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.
More Kentucky Derby Party ideas.
- 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.
More Kentucky Derby Party ideas.
Tea party favors. 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.
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.
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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 by Schylling, right,
available on Amazon.
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 by Schylling, right,
available on Amazon.
- 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 party
snacks. And while 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 Julep 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.
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.
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.
Kids Kentucky Derby party ideas:
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