Horse Game Ideas For The "Mane" Event

PRINTABLE GAMES - Here's a great site for some fun Print & Play Birthday Party Games that would be a perfect party game add-on:

Printable Birthday Games Ages 3-5
Printable Birthday Games Ages 6-7
Printable Birthday Games Ages 8-9
Printable Birthday Games Ages 10+

To help you create a fun horse birthday party, here are some great games to consider:


HORSE BIRTHDAY PARTY GAME IDEAS & ACTIVITIES

Hold your horses! We reckon it's time for some horse play!

HORSE GAME - STACK THEM CUBES! - Each wrangler has a pile of sugar cubes. When you say "Giddy-up" wranglers race to build the tallest stack of sugar cubes in a timed period.

HORSE GAME - RACIN' FOR CUBES! - Divide wranglers into 2 teams and line them up. Place empty bowl on a chair at the start line for each team. Place bowl of sugar cubes (2 cubes per child) on chair at finish line. Give first wrangler on each team a spoon. When you say "Giddy-up" the first wranglers run to their bowls, scoop out 1 cube with spoon, run back to start line, and put cube in bowl. Then wranglers give their spoons to their next teammate and game continues in same fashion. Whichever team gets all of their cubes into their other bowl first wins.

HORSE GAME - HAYSTACK TREASURES - Create 2 haystacks (age appropriate size) and hide plastic horses, pennies, nickels, and dimes. Divide wranglers into 2 teams. When you say "Giddy-up" wranglers try to find as many Haystack Treasures in a timed period. Each gets to keep what they find and whoever finds the most wins.

HORSE RACE #1 - Divide wranglers into 2 teams and line them up. Have first wrangler in each line mount their wooden stick horses. When you say "Giddy-up" each wrangler gallops to finish line, back to start line, hands off their horse (see below) to their next teammate and game continues in same fashion. Whichever team gets through all their teammates first wins.

HORSE RACE #2 - Create a life-size "game board" in your yard using carpet squares. Lay them out in a Candyland Game fashion. Add a few obstacles like saw horses, galvanized buckets, bales of hay, etc. then have all your horsies (guests) compete to the finish line. Write numbers 0-3 on index cards, along with a command like gallop, trot, run, canter, whinny, neigh. As the cards are drawn, they move forward the number of spaces on the card, while performing command. For example, move forward 2 spaces while trotting.

HORSESHOES - For older kids use real horseshoes and for younger kids use plastic or rubber horseshoe or make horseshoe rings from rope. Secure stakes in ground and have kids stand an age-appropriate distance to throw their shoes. Divide wranglers into 2 teams and line them up. Let each player throw 2-3 horseshoes or rings. To keep scoring easy, give 1 point if horseshoe or rope touches stake and 2 points if it is a ringer. Whichever team reaches a certain number of points first wins.

PIN THE TAIL ON THE HORSIE - Game is played like Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Get a poster of a horse. Make enough tails as there are players. Blindfold each wrangler, spin them around, and have them try to pin the tail on the horse. Use double stick tape. The player who gets the tail closest to the horse's rear wins.

MUSICAL CHAIRS OR MUSICAL BUCKETS - Set chairs or overturned buckets in two rows, back to back using 1 less chair/bucket than number of wranglers. Turn country music on, have wranglers walk around chairs/buckets. When music stops, wranglers sit down. The wrangler left standing is out of game. Repeat until only 1 wrangler remains and he/she is the winner.

HORSE DOORKNOB HANGERS - Purchase foam doorknob hangers and have wranglers decorate them with gel pens and horse stickers.

PONY RIDES - If space permits, rent a pony or two and give wranglers rides and take photo of each child on the pony.

HORSE PINATA - Blindfold wranglers using bandana. Wrap bat with birthday colored streamers and curling ribbons.

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