Party in Wild West style, invitations, script, costumes, contests, food

Every young man from childhood dreams of being a dashing cowboy, a brave Indian or a reckless thug. And every girl sees herself in the role of a beautiful lady surrounded by brave defenders or a bandit, who is a match for men, rushing across the prairie. A world filled with danger, adventures, adventures, romance always attract. Now, everyone can play their chosen role and find themselves in the world western All it takes is a little imagination.

It is not difficult, for the implementation of this venture, it is important to choose the right location . It’s not bad if it’s a house, because organizing this kind of party in an apartment is fraught with unpleasant incidents. There is always the possibility that, due to the "wild" dances of the guests, the neighbors below will have to do redecorating ceiling, because the plaster may not withstand such pressure.

It is also problematic to hold an event at work, because the Wild West and the latest technological advances are poorly compatible things. Alternatively, you can use any bar, the presence of a bar counter is undoubtedly in our hands, but a private house with a small garden would be a much better solution.

You should carefully consider the style of the future saloon. Place emphasis on scenery. Old tablecloths, dusty bottles for decoration and, of course, cacti. It will come in handy if your house grows " prickly giant"in human height, but if it is not, then it does not matter, you can take, covered with thorns, his smaller brothers and place them on all visible surfaces. Alternatively, you can draw scenery cacti, showing a little imagination and patience, and arrange them around the perimeter.

A stack of hay will give the room an extra charm. It is also appropriate to organize a retro bar with an abundance of booze, favorite representatives of Texas. The must-have favorites are: tequila with lemon and salt, several varieties whiskey and of course beer, of all kinds and flavors.

For adherents healthy lifestyle non-alcoholic cocktails and teas with fragrant spices are suitable for life. To decorate the walls, you can use posters on a given topic or hang posters of invited guests with the inscription wanted. And above the entrance it is appropriate to hang a sign - the name of your saloon.

Party Menu

Be sure to think in your script what you will feed your cowboys and Indians. It is advisable to use purely American food for this: grilled meat, chops, grilled chicken, and french fries are perfect for garnish and do not forget about sauces, they should be spicy and varied. For a snack, you can use chips or salted popcorn.

A great script idea would be to rename familiar dishes into traditional Texas ones. Arrange a mini-buffet in the yard, serve cooked meals so that they are small and convenient to eat. To prepare grilled meat , be sure to appoint a person who knows a lot about this. Poorly fried or burnt meat will spoil the taste of dishes and will not improve your mood.

Particular attention should be paid entertainment program evenings. The party organizer can act as sheriff - leader . Clothing should be light sand in color, the image will be complemented by a wide-brimmed hat and a sheriff's badge. It would be appropriate to hang 2 holsters with toy pistols on the belt. You can hold a competition on the main bar counter with the participation of all invitees. After the bartender has been chosen, you can start entertaining the remaining party participants.

In the backyard you can breed a large bonfire and have a get-together. A guitar and cheerful songs will create a cozy atmosphere, and marshmallows toasted on sticks will impress both children and adults.

Games and contests

• Guests will definitely enjoy the game, in the traditional American style. To do this, you need a large toy that should be filled with sweets. The participating player will need to knock down the toy with a stick so that the candy from it would scatter. This action takes place blindfolded, which gives additional difficulties in passing the competition, but significantly increases the excitement of the player.

• Representatives stronger sex the competition to determine the strongest and most resourceful participant will come to your liking. The task of the contestant is to extinguish the candle in three attempts, using a water pistol for this. The men should also enjoy the fight with the bombs. Balloons filled with water can be used as bombs. Good mood and cheerful laughter is guaranteed to all present.

• Competition for definitions most sober should also please the guests. It is advisable to carry it out when everyone present is pretty tipsy. For the game, participants will need newspapers. Participants must put the paper on the floor, stand on it and dance while the music is playing, while not going beyond the sheet. When the music stops, the participants fold the sheet on which they stand in half and continue to dance. This continues until a clear winner is determined, who is awarded the title of the most sober.

• Everyone knows that gold was the main thing for us representatives of the Wild West. treasure hunt , can be organized as follows, pour sand into the box so that it is filled to the brim and bury valuables in it. The task of each participant is to filter the sand with the help of a sieve and find the treasures hidden in it. The winner is the one who first finds the jewels hidden in his box. As a trophy, the winner can give the finds he made. You should also not forget that about the encouragement of all those participating in the competitions. Prizes can be chocolate coins, horseshoes, cute toys of the necessary subjects.

• Do not forget during the evening about dancing, you can pick up any thematic music from cancan to incendiary country music. A good idea would be to arrange competitions for the title of the best dancer. It would be nice to give the guests the opportunity to invent a dance that every native of Texas should be able to dance. The most original performances will undoubtedly win prizes.

invitations

After you have passed the main stages of preparation, you need to think in what form to issue party invitations . It's best to get creative and make your own invitations, but you can also take advantage of the information age.

If you still settled on the handmade option, then you will need old paper, if you do not have it available, then you can age it yourself. To do this, we need coffee and a sheet of paper, the paper should be dipped in freshly brewed coffee and held there for about 10 minutes, then removed and allowed to dry, if necessary, smooth it with an iron. After the paper for our invitation is ready, you can print or write on it with paints " Wanted“, and below place a photo of the invitee.

Do not forget to write the date, time and place of the party in the invitation, and most importantly, remind the guests that you should come to the party in compliance with the dress code.

Suits

Suits for women

To shape the image of the representative of Texas, cute women should direct their attention to men's plaid shirts , free cut. If desired, the ends of the shirt can be tied on the chest, this will make the image more seductive and sexy. Also suitable are dresses made of cotton, loose and simple, or jeans with torn edges in an ensemble with a leather vest.

Looks perfect on feet boots in cowboy style , and the head should be decorated with a wide-brimmed hat, which looks very impressive on women.

Complex hairstyles should not be built on the head, it is enough to make pigtails and weave bright ribbons into them, or simply leave the hair fluttering in the wind.

The make-up should not be made bright and defiant, naturalness should prevail in the colors.

Suits for men

For men, creating an image is much easier. It all depends on which character he prefers. If the choice fell on a brave cowboy, then it is appropriate to use a simple checkered shirt in an outfit, flared jeans with a wide belt. The image will complete hat and cowboy boots.

If the choice fell on a noble Indian, then there will be no problems with the costume. Canvas shirt with an ornament and pants, you can wear moccasins on your feet. Feather headdress and warlike face painting are mandatory.

Photo, Party in the style of the Wild West

This “cowboy style” birthday scenario is designed for children from 6 to 8 years old. The "cowboy" theme is more suitable for a son's birthday than a daughter's, but some girls will also like the script with "shooters" and "Indians". According to the scenario, the holiday is held at home (in the apartment), but it can be adapted for holding in any other room or even on the street.

Birthday preparation

We invite guests

Having compiled a list of guests who will be invited to the celebration, you can begin to make invitations that should be handed to each of them in advance.

Wanted

We propose to print on the printer found on the Internet and edited with the help of a graphic editor, the "Wanted" ("Wanted") leaflets, which are often shown in American westerns. It is desirable that instead of a photograph of the criminal on each sheet, a portrait of a guest or a birthday man in a cowboy hat is depicted. Under the image, you can write the following phrase: "... (name) is wanted to participate in the celebration of the cowboy's birthday!".

On the other side of the sheet, you can write a few more sentences, for example: “Quick (strong, dirty, white, etc.) ... (guest name)! On 12/15/2013 (date of celebration) you must appear at the Zharovs' ranch (family name) at the address: ... (address). Don't be late and don't forget to bring your gun and hat! It is planned to celebrate the birthday of the Vigilant Eye (“nickname” of the birthday man).

However, you can come up with other original invitations for guests, for example:

• The text of the invitation can be written on postcards shaped like a cactus, a horseshoe, a gun or a hat.
• You can attach decorative elements related to the "cowboy" theme to any postcard or leaflet, for example: a sheriff's toy badge (a plastic star), a cartridge (plastic, but reminiscent of a real one), a feather (taken from a "killed Indian"), etc.
• The invitation may resemble an ancient scroll, which can be tied with twine and secured with a sheriff's toy badge.

Festive room decor and props for a cowboy party

Organizers of a birthday party should definitely decorate the room in which the holiday will be held in advance, because a “cowboy party” will not work without decorations.

Some tips for creating a wild west atmosphere:

• If the party is being held at home, then signs with inscriptions (“Saloon”, “Bank”, “Eye Ranch”, “Sheriff”, “Prairie”) should be hung in the hallway. Read more about pointers below.
• The horse is the best friend of any cowboy! Therefore, toy, painted, molded, bought and hand-made horses can decorate walls, shelves, floors of rooms. There should be as many horses in the apartment as possible so that each child can choose at least one picture with a horse or one toy horse.
• According to the scenario, you will need eight toy gobies (read more below).
• To decorate the room in which the celebration will be held, almost any items that are somehow connected with the “cowboy” theme are suitable: cacti (from balloons, real or toy), cowboy hats, horseshoes (toy), posters with images of cowboys, horses, Indians, prairies, canyons, etc.
• CD with country music or ethnic Indian song motifs.
• Images of cacti that are drawn or printed on thick paper or cardboard. In addition to the cactus, animals should be drawn in the pictures, but not completely, but only partially (it should give the impression that this animal hid behind a cactus, so only its rear end, ears, tail, hooves, paws, but by no means a muzzle).
• Brown or black plastic bags (one bag per guest).
• Scissors.
• A plastic bucket, basin or any other large container into which water can be poured (for example, an inflatable pool for children).
• Chocolate "gold coins".
• Eye patch in opaque material.
• Colander.
• Cowboy hats and neckerchiefs (one pair per person).
• Six pouches made of opaque material. On each bag is written one of the letters that together make up the word "cowboy". In each bag you need to put a “surprise”, for example: in a bag on which the letter “k” is written, you need to put an object whose name begins with this letter (for example: a pencil, brush, candy, etc., you need to do the same with other bags) .
• Rope or lasso.
• A homemade “horse”, which can be made from a chair, stool or bucket: for this, a “head” of a horse made of colored cardboard, a mane and tail made of tow or artificial hair are attached to one of the above items. If the organizers of the holiday have a large toy horse available (reaching the shoulder of an eight-year-old child at the withers), then, of course, it is much more suitable for the celebration than a chair with a “mane”.
• Toy pistols (one per guest).
• "Horse tail" - a piece of tow tied to a dart for darts.
• The original "portrait" of a horse, drawn on paper: on the sheet you need to depict a "back view", but without a tail.

Meeting guests and preparing for the party

The host (adult) meets the children in turn and distributes cowboy hats and scarves to them. Shows how to wear these things and tells why cowboys need scarves: “Friends, I will now tell you why a real cowboy needs a neckerchief. The fact is that cowboys ride their horses very quickly across the prairies and canyons and hot sand pours into their faces. Neckerchiefs cover the faces of cowboys from the sand.

After all the children have put on their hats and scarves, they can distribute packages to them and invite them to make fringed cowboy vests from them. Before the children begin to manufacture, the leader must show the guys how to make a vest out of the bag.

Master class: "Cowboy vest from the package"

1. At the bottom of the package you need to make a slot for the head (in the center).
2. On the sides of the package (along the side "seams"), you need to make two holes for the hands.
3. The next step: having decided which side the front of the vest will be on, and which side the back will be on, you need to make a vertical cut to the neck in the front so that you get two halves.
4. The vest is almost ready and you can even try it on, but the bottom of the vest does not look attractive (especially if the bag has handles) and it should be cut evenly. Then the bottom can be decorated with a fringe (by making many vertical cuts with scissors).

Advice: A vest can also be made from a paper bag. Children will love to paint these vests with felt-tip pens, pencils or decorate with stickers. Children will also love the idea of ​​decorating their arms and legs with temporary colored tattoos.

Then the leader leads the guys already “ready” for the holiday to the living room or other room in which the table is laid. Children can easily find this room themselves if they go in the direction in which the sign of the "Sharp Eye Ranch" is directed. At the table, children can sit on chairs "on horseback".

Scenario of a children's party in the "cowboy" style

During the feast, the host addresses the children with these words: “ Dear guests! Welcome to the ranch ... (name of the birthday boy), who is also called the Far-Eye! Today this brave cowboy and our good friend is 8 years old! Congratulations! By the way, I have a riddle for you! Veteran cowboy Dirty Joe presented eight steers to Sharp Eye this morning! Can anyone guess why he gave bulls to the Vigilant Eye, and not elephants, for example?

In the end (or thanks to the facilitator's prompts), the children guess that "cow" (from English) is "cow", and "boy" (also from English) is "boy". If you combine two words together, you get "cowboy" - a cowboy.

Leading: “Well done, I'm glad you figured it out! Unfortunately, all the bulls have fled and we cannot find them, but I hope that the brave cowboys and best friends Keen Eyes will help you find them and bring them back to the ranch! Saddle your horses! Just come up with names for your horses (offers each guest to choose one of the toy or painted horses with which the apartment is decorated).

Game: "Saddle the horse"

The host puts chairs in the middle of the room (each participant, except for one, has a chair) and invites the children to take part in an interesting game.

Rules of the game: game according to the rule of the well-known "". To the music, the guys should dance around the chairs until the music turns off. As soon as this happens, all participants must quickly sit on the chairs "on horseback". The player who did not have time to take one of the chairs is out. After that, the leader removes one chair and turns on the music, and the children again begin to dance until the next “musical pause”. The second "round" and all subsequent ones are carried out in the same way as the first, until there is only one participant sitting "on top" on one chair. This player is the winner.

Congratulating the winner, the host takes out and gives the children one toy bull.

Leading: "Guys! Well done! Now, thanks to you, we have one steer and I know where the next one is. An Indian named Sly Fox stole it and we must return the steer back. To do this, we also need to become cunning and learn to say one thing and do another: in this way we will confuse the Indian, and he will return the bull to us!

Game: "Confusion"

Leading: “Playing this game is not difficult at all: I tell you what to do, and each of you does the opposite. Line up and let's get started."

Leader commands:

1. Lower your hands down (children should raise their hands up).
2. Raise your hands up (lower down).
3. Squat down (jump up).
4. Jump up (crouch).
5. Stretch the right leg forward (stretch the left leg back).
6. Stretch the left leg forward (stretch the right leg back).
7. Spread your arms to the sides (cross your arms over your chest).
8. Cross your arms over your chest (spread to the sides).
9. Press your head to your chest (tilt your head back).
10. Tilt your head back (press it to your chest).
11. Spread your fingers in a “fan” (clench your fists).
12. Turn left (turn right).
13. Turn right (turn left).

At first, the facilitator reads the commands and tells the children what movements to make. He can perform these movements himself, or he can simply speak commands out loud. Having shown all 13 movements, he forms a circle of participants (as in a round dance) and turns on the music. He invites children to dance, periodically performing commands that he will say out loud. Those players who do not cope with the task and perform the wrong movements are eliminated. The child who makes no mistakes wins.

After the game, the host turns off the music and says: “Cowboys, how well you dance! I found out that Sly Fox hid the bull on the ranch! Can you imagine what an insolent?! Help me find him!"

The guys find a bull in the room.

Game: "Gold diggers"

Leading: "Cowboys! Now we need to bring back the third bull that the Gold Digger stole: he could not get the gold and decided to steal the bull. We can mine the gold ourselves and trade it for a bull. Now we will try to learn how to mine gold.”

The host puts a basin of water (or a bucket) in the middle of the room, and throws into it chocolate candies in the form of gold coins. Then he builds the children in a line and, in turn, blindfolds each of them and gives a colander, with which they should try to catch as many coins as possible from a container of water. At the end of the game, the host counts the number of coins that each player got and determines the winner: the one who caught the most "coins" becomes the winner. The winner receives several dozen “coins” as a prize, and the presenter takes the rest of the sweets and at the same time tells the children: “Well done, everyone managed to get at least a little gold. Now I can exchange these gold coins for a bull.”

Game: "An animal near a cactus"

The host returns to the children with the third bull and tells them: “The gold digger gave the bull! Hooray! Now our path lies through the wild prairie, where cacti grow and terrible predators live. Real cowboys must know that a predator is nearby in advance, otherwise a hungry beast can eat him or his horse. Now I will show cards on which cacti will be drawn. The task of each participant in this game, which is called “Animal near the cactus”, is to see the animal that hid behind the cactus, determine whether it is a predator or herbivore, and also guess what it is called.”

The host takes out cards with drawn cacti and shows one of them to the guys. He can count (and record) the correct answers of each participant and thus determine the winner, who will give the largest number correct answers. At the end of the game, you can give the winner some kind of prize.

What animals can hide behind cacti:

1. Elephant.
2. Hare.
3. Giraffe.
4. Deer.
5. Crocodile.
6. Cow.
7. Tiger.

Leading: "Hooray! Congratulations! Everyone coped with the task and now they will be able to cross the prairie without a threat to life. And here is the fourth bull, which I also found behind a cactus (shows the guys a toy)!

Game: "Hats with prizes"

Leading: “Now I need six volunteers. Guys (addressing the volunteers), put your hats, please, right here (the presenter points to the floor with his hand). Imagine that while we were riding horses on the prairie, these hats were blown away by a strong wind.

Rules of the game: the host tells the children that there are bags in the hats on which the letters from the word "cowboy" are written. The children take turns guessing what "surprises" might be hidden in them. If one of them guesses that, for example, there are glasses in a bag with the letter “o”, then he receives these glasses as a gift, and the owner of the hat takes the hat and puts it on again. In the end, all the "surprises" go to the smartest guys, and the "cowboys" who were left without hats put them on again.

Leading: “I'm glad that such quick-witted cowboys came to the party. I found out that the fifth bull hid on the balcony! Therefore, we should go to the balcony and look for him there.

The children with the leader find the fifth bull and return "to the ranch".

Game: "Arkan"

Leading: “Friends, tell me, do you know how to use such a long rope that all real cowboys carry with them? Guess what I'm talking about? Yes, of course, I'm talking about the lasso with which cowboys could once immobilize the enemy or catch fleeing cattle.

After that, the facilitator shows the children how to make a lasso from the rope (or shows them a finished lasso) and gives the children a task: they should take turns trying to lasso a chair to which the head of a “horse” is attached from cardboard, a mane and a tail made of tow (or a toy horse, if any). Each participant in this game has three attempts. Those who succeed in all three attempts win.

After the game, the host gives the guests one more bull (sixth) with the words: “Guys, I'm glad that everyone was able to practice catching horses with a lasso today. And while you were practicing here, I found the sixth bull: it turns out that he was standing nearby and eating grass.

Game: "Cowboy Reaction"

Leading: “We must return the last bull to the ranch - the seventh. And I know who he is - the Sheriff, who counts on the fact that the brave cowboys will always come to his aid, because there are many defenseless civilians living in the district. Today I showed you how to use the lasso, and I also think that everyone here can run fast and shoot accurately. But how does today's youth react to the emerging threat to life, and how quickly can they take the necessary measures in a dangerous situation? Now we will find out. Guys, we're going to play Cowboy Reaction."

The facilitator leads the children to another room, which is pointed to by a sign with the inscription "Sheriff". There he puts on a cowboy hat and pins a sheriff's badge (a toy plastic star) to his chest. After that, he tells the children: “As everyone has already guessed: I am the Sheriff. Get in a circle, and I will take this ball (takes the ball and shows it to the children) and stand in the center of the circle. Rules of the game "Cowboy reaction": I throw a ball to any of you and say a word. If the word is associated with something dangerous, then this ball should not be caught, and if the sounded word is not associated with anything dangerous, then it must be caught. That cowboy who could not catch the ball or caught the ball when it should not have been caught is out of the game. In the end, there will be only one cowboy with the fastest reaction. He wins. Let's start!"

"Sheriff" can pronounce words such as: coyote, tribe, bonfire, fire, gun, explosion, grasshopper, horse, bison, cat, virus, bandit, tank, train, wolf, plague, axe, feather, eagle, frying pan.

After the game, the host awards a small prize to the winner and gives the children a toy bull.

Leading.: “Still, what wonderful cowboys came to the party at your ranch today, Vigilant Eye (referring to the birthday boy)! And now let's go and eat, because we need to bring back the eighth bull, we need to gain strength!

Game: Showdown at Noon

After the festive feast, the host invites the children to play one more game in order to return the last toy to the birthday man.

Rules of the game:

The host forms two teams from the participants with an equal number of players and builds them in two lines along two walls of the room parallel to each other. Then the participants of both teams turn their backs to the line of the opposing team. Each child holds a toy gun in their hands.

At the signal of the host (on the count of “five”), the participants of both teams turn around and point the muzzles of toy pistols at the children standing in the opposite line with respect to them. Those children who have not been pointed at are out of the game. The team whose members (or participant) are left standing last wins.

Note:

Players have the right, while the leader counts to five, to change places in the line of their team.

After the game, the leader gives the children the eighth bull.

Game: "Horse Tail"

The facilitator hangs a drawing paper with a horse “portrait” (“rear view”) on the wall or on the door. After that, he explains the rules of the game to the guests: the participants in turn, blindfolded, must pick up a dart for darts with a piece of tow (the "tail" of the horse) tied to it, and try to attach this "tail" so that the drawn horse finally then got a real tail. The winner is the one who fixes the "tail" where necessary.

If these competitions are not enough, additional themed games and contests can be found in the script ""

December 03, 2016
Birthday or other joyful occasion? It's time to try throwing a cowboy party! Tell your friends about it and before you know it, they will all come to you in leather and hats!

Today you have so many sources of inspiration!

Cowboy movies are still all the rage (like Django Unchained)

frayed jeans, leather boots and fashionable belt buckles are very easy to find

It's always easy to find tracks from the likes of Kelly Clarkson and LeAnn Rimes

We offer you a way to organize a cowboy party in six stages.

Step 1. Invitation

Find a photo of each of the invitees and make a wanted poster like you see in movies. You can use phrases like “Wanted! For the most possessed hairstyle "or" Has anyone seen a beauty? $1000 Reward"

Print out the invitations and use a lighter to scorch the edges and give them an aged and sunburned look. You can come up with something else, for example, make invitations in the form of hats or sheriff badges.

Step 2: Costume Ideas

Dressing up in Western style is a LOT of fun. There are a lot of role models in cowboy films.

Think of different images: cowboys, bandits, buffaloes, elders, city sheriffs, bandits and robbers. And know that even ordinary hats are enough to make the mood of all the guests soar just instantly.

Step 3: Cowboy Party Decoration Ideas

Turn your room into a real bar or saloon. Make a bar with beer, put small tables with chairs around. Allocate a room or a place on the street for shooting! .. From water pistols

Hang a rope lasso on the walls.

Put up a hat rack, hang guns and revolvers (preferably artificial or discharged). It would be nice to find a tomahawk somewhere, but keep it where no one gets it J

Print out large versions of your invitations and hang them up too.

Make the lighting yellow and semi-intimate, like in a bar

Buy inflatable cacti, or arrange real ones around the room

Cover surfaces with soft brown and white blankets to make them look like cowskins.

Find a big rocking horse with a saddle that everyone can rock, dying of laughter, and take pictures

Step 4 Entertainment

Cowboy Movie Riddles: Write on pieces of paper the titles of movies on the topic, mix them in a hat. The player takes out a piece of paper and everyone has to guess his movie. These can be movies like Wild Wild West, Brokeback Mountain and The Magnificent Seven.

Cowboy dance floor: Let the guests dance! You can use the following tracks.

• Jolene - Dolly Parton

• Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett

• Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus

• The River - Garth Brooks

• I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters

• Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette

Water Shootout: This can be arranged either in private room, or in the yard. You will need a wall, six empty beer cans, and water pistols. And arrange a competition for accuracy! In the process, someone will surely hit another guest and everything can end in a fun shootout and wet T-shirts.

And when shooting at banks, you can weight them for fun by putting tennis balls in them. If you play not on the street, stock up on towels.

cowboy party

In this article, we have focused specifically on cowboy parties for children, but many of our ideas are sure to be useful for adult holidays as well.

So, welcome to the wild, wild West!

Decor and holiday atmosphere

An ideal place for a cowboy party can be Vacation home, an equestrian club, a small farm or just a green lawn.

For the decor of such a holiday, it will be great to get straw. It can be used for a photo zone, equip benches, decorate tables with it.

Just write in the search "buy straw" - and you will see many options for acquiring it.

The photo zone and the venue for the celebration can be decorated with cowboy garlands, paper lanterns and balloons- ordinary or mega-popular big balls. We recommend red and blue as the main colors of balloons, bright accents can be added using yellow and green balls.

Do it yourself

For a cowboy-style birthday, you can create a lot of cool things with your own hands. Invite the birthday boy to take part in the preparation of the holiday - he or she will surely like to come up with decorations together, and then watch how delighted they will cause the guests.

Carton boxes

From big cardboard boxes you can make a real city. Cut out windows and doors in them, draw a police station, a cowboy saloon, a bank, a prison, a store.

These boxes can become a backdrop for photos, a venue for competitions and will definitely be the most popular place for all children at the holiday.

Cardboard will also come in handy to decorate the entrance to your holiday in the style of a real saloon. Cut out the doors from cardboard, paint them with paints and attach them to the walls, arch or other structure at the entrance to the holiday. On the doors you can stick plates with thematic inscriptions.

Wanted signs can be ordered from a print shop or cut out of cardboard. You can print these fictitious cowboy signs or take photos of your guests ahead of time and decorate them in this style.

horses on sticks

You will need a wooden stick or an old mop handle, felt, thread, foam rubber, and a few buttons for the eyes.

Here simple photo instruction to create such a horse. You can choose other design, make horses different colors- there is a sea of ​​​​options for realizing your creative potential.

Dress code

Let your guests know ahead of time that you are planning a cowboy party. If all the boys come in jeans and plaid shirts, and the girls, for example, in fluffy skirts, shirts and denim vests, the Wild West atmosphere will be recreated as much as possible. You can prepare hats and cowboy bandanas ahead of time for guests to complete their look.

For a complete immersion in the atmosphere, invite guests to come up with Western-style nicknames. Elusive Joe, Wild Bob, Brave Bunny - the options are limited only by your imagination.

Snacks and sweet table

You can feed guests with mini-burgers, fry sausages on a fire or grill, cook boiled corn.

You can cut bright vegetables - carrots, celery, Bell pepper- and serve them with light sauces.

Cookies in the form of cowboy boots, hats, horses will look great on a sweet table. And, of course, cowboy cake. There are many ideas for a cake: it can be a completely mastic cake in classic cowboy colors, light cake, decorated with flowers or individual figurines in the style of the holiday.

Red and orange lollipops, marshmallows, summer fruits and berries will add bright color accents to your sweet table. Popcorn will look great - classic salty and multi-colored with different flavors.

Instead of the usual table, sweets and snacks can be placed on large wooden or wicker boxes, old suitcases. And instead of a tablecloth, burlap is suitable.

You can make old boards as a background for a sweet table (this is if you decide to take the decor very seriously), and “write” the name and age of the birthday person on them with a rope.

You can decorate a sweet table with holiday-style paper figures.

Fresh flowers, such as daisies and sunflowers, will add romance to the table decor.

If your cowboy party takes place outdoors, we recommend purchasing paper tableware for such a holiday. Cowboy-style plates and cups will go well with other decorative elements. And most importantly - they are not afraid to break and easy to collect after the end of the holiday.

What to play?

We have selected some easy-to-organize, but very fun games for your cowboy party. Do not forget about memorable prizes for the winners: these can be treasures in the form of chocolate coins, small figurines of cowboys or horseshoes.

Throw a lasso

classic lasso on children's holiday may not be safe, so we recommend choosing alternatives. For example, you can take a plastic hoop. The rules can be different: you can catch a wooden horse with this hoop, catch each other, compete who will throw the lasso hoop further or more accurately.

Golden fever

Prepare a large container of sand. Bury treasures in it - coins, small toys. Give guests scoops and a sieve for searching. You can look for treasures all together or divide the players into two teams (and prepare two boxes of sand) - who will find the treasure faster or who will collect more gold in the allotted time. If the holiday is at home, then you can take kinetic sand - there will be no dirt from it.

Accurate shooter

Line up empty cans from under the soda and distribute water pistols to the guests. Decide how many attempts are given to each shooter. The one who knocks down more cans wins. If the holiday is at home, soft balls can be used instead of pistols - all fragile objects should be removed from the affected area in advance.

horse race

This is where the horses on sticks that you made in advance will come in handy. Divide the guests into 2 teams and arrange a competition on horseback. Depending on the age of the children, you can make a simple route (jump on a horse to a certain object and return to the team) or a route with obstacles that need to be avoided (they can be pillows scattered on the grass, and if there is an asphalt playground, painted swamps, cacti and rivers).

Dancing

Have a country dance. It will be great if mom, dad or the birthday person himself learns some classic movements in this style and can show them to guests so that they repeat after them. You can also invite other guests to come up with their own movements and become the leaders in this dance.

Don't forget to pre-record theme music discs.

We hope that our ideas will be useful to you. All dishes, decorations and balls for such a holiday can be purchased from us.

PS While we were preparing an article for you, we were so inspired by this topic ..

Since no one in our team has birthdays in the near future, we will just arrange a western barbecue for friends. Does it really need a reason to celebrate?

Do you want to arrange a holiday with a spark, active fun and new impressions for your friends? An unforgettable cowboy party for adults is the romance of the Wild West, a colorful rural atmosphere, incendiary music and recognizable, easily recreated images. Undoubtedly, this is one of best themes for a costume party in the circle of loved ones!

Scenery

To make guests feel like Western characters, invite them to your own ranch or to a real saloon! What to choose? Regardless of the occasion, room size, and budget flexibility, either option will do. Of course, if you plan to relax under open sky, a ranch-style design would be more appropriate.

But a cowboy farm is easy to move indoors. First, remove all modern and inappropriate interior items. If possible, of course. Hang saddles, guns, farming tools, hats, and lassoes on the walls. It is not necessary to look for real attributes, you can use props made of cardboard and foam, wood and plywood, even pictures and drawings.

The furniture should be rough, very simple. Instead of chairs, it is better to put long benches, and in recreation areas - wicker sofas and rocking chairs. Tablecloths, cushions and curtains in natural fabrics, checkered or cheerful rustic colors. A colorful part of the decor will be "real" cowboy clothes - leather coats and chaps hanging at the entrance on hooks. Use upside-down, unworn hats instead of bread bins and fruit vases (put a napkin inside for hygiene purposes).

Draw and cut out horses, bulls and poultry from whatman paper. Or print suitable photos, you can directly with landscapes against the backdrop of a pasture or prairie. Hang on the wall somewhere away from the tables so that the barnyard is in the distance. Fasten a fake fence made of rods directly on top of the pictures or photographs.

Or is it a saloon? We leave saddles, hats, lasso and guns. We will decorate the walls with trophies - fake heads of huge bison, coyote skins, stuffed falcons. Fit into the topic of any cowboy accessories- buckles, neckerchiefs, holsters and colts, spurs. Somewhere along the wall there should be a bar counter with high chairs and an impressive arsenal of bottles of "Fire Water", "Poisonous Drink", "Drunken Cactus", "Tinned Throat". No space for a bar? Draw or print a large poster for a great backdrop for a keepsake.

Hang a piece of wood at the entrance, apparently broken from an old fence, with the inscription "Saloon". And the “Wanted” posters invariably hanging near such establishments can be with edited photos of friends. Place a rickety hanger or hang antler holders by the door.

The common table does not fit into the atmosphere of the saloon too much; it is better to arrange small round tables made of rough wood around the hall. Classic double tablecloths - white, and on top of a checkered red and white. Of the typical entertainment - a target and darts, card tables, a jukebox. Can be hung on walls antique clock and thematic paintings (views of the prairies, ranches, lush beauties, rodeos) in carved wooden frames.

There was always live music in a decent saloon, so guitars, harmonicas, mandolins, banjos and a piano will be very useful! You can make something like a stage and place an ensemble of plywood or cardboard musicians there. Hide a column behind the figures so that the sounds flow directly from the stage. You can dress up mannequins or invite real country performers, which will surely delight guests!

For a festive decoration of a saloon or ranch with garlands and compositions, paper colts and holsters, figurines of spotted black and white cows, shiny mustangs and hairy bison, spurs, neckerchiefs are suitable. The same elements can be used as a form for an invitation card. Or choose something more recognizable - a high boot, a cowboy hat. The invitation can be enclosed in a pack of Marlboro ( modern design hide the paper printout of the old label) or write the text on the back of a cactus cut out of paper in a hat and scarf.

Suits

The image of a cowboy is so recognizable and colorful that the costumes will almost become the main decoration of the party! A classic checkered shirt or any dark color (preferably red, blue or brown), slightly worn jeans, a leather belt with a polished buckle. Over the shirt is a vest with many pockets. Over the jeans are leather (or lighter if the room is hot) fringed chaps. High boots with spurs (preferably fake, and certainly not sharp!). The outfit is completed by a holster with a revolver, a wide-brimmed hat and an indispensable neckerchief, tied “in reverse” so that you can pull it over your face during a dashing ride!

Girls can completely repeat the male image or appear in a more seductive form. The same shirt, but tied in a knot and with the top button undone. Instead of jeans - short "ripped" shorts or a fringed skirt. A hat, a scarf, two braids - a stylish classic! The high tops of the boots are decorated with embossing, embroidery or rivets.

Alternative costumes for girls are the image of a lady from a saloon or an exemplary housewife. A bright lady, brightening up the leisure time of resting cowboys, is dressed in a puffy long skirt to the floor and a corset or shirt with a wide neckline, and strives to slip off her shoulders. The faithful wife's skirt is less fluffy, cheerful summer colors. Top - shirt or top with three-quarter sleeves. If in doubt about what to wear to fully match the theme, a floor-length skirt, a simple tucked shirt, a light vest, boots and a hat are a win-win option.

The host, animators and one of the guests, if desired, can choose the image of a sheriff, an Indian, a bandit and even a horse!

Menu

Meat, meat and more meat. Well, they are cowboys! Are you walking in nature? Roast kebabs or barbecue, bake potatoes, roast chickens, lamb or pig on a spit right whole! Celebrating indoors? Make the menu so that guests have plenty to choose from - stew, aspic and sausages, steaks and medallions. In addition to meat, there should be a lot of vegetables on the table. As a dessert, charlotte, pancakes with syrup, homemade pies with a variety of fillings (yes, with meat too!), Chocolate and macaroons are suitable. Drinks to your company's taste, but beer is indispensable - this is the favorite drink of cowboys (although in the films they always drink whiskey, but these are films).

Expensive, and you don’t want to devote so much time to the kitchen? Set the table in cowboy style: buy disposable plates and cups with suitable patterns, put miniature bouquets of spikelets and cornflowers (or cacti) on the table, sew around the perimeter of the tablecloth paper figurines(sheriff's stars, hats or scarves, colts, etc.). And as treats, let there be hamburgers, nuggets, french fries, chips, popcorn and other snacks. For dessert - ice cream, donuts, fruit.

Entertainment

Even a simple scenario will make your holiday special and memorable, so save some enthusiasm for entertainment planning. Do not forget about the musical selection for dances and competitions - country and jazz, the most groovy and cheerful compositions.

Announce to your guests right on the doorstep that the owner of the ranch (saloon) has decided to arrange a competition among the most skilled cowboys for the title of “Best of the Best”. The role of the owner may be the hero of the occasion or the host. Divide the guests into two teams and offer to choose captains and a name. Use the names of cowboys to fully immerse your friends in the atmosphere of the Wild West. By the way, names in the "American manner" can also be entered in invitation cards. If the company is small, let the cowboys compete for themselves or in pairs with charming companions.

Let the contests be held as tests of qualities indispensable for every cowboy - dexterity, accuracy, speed of reactions, etc. Do not be too lazy to prepare bright thematic props - this will add a recognizable color to the atmosphere.

Accuracy

Lots of options, you can use several. For example, line up empty tin cans and shoot plastic bullets at them with toy guns, or knock down cans by throwing balls. You can extinguish candles with a jet from a water gun. You can throw darts at a homemade target made of foam plastic and drawing on whatman paper (buildings, bandits, sheriff, civilians - don't miss!).

Arrange racing with overcoming obstacles, from start to finish. Let the boys be horses, and the girls be riders. Or attach a rope with a stick at the end to the horses on wheels: standing at the finish line, cowboys must quickly wind the rope onto a stick, trying to drive their horse to the finish line first. You can ride from start to finish by riding gymnastic balls (glue a horse's head and cardboard tail to the balls with tape).

Speed ​​of reactions

The essence of the game is to correctly respond to the leader's command. There can be as many teams as you like, but three is enough. For example, at the word "sheriff" everyone raises their hats in a welcoming gesture. At the word "bandit" Colts are pulled out of the holster. At the word "storm" they pull scarves over their faces. All the action takes place to the music, the leader speaks faster and faster, trying to confuse the participants. Wrong? You are out of the competition.

Luck

Fill the basin halfway with water, throw crumpled small pieces of silver and gold foil into the water. The participant must, with his eyes closed, scoop up water with a sieve, trying to catch as many precious nuggets as possible. Count the "nuggets", return them to the water - now the next guest can try his luck as a gold miner.

You will not leave!

Various competitions related to throwing a lasso. You can just stick a mop in a bucket or put a toy cow. You can lasso plywood bandits or girls who have agreed to the role of valuable prey.

The distance should be very small at first. And when friends get used to it, the lasso target should be further and further away until the most dexterous and well-aimed cowboy is revealed.

Rodeo

This game is more suitable for a holiday in nature, but if you wish, you can arrange a rodeo indoors. You will need two sturdy heavy cabinets or two chairs (sturdy and sturdy!). The log is also smooth and polished and thick enough to be ridden on. The log must be placed on chairs (pedestals). For safety, lay mats or mattresses under the log.

The players of one team sit on a log, the players of the second team twist the log, trying to throw off their rivals. Then the teams change places. The winner is determined by marking the time during which at least one cowboy remains riding the "bull".

During periods of rest from active fun, you can play dice or cards, sing karaoke, arrange a quiz on the knowledge of cowboy life (questions with multiple answers). Delight your friends with small gifts - a stylized bottle of tequila or whiskey, a horseshoe with a commemorative engraving, a keychain in the shape of a spur or colt.