriff's badge), trust us that
they will come to expect a favor at the end of the party. Your favor bag can contain a water gun, a
horse figurine, a rubber snake, and a harmonica. For candy you can choose, gold nugget gum,
chocolate coins, or butter-mints with a Western motif. Wilton candy molds can help you create
chocolates or suckers in the shapes of horse heads, cowboy hats or cowboy boots. You'll also find
a variety of mustaches and tattoos. Try making a chocolate mustache on a stick. If you can sew or
find a burlap sack and turn it a money bag, even better! The little outlaws will love their loot bags. Or
give the kids just one nice thing, such as a Jaw harp to give that twangy down home feeling.
Cowboy cakes
Sure, you could do cowboy hat cake, or a cowboy boot cake, but for an unusual idea to meet the
cowboy theme, try a Stagecoach cake. Pictured left, the Westward bound cake by Wilton looks just
like the famous Wells Fargo stagecoach. And of course a horse theme cake is always a fun way to
roundup the cowboys for cake.
Ideas for invitations
See our pony party invitation page to learn how to design your own invitations. Depending on
whether your cowboy party is more of a Country Western hoedown, or a Wild West theme, your
cowboy party invitations can have several options for the wording:
Cowboy party invitations:
Cowboy Games
Kids party games don't have to be expensive. The little cowpunchers at your pony Party need some
activities, and you can steer the fun with these cowboy inspired games:
Whatever cowboy games you play, consider safety first (even for a classic game)! While bobbing for
apples is a classic game (and horses love apples), it's neither hygienic, nor safe. Kids can drown
even in a bucket of water! And for your horse shoe toss game, choose plastic or rubber horse shoes
to avoid a toss in the wrong direction.
Cowboy Party Activities
Make a cowboy or cowgirl from a roll of toilet paper: Start saving used rolls now. For the girls,
choose the cowgirl craft, which has an easy to use template. For the boys, try the cowboy craft.
Finally, any horse crazy kid will love this Horse craft.
More cowboy food ideas...
How to have a classic cowboy party for kids
Giddyup! As kids parties go, a cowboy party is a classic, so cowboy up! Learn how to have a classic
cowboy party for your little cowpuncher or bucking bronco. This is a birthday party that even the
adults can get into by dressing for the party in their Western duds. Best of all, the food is easy for
kids: hamburgers for lunch or try a spaghetti Western. For the cake you can do a horse, a
stagecoach, a cowboy hat, a cowboy boot or a ranch scene with horses. Below you'll find, cowboy
cake ideas, cowboy game ideas and more to help you make this day memorable. See also our
cowboy food ideas.
The best part about a cowboy party, boys can take on the role of classic characters like Buffalo Bill,
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone or Roy Rogers, and the girls can be Annie Oakley or dress up as
rodeo queens or pretty pink cowgirls. Boys and girls alike will have fun wearing a fake cowboy
mustache. (See lower on this page.)
Cowboy party favors
Shopping for a cowboy party for kids is relatively easy, though surprisingly they may not have what
you need at the local party supply store. You can provide inexpensive cowboy hats for the kids or
simply bandannas and sheriff's badge by shopping online. Your cowboy party can have a classic
cowboy and Indians party, too, though shopping for these retro cute items is even harder.
Even if you give the kids a cowboy hat at the party (or a bandanna or a sheriff's badge), trust us that
they will come to expect a favor at the end of the party. Your favor bag can contain a water gun, a
horse figurine, a rubber snake, and a harmonica. For candy you can choose, gold nugget gum,
chocolate coins, or butter-mints with a Western motif. Wilton candy molds can help you create
chocolates or suckers in the shapes of horse heads, cowboy hats or cowboy boots. You'll also find
a variety of mustaches and tattoos. Try making a chocolate mustache on a stick. If you can sew or
find a burlap sack and turn it a money bag, even better! The little outlaws will love their loot bags. Or
give the kids just one nice thing, such as a Jaw harp to give that twangy down home feeling.
Cowboy cakes
Sure, you could do cowboy hat cake, or a cowboy boot cake, but for an unusual idea to meet the
cowboy theme, try a Stagecoach cake. Pictured left, the Westward bound cake by Wilton looks just
like the famous Wells Fargo stagecoach. And of course a horse theme cake is always a fun way to
roundup the cowboys for cake.
Ideas for invitations
See our pony party invitation page to learn how to design your own invitations. Depending on
whether your cowboy party is more of a Country Western hoedown, or a Wild West theme, your
cowboy party invitations can have several options for the wording:
Cowboy party invitations:
- Western theme version:
- Kick up your Heels for Birthday Blakes Bash!
- Come on over Y'all on Saturday August 22, at noon
- Mosey on over to the O.K. Corral: 123 main street
- RSVP: Buffalo Bill or Annie Oakley at 867-5309
- Cowboy version:
- Cowboy Billy is turning five
- Bring the little Outlaws over Saturday August 22, at noon
- Smith Ranch: 123 main street
- RSVP: Sheriff Sandy or Deputy Dean at 867.5309
Cowboy Games
Kids party games don't have to be expensive. The little cowpunchers at your pony Party need some
activities, and you can steer the fun with these cowboy inspired games:
- Gunslinger's revenge. While guns aren't politically correct, your little cowboys should have a
silly string shootout or a water gun fight, this is a kids party after all! Just make sure the little
outlaws have a change of clothes or you get silly with this game outside. Shoot tin cans with
water pistols. For a more appealing look, spray-paint the cans silver, alternatively pink for a
pink cowgirl party.
- Rattlesnake Egg Hunt. Kids are always up for party favors and candy, so dig up your Easter
eggs and stuff them for a rattlesnake egg hunt. Gather up the posse and advise the little
ranch hands that there has been a severe rattlesnake problem on your ranch and that you
need the little cowboys and cowgirls to help to rid the homestead of snakes. Then use a cap
gun to set off the hunt. A little "Yee-high" adds to the party fun.
- Lasso up the fun with a lasso. Any cowboy or cowgirl will feel like a rodeo star in no time with
EZ lasso, left. Kids can make a real, spinning lasso loop and perform tricks. It's fun to
practice, and helps improve kids motor skills.
- Play pass the rattlesnake. This game plays like "hot potato" but your little outlaws and
cowpokes will pass a rubber snake and get "bitten" when music stops. Choose country
music of course or a theme song from an old cowboy Western show.
- Have a three-legged Horse race. Divide guests into pairs. Tie a bandanna to the inside leg
and start the race with a cowbell. For older kids you can blindfold one and have the other
hold a sugar cube on a spoon.
- Set up a horse-shoe toss. Horse around with the idea of good old fashioned fun. You can
often find some safe plastic Horse shoe sets at the sporting good store, toy store or dollar
store. The Rubber Horse Shoes by Schyllng, right are super affordable and safe because
they're made of rubber!
- Have the kids lasso up a rocking horse. Tie a rope to a Hula Hoop. Alternatively, find a
smaller hoop and lasso a large plush Horse.
- The Round Up: Use the birthday child's own Horse toys and "brand" them with numbers and
assign corresponding prizes. Tell the little cowpokes hat some ponies have escaped from
the corral and you need their help in the round up. Watch the fun unfold as kids stampede for
horses and exchange them for prizes corresponding to the brands.
- Pan for Gold. Panning for gold is a fun and easy sandbox activity. Just bury plastic gold coins
or pennies and have kids sift through the sand with pie pans that you punch to filter the sand.
For shiny pennies, clean up them up in a solution. Just 1/2 cup salt and 4 tablespoons
vinegar does the trick. Award Gold Miners gum to a lucky penny.
- Pinata ideas: Find assorted sweet creams in a bandanna motif wrapping on eBay, or cowboy
candies (tiny pastel colored tarts) at Oriental Trading and get cash back. Award a harmonica,
a jaw harp, Rubber snakes, or cap guns for prizes.
Whatever cowboy games you play, consider safety first (even for a classic game)! While bobbing for
apples is a classic game (and horses love apples), it's neither hygienic, nor safe. Kids can drown
even in a bucket of water! And for your horse shoe toss game, choose plastic or rubber horse shoes
to avoid a toss in the wrong direction.
Cowboy Party Activities
- Cowboy Down: To calm your little broncos after sugaring up with cake, read a story before
opening presents. Bronco Busters by Alison Cragin Herzig copyright 1998 is a good one for
a cowboy Party. Another good one for the girls is any book from the Cowboy Kate series by
Betsy Lewin.
- Get crafty online. Keep party goers occupied with coloring or craft project. Get free cowboy
coloring pages
- Stash some mustaches. Make a cowboy mustache using an eyebrow pencil to decorate party
goers. Use ready made branding tattoos or rubber horse stamps. And create Indian braves
using colorful face paints. Here are are sorts of fun cowboy mustaches you can buy online.
Make a cowboy or cowgirl from a roll of toilet paper: Start saving used rolls now. For the girls,
choose the cowgirl craft, which has an easy to use template. For the boys, try the cowboy craft.
Finally, any horse crazy kid will love this Horse craft.
- Be an electric cowboy. Play online cowboy games or other Horse games. Or just set your
DVD to a continual play of a rodeo video. The boys may especially appreciate the thrills of a
bucking bull rider or Rodeo bloopers.
- Cowboy Craft idea: Make a cowboy vest from a paper bag
- Open up a large brown paper bag.
- Put it upside-down like you're dumping the contents.
- Cut a hole at the top with room for the head. (Remember the bag is upside-down)
- Cut holes on each side with room for the arms.
- Cut the front to open the vest.
- Taper the neckline into a V shape.
- Cut fringe at the bottom of the upturned bag.
- Cowboy Food Ideas. When it comes to food for a cowboy part, forget the beans, most kids
won't like them. Keep cowboy party food simple. Wrangle up burgers and dogs to keep the
little cowpokes happy. You can get creative with food in other ways, such as branding the
burgers. Search Amazon for barbecue branding irons. These fun irons give burgers and
steaks a personalized touch. The adults at your party may enjoy: Paula Deen's cowboy Party
food, or Emeril's Lagasse's cowboy coffee. Another fun idea is to stuff the chips or other
"feed" (party snacks) into feedbags (burlap sacks).
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Other pony parties you may like: Pink Cowgirl party | Cowboy party| Western party |Saddle Club party | kids parties
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Linking to this site is permitted. HOWEVER, no part of this content may be reproduced, or stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any other
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Other pony parties you may like: Pink Cowgirl party | Cowboy party| Western party |Saddle Club party | kids parties
This article by M.C. Nygard, right, former
eBay Platinum Powerseller of party supplies,
and mother of two horse crazy kids. Follow
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