Every party begins with the invitations, and a horse party begins with an invitation that lets everyone know that the theme of the day is “neigh!” If you are looking for something premade, you might find invitations with a horse theme at your local stationery or party supply store. If not, you can order some online from suppliers such as Celebrate Express, who have a very nice “Gallop on Over” invitation cards. You can also find free downloadable horse invitations online.
If you want to create something unique and handmade, here are a few ideas:
Purchase plain cards and envelopes from a stationery store, and then look for small, inexpensive horseshoe charms at a cake and baking supply store, a dollar store or a party supply store. Tie a thin, pretty ribbon in a bow around it and glue a single horseshoe on the front of each card for an elegant and understated invitation.
- Use a horseshoe stamp to create “horse tracks” across a plain card.
- Purchase a large horse stamp and stamp each card. Help the birthday girl color and decorate each card individually with pencil crayons, felts and glitter pens.
- Purchase some horse magazines and spent an afternoon with the birthday girl cutting out her favorite horse pictures and gluing them on plain cards.
- Cut horse-head shapes out of brown felt. Add a googly eye and brown yarn bangs and mane and glue a horse head on each plain card.
- For these homemade cards, print out the invitation copy on your computer printer and glue it to the inside. Carry the horse theme into the copy:
- “Saddle up! [Birthday girl name] is having a birthday party right in the NEIGH-borhood. There will be lots of horsing around and happy trails for all!
- It’s also a nice touch to throw some horseshoe confetti into the envelope.