Cowboy Themed Party Ideas
If you’re looking for some fun cowboy themed party ideas, I’ve got a great do-it-yourself party right here, with simple ideas and recipes!
If you’re looking for cowboy themed party ideas, then check out one of my recent projects for Celebrations, inspired by Pear Tree Greetings invitation. I’ve shared some simple & practical decorating ideas, a yummy “home on the range” beanie weenie recipe, DIY crafts, free trail mix bag toppers {see link at bottom}, and a themed activity that will have the kids panning for gold!
You’ll also note this is the party design where I served my DIY Pie Pops {follow the link for the instructions}. Happy Trails, pardner!
Cowboy Themed party ideas:
- Serve “cowboy grub” in tin baking rounds from the dollar store. We love homemade beanie weenies with biscuits. Bandannas can serve as napkins.
- Easy decorations are made by wrapping empty {and cleaned} soup cans with plaid fabric and twine.
- A diy frame holds a photo of the birthday boy. To give it the Western flair, wrap it with rope and attach it with a glue gun as you move around the shape of the frame.
- Bottled Root Beer or Sarsaparilla are made adorable by wrapping “bandannas” around the bottle neck, and topping with mini hats found at the craft store.
- Mini bails of hay are a perfect way to display food. Other decorative items are horseshoes, and “tumbleweeds” {rattan spheres}.
- Make an easy trail mix for party favors and top with a printable sign that says “happy trails to you.” Download and print the FREE toppers here.
- The perfect activity for your little cowboys is panning for gold. Fill a kiddie pool with some sand from the home improvement store, and water. Drop in lots of rocks and “gold nuggets” {rocks that we spray painted}. Give your guests tin pie pan from the dollar store, and let them scoop and sift the water and sand to uncover the gold. You could include a small prize for the person with them most golden nuggets at the end.
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I was wondering how you did the panning for Gold. Could you please share?
Thanks!
Hi Amy, the instructions are in the article I did for Celebrations, here http://www.celebrations.com/c/read/panning-for-gold-kids-party-game
Hi Chris….do you recall where you got the small cowboy hats you put on the bottles?
Kathy, those were at Hobby Lobby….in the mini doll & dollhouse section.
where did you get the personalized snack cones?
Gerri, I made them. The tutorial for it is here: http://www.celebrations.com/content/diy-snack-cones-on-a-stick
Hi, I love the trail mix tags. I would like to use it for my son’s upcoming school Rodeo celebration, however, I’m using a printable label. Would you be willing to send me a single image that I could use in creating the template?
cute! don’t know if the kids will go for the trail mix though. Great styling!
Thanks Laura. My kids love the trail mix, but that’s the beauty of it – you can customize the ingredients for your own taste! 😉
I love this! Just what I’m looking for!!! Nicely done!
How cute is this cowboy birthday party theme. Love it. Especially the little hats on the bottles.
Wonderful tips! I am so glad that I found this. Now I dont have to search the internet for hours just to find one piece of information. Thanks!
Thanks for bringing these to the party!
Fabulous job, Chris! I love the pie pops and the mini hats on the root beer bottles!!
thanks, Kim 🙂
Adorable little cowboy party. Makes me wish I had grandkids so I could throw a cute little party like this.
Thanks Tiffany. I love the simple ideas that still look great.
I loved this cowboy themed party.. The set up is amazing. Definitely would try this. Thanks!
I love cowboy themed parties! Look at this I organized one year ago!
http://cartacollaefantasia.blogspot.it/2011/05/cowboy-party.html
Have a nice day!
Chiara
Looks like so much fun, Chiara!
I like this party, I love these bottles!
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xx
Thanks, M.M.! So easy, yet so cute : )