Food for a midnight feast: chocolate, crisps, sweets, biscuits. In fact anything you like to eat!
Torch
Hairbrush
Hair things like a bobble or hairband, if you need them
Clean knickers and socks
A change of clothes for the next day
Sleepover diary and membership card
Horsing about with Frankie
Want to hold your own pony sleepover? Saddle up and try these cool games…
Horse and Jockey Race
Get into pairs.
One person is the horse and the other is the jockey.
The jockey jumps on the back of the horse in a piggyback.
On the word “go” each pair races against the other pairs to the end of the garden.
Swap over (the jockey becomes the horse and the horse becomes the jockey).
Race back.
You could also race against the clock, rather than each other – get an adult to time each pair.
Gymkhana
Use boxes, flower pots, garden chairs and sticks to make your own jumps around the garden (use a broom handle if you’re short of sticks).
Make a water jump by filling a paddling pool.
Time each person as they race around the garden, jumping all the obstacles.
Want to make it harder? Why not play the horse and jockey game and try jumping over the obstacles? Remember what happened to Lyndz and don’t make them too high!
Make your own rosettes or certificates to give to the winner.
Frankie x
Make a pony with Lyndz
It’s probably not a good idea to bring along a real pony to your sleepover, but why don’t you make one? Then you can use it when you’re having your own gymkhana.
You will need:
A long pole (4–5 feet long) or use a broom (ask first!)
Cardboard
Colouring pens or paints
Sellotape and/or string
Scissors
Draw the outline of a horse’s head on the cardboard and cut it out – make it as big as possible. Trace round it on to another piece of card and cut it out, so you have two matching head shapes.
Using colouring pens or paint, colour in each head shape – don’t forget to put an eye on each side.
Attach the horse’s head shapes to either side of the pole or broom handle with Sellotape and string.
Make sure everyone’s got a ‘horse’ and get ready to race…
And if you want to personalise your horse more, why don’t you…
Make a mane by cutting short lengths of coloured wool and sticking them on.
Draw on a bridle and accessorise it with stickers.
Lyndz x
Fliss’s Super Scrummy Baked Apples
Ponies just lurve apples, and here’s something yummy for your sleepover…
You will need:
4 medium sized cooking apples
1oz (25g) dark brown sugar
2oz (50g) raisins
1oz (25g) butter
2 tablespoons (30ml) clear, runny honey
2 tablespoons (30ml) water
Set the oven at 200°C / 400°F / Gas mark 6
Here’s how to make them:
1 Wash and core the apples.
2 Score a line around the centre of each apple with a sharp knife.
3 Put the apples in an ovenproof dish.
4 Mix together the sugar and raisins and fill the centre of each apple.
5 Put a quarter of the butter on the top of each apple.
6 Spoon the honey over the apples, then the water.
7 Bake in the oven for 35–45 minutes until the apples are soft.
Horses also love oats and carrots, so why not try making flapjacks, oat cookies or carrot cake for your sleepover feast?
Fliss x
Lyndz’s Top Ten Horsy Films
1. National Velvet
2. International Velvet
4. The Black Stallion
5. Running Free
6. Dreamer
7. The Adventures of Champion the Wonder Horse
8. My Friend Flicka
9. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
10. The Winter Stallion
Lyndz x
Whatever you do, have a fantastic sleepover with your friends. See you next time…
Frankie, Fliss and Lyndz xxx
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