Horse Birthday Party Ideas

Horse Party Activities
Mop Horses
You will need a broom stick or large dowel rod for each child, old socks, cotton batting, yarn, felt, glue and googly eyes.  Stuff the socks with the cotton batting and then place the end of the sock over the broom stick and tie it on for the horses head.   Glue the eyes onto the sock and make a nose (two black circles) and ears from the felt.   The yarn can be glued on the part of the sock that is over the stick to make a horses mane.  Braid three long pieces of yarn together and attach them underneath the horse head to make the reins. 

Relay Races Western Style
Make up several relay races and barrel races and let the children run them with their mop horses. Or buy two stick horses and let the kids trade off with each other.

Horse Party Games
Horseshoes
Horseshoes is a fun game and perfect for a Horse themed party.  Directions, set up and scoring are all listed on our how to play horseshoes page.     

Water the Horses
Let the kids have some fun while they play this game ... the kids will get wet so make sure and play this outside.  Great for a summer day when they need to cool off!   You will need 2 large tubs filled with water and two rectangle shaped horse trough containers that hold the same amount of water.   The goal is for the teams to get their horse trough filled first.   Teams will one at a time take a plastic cup (punch equal amount of holes in the bottom of each cup so that the water will slowly leak out) and run from the large container to their trough.  First team to fill up their trough wins. 

Wild Horse Roundup
There are some wild horses that need to be rounded up and your party guests are just the ones to do it!  For the game you need 3 balloons (blown up and tied ... blow up extras in case some break) and a broom for each team.  The balloons are the wild horses and the guests need to use the brooms to round them up (from the starting line, to the other side of the room and back). 

Horse Party Food Ideas
Apple cider
Caramel apples
French Fries (hay)
Unsweetened lemonade or Kool-Aid with a dish of sugar cubes the kids can put in themselves
Cookies, Rice Krispie Treats, brownies, sandwiches or cheese cut with a horseshoe cookie cutter

Horse Party Favor Ideas
Horse jewelry
Horse figures
Stickers
Sugar cubes wrapped in tulle and tied with a ribbon
My Little Pony figures or items
Stick horses
Carousel
Horseshoes

Horse Party Goody / Loot Bag Ideas
Plastic horse themed cups
Tin pails with tissue paper inside
Glue fringe made from fabric or paper onto brown paper bags for a horse mane