Kentucky Derby Party
Kid's Kentucky Derby party cakes, menu, activities, favors and ideas
If the traditional pony party isn't your little equestrienne's cup of tea, then try a Kentucky Derby Birthday
Party. A Kentucky Derby party mixes Mardis Gras madness with Southern hospitality and grace. It's oh
so appropriate to hold your party the first Saturday of May (though any date will do).
The traditional Derby Party scene has a sophisticated table set with silver tea service, crystal, linens,
china and large bouquets of red roses. For kids, this party is a fun way to show some style with
decorated derby hats, fancy gloves, funny glasses, and a tea party. Consider the pint-sized elegance
of a mini silver tea service with trolly, lower right.
More Kid friendly ideas for a Kentucky Derby Party:
More ideas For a kid friendly Kentucky Derby Party:
With red roses, silver trophies, derby hat finery, and tea service your Kentucky Derby party for kids is
sure to be a day to remember.
Budget saving tips For your Kentucky Derby Party:
TIP: If using a mint julep cup for utensils as with a buffet, always place handles up, prongs, spoons
and knife edges down, which is more sanitary. You can bundle sets together with ribbon to make it
easier for party goers to find a set.
Hosting a Kentucky Derby Tea Party
Real Kentucky Derby Parties for kids
Kid's Kentucky Derby party cakes, menu, activities, favors and ideas
If the traditional pony party isn't your little equestrienne's cup of tea, then try a Kentucky Derby Birthday
Party. A Kentucky Derby party mixes Mardis Gras madness with Southern hospitality and grace. It's oh
so appropriate to hold your party the first Saturday of May (though any date will do).
The traditional Derby Party scene has a sophisticated table set with silver tea service, crystal, linens,
china and large bouquets of red roses. For kids, this party is a fun way to show some style with
decorated derby hats, fancy gloves, funny glasses, and a tea party. Consider the pint-sized elegance
of a mini silver tea service with trolly, lower right.
- For a kid-casual Kentucky Derby Party, an obvious choice is from the Kentucky Colonel
himself: Kentucky Fried Chicken. Ask for extra buckets to serve other party snacks. Cucumber
sandwiches are the traditional fare for a Kentucky Derby Party, any tea sandwiches will do
when you cut them using cookie cutters in the shapes of horses and horse-shoes. Make Mint J
ulep milkshakes with mint chip ice-cream or non-alcoholic mint lemonade Juleps.
- If your party goers have a more sophisticate palette, try The Kentucky Derby Museum
Cookbook. Look also on eBay or Amazon for The Taste of Home magazine, April / May 2007
issue, which has a section on Kentucky Derby treats. See also A Taste of Kentucky.
- Hold a Kentucky Derby Pie eating contest. Horse crazy girls will surely appreciate the
elegance and the Southern hospitality of a Chocolate Chip Kentucky Derby Pie in lieu of a
birthday cake.
- Make it a "day at the races." Carry the Kentucky Derby theme throughout your party with
banners for the finishing line, funny money for placing bets. Visit our store for Kentucky Derby
Party Supplies store for the "Day at the Races" plates, pictured, left.
- Give them Kentucky Derby Party Beads: Derby beads make excellent party favors for a
Kentucky Derby party and the kids especially love them. You'll find lots of Mardis Gras beads
that have jockeys, Horse shoes, horses, and trophies on eBay. Hint: make sure all to get cash
back at eBay. The Kentucky Derby beads, pictured left, were $3.99 on Amazon, sold by Party
Time.
- Dress the table in a Kentucky Derby Jersey napkin. Create excitement about the Kentucky
Derby with Jersey napkins at your table setting. The Kentucky Derby Jersey Napkins, pictured
left, are high quality napkins that fold into a patented shape of a sports jersey. They stand up
at around 6.5" tall, and unfold to a regular napkin, revealing lots more fun stuff to see inside. It
becomes a clever hamburger holder or an awesome coaster.
More Kid friendly ideas for a Kentucky Derby Party:
- Have a Kentucky Derby Tea Party. Klutz created extra supplies For its popular Utterly Elegant
Tea Parties book. For $9.95 you get six cups, six saucers, six plates, six bowls, six sets of
silverware and three real, pouring teapots, enough For three girls as pictured directly above. (If
you buy the book, you get just one set, so it's really a deal.) The mini tea set comes neatly
encased in plastic,but as a favor idea, you can take the pieces out and add a mini doll Horse
trophy and Horse figurine to complete the Kentucky Derby theme. Use a small drawstring
organza pouch.
- Have them run for the roses! Have a stick horse relay race with an artificial rose hand off and
have a rose lollipop or horse figurine prize.
- Educate kids with some fun Kentucky Derby Facts.
- Let them eat cake! Not every kid loves Kentucky Derby Pie, so serve mint ice-cream waffle
cones propped in a plastic trophies, or bake them a traditional birthday cake, and create a
Kentucky Derby scene.
- Sound off a trumpet or bugle to announce lunch, cake and activities for your Kentucky Derby
party.
- Set your DVD to a pre-recorded Horse race and have guests place "bets" with Monopoly
money and award prizes. Alternatively, have guests pick their horses from a derby hat. Award
the winning jockey with funny money. You'll find funny money with horses, pictured right, For
your party on eBay or Amazon.
- Hold a Pony Grooming Contest: Have party goers "Groom a pony" in preparation For their own
mini Kentucky Derby. Then award trophies to the top groomers. Print coloring pages on your
computer then supply guests with a table full of glitter, glue, gems, stickers, crayons, felt tip
markers. Get free coloring pages from Birthday in a box and Dover Horses of the World.
- Create a horseshoe Garland of Roses. A Kentucky Derby Garland of Roses is easy to create
by cutting a large Horse shoe shape (12"-16") and affixing red roses from a craft store (or
creating rosettes from confetti paper). For inspiration or to buy one ready made, visit
PlumParty.com.
- Make a Kentucky Derby Hat or Kentucky Derby Sunglass. Start with inexpensive party
sunglasses or derby hats found at the party supply. If your party is near St. Patrick's Day this
should be an easy find. Otherwise you can plan in advance and shop online. At
Anysunglasses.com you'll find 2009 sunglasses For just .99-cents because its after New
Year's. You may also find other straw hats, or cone shaped hats to adorn. It doesn't matter if
you choose a derby style hat, a straw hat or felt hat. In fact, a variety of hats adds to the fun and
creativity.
Next gather some fabric, beads, sequins, buttons, feathers, paint, ribbons, pom-poms, glitter
and glue. Find fun toys to affix to the hats. You can find plastic horses, rings with gems, small
plastic toys and colorful pinata or party favors to affix to the hats or sunglasses. When you're
done, have guests select their top two or three favorites and award prizes. Be sure to take
pictures of each guest, which you can include in the thank you notes.
More ideas For a kid friendly Kentucky Derby Party:
- Decorate with Kentucky Derby toys for the birthday child. For the collector the Kentucky Derby
Barbie doll sports a fancy hat. Try a bean bag toss game (like hot potatoes) using Kentucky
Derby Beanie Babies, available on Amazon.
- Decorate the table with Breyer Mini Whinnie Day At The Races. See also our Breyer Horse
party ideas.
- Sprinkle the entryway of your party with metallic horse-shaped confetti, and accent with green
glitter to set the party scene.
- Older kids will enjoy horse-shoe dice as favors, available in singles For about $1.00 or in sets
of five in a pouch (to play Liar's Dice). You'll find these novelty dice on eBay or Amazon.
- Play a word mix up game to see if kids can decipher. For example: "keocjy" (Jockey), "byrde"
(derby), "yuckkten" (Kentucky), and so fourth. See our other horse-theme party games and
activities.
- Make the birthday girl feel special an inspired pair of Kentucky Derby horse-shoe sunglasses.
- See a funny movie, Racing Stripes is a good one for kids.
With red roses, silver trophies, derby hat finery, and tea service your Kentucky Derby party for kids is
sure to be a day to remember.
Budget saving tips For your Kentucky Derby Party:
- Invitation idea: Get free Kentucky Derby Invitations from Churchill Downs Incorporated. There
are several appropriate choices for kids. You can also register For Kentucky Derby party
games there.
- Music on a budget: Download inexpensive music (MP3) online My Old Kentucky Home. Or skip
the specialized music and print the lyrics to: "My Old Kentucky Home" which you may like to
share with party goers. Search Amazon For the "official Kentucky Derby Play list." We found
Party Up at The Downs For.99-cents.
- Double up on confetti idea: Recycle the confetti you use For the tables. After the party gather
up the sprinkles in an envelope, then use For the thank you cards.
- Plan ahead and save: Get derby hats after the season sales of St. Patrick's Day; and derby
beads after Mardis Gras.
- Favor saver idea: Instead of giving your little party goers a favor bag filled with tons of tiny
trinkets, select just one nice favor that ties into the fun and fanfare. For the adults, choose a
horse-shaped soap, a tiny bottle of Kentucky Bourbon, a Horse head bottle opener, or small
mint Julep cup. For the kids, a deck of Horse playing cards, dice or a pair of novelty
sunglasses.
- Julep cups are on the expensive side, but cheaper by the dozen. If you have extras choose a
few well placed mint julep cups at your party. Use one For a small display of flowers on the
tables or in the bathrooms. Or use mint julep cups to hold utensils if you're serving a buffet
style casual affair.
TIP: If using a mint julep cup for utensils as with a buffet, always place handles up, prongs, spoons
and knife edges down, which is more sanitary. You can bundle sets together with ribbon to make it
easier for party goers to find a set.
Hosting a Kentucky Derby Tea Party
- Kentucky Derby Tea Trolley: Consider the pint-sized tea trolley, right. This children's set
includes everything you need for an elegant tea party or a day of fine dining. With a white
wooden tea cart and its own silver tea service and porcelain tea set, you get 34 pieces.
- See our children's tea party ideas.
Real Kentucky Derby Parties for kids
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Guide to Kentcuky Derby style pony
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This article by M.C. Nygard, right, former
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