We offer non-profit prices for church events
Enhance community engagement at your church with our petting zoo or pony rides for your upcoming VBS, festival, or live Nativity. Interactive animals are a hit for the whole family.
When you choose Chamberlin Pony Rides, you can expect:
- Customized solutions to meet your programming needs
- Indoor setup on a tarp, with complete cleanup included
- Second hour at a non-profit price
- Over 20 years of experience in working with small budgets, space restrictions, and uncooperative weather
- Clean, friendly, engaging animals and a highly interactive learning experience
- USDA licensed and fully insured company
- Special senior facility prices for your event
- Highly professional staff
Our popular services include:
Combo Packages: You don't have to choose between pony rides or a petting zoo. Most event planners opt for both, ranging from hand-led ponies and a traditional farm-themed petting zoo for small festivals to a live pony carousel with 4 or 6 ponies, a petting zoo, and specialty add-on animals for larger events.
Traditional Petting Zoos: Choose from an 8, 15, or 40-animal petting zoo, all including chickens, ducks, rabbits, sheep, goats, an alpaca, and either a miniature horse, miniature cow or calf, or a miniature donkey. Children can feed the animals, and hand sanitizer is provided.
Pony Rides: Depending on your crowd size, you can opt for 1 or 2 hand-led ponies for smaller events or a 4 or 6-pony carousel for larger events, with each pony providing up to 20 rides in an hour. A larger horse can be requested for children over 120 lbs at an additional rate.
Christmas and Easter: Our petting zoos and live nativities are great additions to your Christmas or Easter program, with two size Nativity packages available, including costumed attendants.
VIEW NATIVITY PACKAGES HERE: https://www.chamberlinponyrides.com/nativity
These packages offer a variety of options to suit different event sizes and themes.
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS
Kandi Wood
We had a great experience with Chamberlain Pony Rides and have hired them more than once for our Southminster Presbyterian Church Community event Animalpalooza and we look forward to hiring them again in the future! Thank you to Tom and Kim’s team who are exceptional at what they do to make our event a success for kids in the neighborhood!
Alisa Murphy
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Jan Czarnota
Our families at St. Kieran Catholic Church (in Shelby Township) LOVE when Chamberlin visits and we've engaged them at least 5 times over the past 2+ years -- in the Fall for our picnic (petting zoo & pony rides) and in December for our Live Nativity event. Their event managers are very easy to work with. They are always on time and are friendly and professional. They bring a good variety of beautiful animals to each event (large & small)...their camel steals the show each December. We've already scheduled them for next year's events.
Holly Van Kehrberg
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Diane Brewer
Chamberlain Pony Rides and Mobile Petting Zoo have been one of the best parts of our Harvest Fests at First Flint Seventh-day Adventist Church for nearly 10 years. Scheduling is easy and reliable. The staff is amazing. Judy was our vendor this year. As always they are punctual, efficient and super friendly and patient with the children. Children loved the petting zoo every bit as much as the pony rides. The animals are clean and well trained. They definitely meet and exceed expectations. We are already looking forward to next year’s Harvest Fest with them as our featured event.th her and her friends. Jenny and her assistant were great with the kids.
Hugh Canduit
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Complete Party Package
(1 Hour)
$485
*Additional travel fees may apply
This package includes:
Your choice of 1 pony or 1 horse for back rides.(Unicorn or Cowboy)
You may add a pony or horse for back rides for $75Pony Cart - $50 Additional
(if available in your area)
Complete Petting Zoo (about 10-15 animals)
Up to 15 Temporary Tattoo Art/Glitter Stencils or 15 Balloon Twisting *Professional Face painting - $75 additional - (If available)
Bubble machine
Music
Lawn Games and decorations
Hand-sanitizing station
Complete Petting Zoo
(1 Hour)
$435
Limited time offer:
Have your party on a weekday (Monday - Friday) and we will include balloon twisting or a pony - FREE.
*Additional travel fees may apply
This package includes:
Complete Petting Zoo (10-15 large and small animals)
Pens for children to enter
Food for animals
Bubble Machine
Music
Lawn Games and decorations
Hand-sanitizing station
JUMBO Petting Zoo
40 Animals
$1410 for 3 hours
(3 Hour Minimum)
*Additional travel fees may apply
40 animals
40 x 40 area
Hand-sanitizing station
Perfect for large festivals or company picnicCall reservations for additional information
MECHANICAL BULL
$900 for 3 hours
(3 Hour Minimum)
*Additional travel fees may apply
*Generator included/all inclusive rental. (Operator- setup- teardown-travel fee- generator- western decorations around bull AND tent
$900 3 HOURS - Additional hours for bull $100 hour
Perfect for large festivals or company picnicCall reservations for additional information
Ultimate Carnival
(2-4 Hours)
$1185
*Additional travel fees may apply
Excellent package for over 25 children - Birthday Party - Day Care- Schools - Family Reunion and more!
Includes
Petting Zoo (1 hour) (10 to 15) large and small farm animals
Horse or Pony for rides (1 hour)
Add an additional horse or pony for $100 (each hour)Red & white carnival tent 17 x 17
Temporary tattoo art/ stencils or Balloon Twisting (Face painting if available $100 additional)
Professional Clown (Ringleader) - (2 hours)
5 Carnival Games
Moonwalk (15 x 15)
2 Food Machines - Choose from Popcorn, Cotton Candy or Snow Cone.
Tent (for animals)
Bubble Machine
Hand-sanitizing station
Food to feed animals
Carnival Fun
(2 hours)
$985
*Additional travel fees may apply
* Additional hour on this package is $450
Includes
Petting Zoo (10-12) large and small farm animals. We offer llamas, alpacas, cows, sheep, goats, donkeys, mules, ducks, and assorted chickens and bunnies.
Horse or pony for rides
Carnival Booth Area - 10 x 20 tent
Balloon Twisting
Ringmaster
Traditional games like ring toss, darts, and bean bag toss etc.
Bubble Machine
Carnival Tent
Carnival decorations
Hand-sanitizing station
Food to feed animals
Country Carnival
(2 hours)
$985
*Additional travel fees may apply
Includes
Horse or pony for rides (Cowboy them decorations)
Carnival Booth Area - 10 x 20 tent
Choice of Face Painting or Balloon Twisting
Cowboy Game Attendant
6 Carnival Booths with 6 old fashioned farm themed carnival games
Professional Bubble Machine
Carnival decorations
Hand-sanitizing station
Food to feed animals
Nativity Package
1 hour
$485
*Additional travel fees may apply
Nativity Animals - Alpaca (dressed as camel)
(Call for Real Camel Availability)
Mini Donkey
Goats
Sheep
Alpacas or Llamas
2 Costumed attendants
Straw bales for decoration
Tent, heat and lighting if needed.
Tarps if needed for inside set up
Heated tent if needed
Hand-sanitizing station
Food to feed animals
Our Clients Say
"No suggestions for improvement. We want to THANK YOU and share what an amazing experience it was for our church and community. People were thrilled when they learned they could actually approach the animals and feed them. We had three 15-minute performances of the Christmas story with breaks in between. It was great that the animals could be spaced out and surround the stable and be part of the nativity scene instead of having all the animals in a pen like a petting zoo. The animals were not afraid at all when the magi came forward or when people approached them. We are so thankful that you provide this type of service and memorable experience for all ages. The conversations are already about 'next year'. What a huge compliment to all of you!"
Marilyn Kress