Western theme games children

Fun for kids and adults. Bury the toys, coins, crystals, and polished stones in the sand. Give everyone a strainer and tray. Guests scoop out sand with the strainer and bring it to their tray to sift through. Each guest keeps his or her treasures. Haystack Search Similar to the pan for gold game, this game has everyone searching stacks of hay for a prize. Wrap all of the gifts. Strategically place the gifts in the haystacks, so that your guests will have a difficult time finding them all at once.

Gather your guests around and invite everyone to participate, although those with allergies may decide not to play. Can you blame them? Set a timer for five minutes. Guests have five minutes to find prizes in the haystacks. Then, show children how to run, gallop, trot, prance, etc. Stick Horse Racing Line children up at opposite ends of the playground and hold up a red bandana. When you wave the bandana, two children can race at a time.

Here's my hat. Point to hat. Here are my spurs. Point to spurs. And here are my chaps. Point to chaps.

As soon as I get up, I work all day Pretend to have a lasso in one hand. I get on my horse Pretend to climb on a horse. And ride away. Gallop in place. Five little cowboys get up to dress. The first one buttons up his vest. The second one wears tall boots with taps. The third one laces up his chaps. The fourth one ties a big bow tie. The fifth one tips his hat.

Horseshoe Game. What you need:. Plastic horseshoes Stake Tape. Set up a horseshoe game area outside. Show children how to throw the plastic horseshoes to catch them around the stake.

Determine a point system based on children's ages and abilities. For older children, throwing a horseshoe near the stake could earn one point, having the horseshoe land touching the stake could earn two points, and circling the horseshoe could earn three points.

Decide on an appropriate distance from the pole for children to stand and put down tape to mark the spot. Let two to three children play at a time. Prepare dyes in two to three colors according to package instructions. Give each child a bandana-sized square of white cotton cloth inexpensive white cloth napkins may work well. This gets all of the kids charging towards him squirting him and trying to grab a bag out of his hand beforehand put all the goodie bags in a burlap sack and give them to Wild Bill.

Then they all get their goodie bags and lead Wild Bill to the jail you made. This can be quite hysterical!!! You can then have Wild Bill sit in a western-ish decorated area and each kid can sit on his lap and have their picture taken. Set up a shooting gallery by turning trash cans upside-down and putting tin cans on them.

Then the kids can try and topple the tin cans over with bean bags the younger kids can stand closer and use their water guns. Take a look at our complete Wild West Birthday Theme Party section for more of the coolest party-planning ideas. Milk the Cow For this child game, make your own cow by taking a medium-sized rectangular box for the body and a white balloon for the head use paper for the ears, a cup for the nose, and paper towel tubes for the legs.

Wild West Obstacle Course Make teams 2 or more and set up a wild west obstacle course. Some suggestions:. Fold up the cowboy nicknames and place them in a cowboy hat. In a second cowboy hat, place papers on which you have written bad deeds. You can use a combination of traditional Wild West crimes like bank robbery and train hijacking with silly crimes such as stalling at bedtime or burying vegetables under a napkin.

Have party guests sit around a table with their wanted posters, some crayons, markers, cowboy stickers, and any decorative supplies you wish. Pass around the cowboy hats and have each child select a paper from each hat. Then have them complete their posters with their cowboy nicknames and the crimes for which they are wanted. Coal Eyes Matthew. For: Feeding his homework to the dog.

Hang the wanted posters around the party area until the end of the event. Then send them home as party favors. Gather your party guests for some Old West lasso tossing. Because real lassos can be dangerous, you should consider using a hula hoop or rope rings instead. Place a rocking horse or sawhorse at a fair distance from the line where players will stand.

To play this game, set up cowboy boots on a table. Draw a line a few feet away from the table. Have players stand behind the line and toss beanbags at the boots. Award prizes to players who can knock over a boot. If you have a seesaw, attach a saddle to each end. Place a child on each saddle and have two adults guide the seesaw up and down.

Another way to give rodeo rides is to secure a saddle to a red wagon, bicycle, or another suitable ride on toy. Have an adult pull the rider around a rodeo ring or obstacle course. This game is fun for any cowboy-themed party, but it might also be especially enjoyable for a Toy Story party. Divide players into two teams. Give each team a cowboy boot. At the other end of the play space, place two buckets filled with rubber snakes.

On the signal, the first players for each team race to retrieve a snake, bring it back and place it in the boot.