Western Day

Western Day

Western Day Students

Western Day activities and printables for children.

On this day children and staff can wear jeans, hats, boots, neckerchiefs, etc. NO GUNS! Play some favorite children's country western music.

Room Decoration: Wilderness Motif--leaves, branches; pinecones, stuffed animals (bears, skunks, raccoons, etc...)

Make

Students color and carefully cut out the design. The teacher uses a stapler and sentence strip to create a hat.

Cowboy Hat Medium Template

Cowboy Hat Template Large

Make

Make a stick horse (hobby horse) then have races. Use broom sticks, dowels, or wrapping paper cardboard tubes.

Hobby Horse with printable

Easy Hobby Horse with printable

Makke an inexpensive DIY stick horse

Makke an inexpensive DIY stick horse using oven mitts. No Sew.

Snacks

Children can eat on aluminum pie plates.

Trail Mix: Some possible ingredients: goldfish crackers, cheerios, raisins, dried fruit, miniature pretzels, coconut, granola, and dried cranberries.

Children decorate their "saddle bags" (brown lunch bags). Then have the children go to the table to pick and choose what they would like to put into their trail mix. Could eat the snack on the floor or outside around a fake campfire.

Beans and Franks (Beanie Weenies)

2-3 Cans Baked Beans

Sliced hot dogs (half circles)

Put baked beasn in a pan. Add sliced hot dogs pieces. Heat, stir, and serve.

Teepee Cones
Make a teepee snack using Sugar cones, Chocolate icing, Coconut (dyed green), Pretzel sticks, and Gel icing.

Games

Gold Rush

Spray paint small pebbles with gold paint. Bury in sand area outside. Sift sand with strainer to find "gold". Prize for the biggest and smallest nuggets. You will be surprised how long they can dig for "gold".

Roping Contest

Form rope lasso. Set up large stuffed animals on a chair or milk crate to be "roped". For younger children hoola hoops can be used instead of rope.

How to Tie a Lasso

What's Your Brand

Print

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