We placed a couple of mattresses under the barrel to soften the falls. We once made a bucking barrel for a cowboy party, and it was a huge hit! We used a 55-gallon drum, a leather strap, ropes, and thick bungee cords. A posse of cowboys and natives are all that stand in their way. A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. With Daniel Craig, Abigail Spencer, Buck Taylor, Matthew Taylor. Rent or borrow a horse and take each guest’s photo on the horse. Cowboys & Aliens: Directed by Jon Favreau. Find a rodeo roper and have him give a few roping lessons. If your party is held during the daylight hours, you could set up a horseshoe pit for your guests. Maybe you can find someone to give lessons for line dancing, square dancing, or the Texas two-step. The fake barbed wire would come in handy here. You might want to rope off a section for a dance floor, too. If you’re not having live entertainment, just pipe in your favorite country-western tunes. Okay, this might sound lame, but my guests have really enjoyed it. If you’re this fortunate, you could have a few sing-alongs around the fire. I play guitar and sing, and so do a couple of my pals. You might want to include some music in your adult party ideas. You could purchase cupcakes from your local bakery and place a topper on each for a quick and easy dessert. Cupcakes are really hot now, and I found some cupcake toppers for a western theme party. What about dessert? You could have a cake with a cowboy theme, in the shape of a cactus, a horse, a cowboy hat, or a cowboy boot. (To note, many people have issues with the Redskin's team name. Party foods with a western party theme might include chips and salsa, prairie chicken wings (hot wings), southwestern meatballs, ranch dip, layered taco dip, and hot cheese dip. After pointing out that the NFL's Dallas Cowboys' and Washington Redskins' Thanksgiving football game aired on the same day as the party, which he viewed as his critique's hypocrisy, Kevin then discussed how he believes people are looking too deeply at party theme for a one-year-old. If you’re going to be serving lighter party foods, you can still stick to your western party theme. If your guests are “young at heart,” include some marshmallows and the other ingredients needed for s’mores. Provide hot dogs and link sausages, along with long skewers for folks to hold over the open fire or fire pit.

If your event is held outdoors, you could do some real cowboy cooking. It included strips of beef, chicken, and pork, along with grilled onions and peppers, sour cream, grated cheese, diced tomatoes, lettuce, fajita sauces, and warm tortillas. We attended a western party once that had a fajita bar, and it was great. Other good western party ideas for food are southwestern recipes for tacos, burritos, taquitos, flautas, and fajitas.

Cowboys and aliens theme party