Western Theme Classroom Party Tips

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Decorating | Activities | Reading | Games | Chow

Room Parties
Children look forward to classroom parties with great anticipation. Many of the ideas that follow are simple to execute, and are guaranteed to please!

Getting Started

Invitations
Stir up some student excitement by sending invitations to your "Western Hoe Down" or "Boot Scootin Jamboree". Make your own invitations out of constuction paper cut into western boots or stars. Or, purchase premade Western Invitations.

 
Western Party Dress
Encourage students to wear their cowboy boots, cowboy hats and bandanas,etc. Be sure to have some extra bandanas and cowboy hats on hand for anyone who forgets or doesn't have any. A great idea would be to give each student a western bandana to take home as a party favor.

Western Decorating Ideas:

• Use Western Scene Setters to create an Old West atmosphere.
• Bring in some bales of hay and pumpkins.
• Make a pretend campfire with some sticks and red, yellow and orange tissue paper.
• Tie lots of balloons around room for a festive look!
• Use upside down cowboy hats as serving bowls.

Western Party Activities

• Square Dance - If the space is availabe and you can recruit someone to call...have a square dance or two-step.
• Sing-a-Long - Set the scene with an old fashion campfire (build a pretend campfire out of sticks and red, orange and yellow tissue paper) and have a sing-a-long! Teach the children some old "campfire songs"! Some great ideas would be:
  1. Home on the Range
  2. My Darling Clementine
  3. Get Along Little Doggies
  4. She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain
  5. Happy Trails
  6. Turkey in the Straw

Western Music
Or, purchase our Western Music CD!

Reading Suggestions

• Yippee-Yay: A Book About Cowboys and Cowgirls By Gail Gibbons
• Cowboy Alphabet By James Rice
• Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (I Can Read) By Eleanor Coerr

Beautiful Feet Books: Buffalo Bill By Ingri D'Aulaire / Beautiful Feet Books This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Buffalo Bill, the Wild West hero. It begins when he is a little boy and follows his adventurous life in the exciting West. Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire bring the story of Buffalo Bill and the history of his time to life for young readers. Recommended for ages 4 to 11.

Western Game Ideas

Classic Western Games

• Horse Shoes
• Sack Races
• Relay Races
• Pinata

Western Boot Pinata
Everyone will love this Western Boot Pinata!

Western Chow

• Trail Mix - mix: carmel popcorn, candy corn, Reeses Pieces, raisens
• Beef Jerky
• Jello Jigglers in Western shapes
• Watermelon wedges
• Smores
• Candy Corn and Pumpkins
• Popcorn
• Tortilla Chips with Cheese Dip or Salsa

Serve up the chow on our Western theme paper products for an easy clean up!

Have a GREAT Western Room Party!

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Wild West Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities and Recipes By David King / John Wiley & Sons Join twelve-year-old Tom, his eleven-year-old sister, Amy, and their little brother Tad, in Wyoming Territory in 1878. Share the fun, adventure and hard work of daily life in the Wild West. You'll discover exciting games, make toys and crafts, and perform everyday activities just like, Tom, Amy, and Tad. Make your own ranch-style scrambled eggs and cook up a batch of delicious sourdough flapjacks. Paint an Acoma bowl, build a model Pueblo, make a pioneer cap to wear, or weave a basket from a few simple materials. You can twist together a lariat to wear as a belt, or practice knot tying--that is, if you have time after he mustang-and-cowboys board game or the party pinata project. Wild West Days is filled with interesting historical information and fun facts about growing up in days gone by. Discover how different--and how similar--life was for American kids in history. Recommended for ages 8 to 12.

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