Pony Party!
Horses are not only a great dream for your life, they're a great theme for your party!
Horses are not only a great dream for your life, they're a great theme for your party!
You can have a horsey birthday party even if you can't have a horse or pony actually attend it (Though you may be able to find a traveling pony party or a local stable that hosts birthday's). Try brainstorming ideas for a pony party with your friends. Here are a few fun ideas and activities to get you started.
Decorations
Set the stage for your party with horsey decorations!
.Have a Westren party-draw or paint cactuses large sheets of paper and cut them out to hang on doors and walls; give out bandannas for your guests to wear.
.Draw horses on large sheets of paper and hang them on doors and walls.
.Put your stuffed horses and your old rocking horse or stick horse to good use as decorations.
Food
At your pony party, you could serve:
.Sliced apples, baby carrots, and oatmeal cookies for a snack.
.Oatmeal for breakfast, if it's a sleepover.
.A carrot cake as your birthday cake-or at least a horse shape cake!
.Hay-and-horse treats (spaghetti and meatballs) for dinner, or or chuckwagon chow such as franks and beans for a
Western-theme party.
By: Christina Wildon
Here is a video and recipe of a simple and easy way to make a horse shape cake with Betty Crocker!
Decorations
Set the stage for your party with horsey decorations!
.Have a Westren party-draw or paint cactuses large sheets of paper and cut them out to hang on doors and walls; give out bandannas for your guests to wear.
.Draw horses on large sheets of paper and hang them on doors and walls.
.Put your stuffed horses and your old rocking horse or stick horse to good use as decorations.
Food
At your pony party, you could serve:
.Sliced apples, baby carrots, and oatmeal cookies for a snack.
.Oatmeal for breakfast, if it's a sleepover.
.A carrot cake as your birthday cake-or at least a horse shape cake!
.Hay-and-horse treats (spaghetti and meatballs) for dinner, or or chuckwagon chow such as franks and beans for a
Western-theme party.
By: Christina Wildon
Here is a video and recipe of a simple and easy way to make a horse shape cake with Betty Crocker!
- Prep Time: 1 hr 30 min
- Total Time: 4 hr 0 min
- Servings: 12
Ingredients
1 box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow or devil’s food cake mix
1 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
Red food color
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
Tray or cardboard (20x15 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil
1 small round chocolate-covered creamy mint
Directions
- 1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease or spray two 9-inch round cake pans. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter between pans. Bake as directed on box for 9-inch rounds. Cool 10 minutes; remove cakes from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 to 60 minutes or until firm.
- 2 Meanwhile, in small bowl, tint 1/4 cup vanilla frosting with red food color to make pink; place in resealable plastic freezer bag. Place 1/2 cup chocolate frosting in another resealable plastic freezer bag. Cut small tip off 1 corner of each bag. In medium bowl, stir together remaining vanilla frosting and chocolate frosting to make light brown frosting.
- 3 Using serrated knife, cut off rounded portion of top of each cake to make level. Turn cakes cut sides down. Cut cakes as shown in template. On tray, arrange cake pieces as shown in template, attaching pieces to each other and to tray with small amount of light brown frosting. Spread thin layer of light brown frosting over entire cake to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting.
- 4 Frost entire cake with light brown frosting. With pink frosting, pipe on blanket; spread with metal spatula to make smooth. With darker chocolate frosting, pipe number on blanket. Pipe on hooves; spread to make smooth. Pipe on mane and tail, leaving in long strands to look like hair. Attach mint for eye. Store loosely covered.
By: Betty Crocker
Games and Activities
.Write assorted horse behaviors and gaits on slips of paper, such as "Neigh," "Trot," and "Roll Over." If your friends are
ultra-horsey, you can try fancier horse terms such as "Piaffe" (a movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow, elevated trot without moving forward) and "Capriole." (a movement performed in classical riding, in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with its hind legs) Each player
draws a slip and then carries out the action named on it.
.Play a horse themed game of charades.
.Paint each other's faces with pictures of horses; you can also paint your faces to look like horses.
.Make popcorn and watch a horse movie suggested on this website.
.Go outside and play horseshoes.
.Paint model horses in kits that come with paints and brushes.
.You can buy a horse Pinata.
Party Favors
.Little plastic horses, small wind-up toy horses, or tiny flocked horses
.Pens or pencils with horses on them.
.Tiny notepads with horses on the cover.
.Peppermints (Horses love ' em!)
.Horsey bracelets, rings, necklaces, or charms.
.Miniature horse-themed coloring books.
.Jelly beans-Pack them in snack-size zip-locking bags, then add labels with made-up horsey flavor names (e.g. , Blue Roan, Green Grass, Purple Palomino, Chocolate Taffy)
.Cards with horses on them, such as Bella Sara cards.
By: Christina Wildon
.Write assorted horse behaviors and gaits on slips of paper, such as "Neigh," "Trot," and "Roll Over." If your friends are
ultra-horsey, you can try fancier horse terms such as "Piaffe" (a movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow, elevated trot without moving forward) and "Capriole." (a movement performed in classical riding, in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with its hind legs) Each player
draws a slip and then carries out the action named on it.
.Play a horse themed game of charades.
.Paint each other's faces with pictures of horses; you can also paint your faces to look like horses.
.Make popcorn and watch a horse movie suggested on this website.
.Go outside and play horseshoes.
.Paint model horses in kits that come with paints and brushes.
.You can buy a horse Pinata.
Party Favors
.Little plastic horses, small wind-up toy horses, or tiny flocked horses
.Pens or pencils with horses on them.
.Tiny notepads with horses on the cover.
.Peppermints (Horses love ' em!)
.Horsey bracelets, rings, necklaces, or charms.
.Miniature horse-themed coloring books.
.Jelly beans-Pack them in snack-size zip-locking bags, then add labels with made-up horsey flavor names (e.g. , Blue Roan, Green Grass, Purple Palomino, Chocolate Taffy)
.Cards with horses on them, such as Bella Sara cards.
By: Christina Wildon