Horse Show Birthday Party Ideas

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Amazon also has fun equestrian watches, like the Dressage watch, left for the
birthday kids. Another unique idea for your little equestrian is to create a birthday
plaque, right. It comes with free engraving for just $6.00.

And since they just don't stock what you need for a horse show party at the local
party supply store, you'll need to search online at other places, like eBay. You'll find
eBay is also a great place to search for your Horse show party For vintage finds or
items in bulk (like Horse show ribbons).

Here are some things to search eBay:

Doll house Horse trophy (these make excellent favors)
Horse cookie cutters
Blue ribbons
Horse show ribbons (you'll find vintage and new selections)
Horse show stickers (Creative Hands cool foam stickers) and embellishments
For scrapbooks

Find Horse show ribbons on eBay and place a special one behind the chair of
the birthday kid. They are approximately two feet long with a decorative
rosette at the top. We found several vintage and new Horse show ribbons on
eBay For $4.00- $10.00 in varying sizes.

Dollhouse horse ribbons and trophies make great favors. You'll find a tiny
blue ribbon for just $1.00 and a horse trophy for $1.60 each. Look also on
eBay. Here is a quality pewter dollhouse trophy, right, available on Amazon.

Make everyone a winner with these horse show ribbon socks, right, available
on Amazon.

Search for horse scrapbook materials and buttons on eBay to accent your
invitations and thank you cards. Search for terms such as: horse-shoe,
horseshoe, horse shoe (yes, all three varieties will yield different results).
You'll also find a variety of horse stickers for favors and invitations. Pictured
right is a horse show board with removable stickers.

Activities for your Horse Show Party:

Have a horse show of your own. Decorate horse figurines and hold a mini
competition with judging and prize ribbons and trophies. Klutz published My
Very Own Horse Book that not only makes a great gift, but provides a horse
and instructions for making a saddle, blanket and bridle. For the birthday girl,
the Horse Show activity kit, available on Amazon, is ideal and can serve as
decoration for the party.

Run for the roses. Create a horseshoe Garland of Roses for your horse show
party 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.

Hold a horse race (computer or model horse). Train own, breed, bet, ride
and race in a simulated horse racing computer ga me. Download the demo
for free from Starters Orders 3. Here's how to hold a model horse race,
ModelHorseGuide.com shows you the way.

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 (horses featured in the recording) and award the
winning jockey.

Make room for a groom. Horse owners know that grooming helps bond with
a Horse. Show horses must often have fancy manes For competition. So use
this idea For your pony party and have the girls groom each other with
braids, ribbons, clips and bows. Award prizes For the winning mane and
designer.

Get "board" with these Horse Show Board Game Ideas:

A game for 8 and up, Horse Show game by Gamewright, circa 1997. The
object is to work your way up in class and ride for a Blue Ribbon. The game
includes rules for younger players as well.

Horse-opoly is a great game for kids based on the game of monopoly.
Players choose a bail of hay, saddle, horseshoe, horse trailer, bag of oats, or
a boot as they buy barns and trade them in for stables while trying to
become the richest player.

Monopoly horse lovers edition by Hasbro lets you wheel and deal your
favorite horse breeds. Traditional houses and hotels are renamed Stalls and
Stables. A carrot card enables you to canter on and collect $200; while an
apple card means your horse refuses to load into the trailer, so you go
directly to jail. Custom pewter tokens include a horse, a horse shoe, apple,
riding boot, saddle and horse trailer.

Watch a pony movie for a slumber party:

Black Beauty
Horseland (any movie)
International Velvet
My Little Pony (any movie)
My Friend Flicka
National Velvet
Saddle Club (any movie, but Horse Crazy is a good start)
Seabiscuit
Spirit
The Black Stallion
The Long Shot
The Silver Brumby
The Painted Stallion

You'll find all these selections and more in our horse-theme movie store.

Other Horse show party
ideas:

Make room For a groom. Horse owners know that grooming helps bond with a
Horse. Show horses must often have fancy manes For competition. So use
this idea For your pony party and have the girls groom each other with
braids, ribbons, clips and bows. Award prizes For the winning mane and
designer.

Horse Show Birthday Party
How to have a kids Horse Show theme party

Have a competitive horse crazy kid? A horse show party is a great way to educated your
guests about show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, reining, combined driving,
Dressage, barrel racing and more. Take the kids to a real horse show competition.

If your horse-crazy kid lives and breathes horses, then it's off to the races to decide
which kind of Horse Show birthday party to have next year:

A K entucky Derby P arty is a wacky way to show style with decorated derby
hats, funny glasses and fuzzy boa gloves. Anything goes from elegant tea parties
filled with southern hospitality to serious equestrian theme where guests place
bets on a recorded show. So get out the crystal, linens and china and bouquets
of red roses, Horse figurines, silver trophies and ribbons because it's off to the
races. We're willing to bet you'll have fun with this unique birthday party idea.