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Party Planning - Kid's Party Ideas -Barnyard Party Ideas

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there your child can celebrate their special day with a barn yard full of friends.  Spend a day on the farm, with cute animals, a tractor, and barn. Set the tone for your party with a themed tablecloth, plates & napkins. Use Bandanas as napkins & tie with rope or raffia. Place a Barnyard Cake shaped like a barn, pig, sheep, cow or pony on the table as a centerpiece.

The key to pulling off a coordinated event: Evoke your theme throughout the affair. Whether that theme is as general as a season or a feeling, or as specific as a special character, it should be the subtle thread that ties everything together. Your location, invitations, flowers, menu, cake, and favors should all cleverly reflect one common concept. Then, get as creative as you can!


Farm Friends

Farm Animals

Farm Party EIEIO

Pony Party

Barnyard 1st Birthday

Cowboy Party
   

Party Slogan:

After selecting this theme for your party, choose a slogan to use in your invitations, and to use in tying in decorations and personalized favors to your barnyard theme.  Find the perfect slogan for your party by trying one of the following, or by thinking of one that suits your precious child.

  • ”Barnyard Bash!”
  • “Fun at the Farm!”
  • “Horsin’ Around Birthday Party!”
  • “Let’s make hay at Ben’s Barnyard Birthday Bash!”

Invitations:

Choose one of the following the invitations in the partyware patterns shown above to let your young guests know what a down-on-the-farm good time they will have at the party:

Address each envelope to “Farmer Jones (each child’s last name)”

As an alternative, purchase one of inexpensive straw Child Size Cowboy Hat  for each party guest.  Attach a computer generated sticker with all the party details to the back of the hat.  Hand deliver the invites, and ask guests to wear them to the party with farm friendly attire…denim overalls and flannel shirts.

On your invitations be sure to tell the kid's to come dressed like a farmer in an old shirt & overalls. 

DECORATING IDEAS

Party Themes

When your guests arrive present each farmer, ranch hand or cowpoke with a Bandana and Child Size Cowboy Hat .

Outdoor Decorations:

Use helium filled Boot Foil Balloon, and tie to a mailbox or at the entryway, make balloon bouquets to set on tables or to tie to a special chair for the birthday child. 

Table Decorations

Setting a table with the party ware, including the tablecloth, cups, plates, napkins, and cutlery is the fastest way to create a focal point in a room. 

What is more festive then balloons for decorations. This Birthday Balloon Bouquet has 1- 27" foil cupcake and 6 - 11" colorful birthday balloons and 60' of curling ribbon. Or you can create your own balloon bouquet centerpiece using a bunch of helium filled balloons tied with curling ribbon. Attach them to a Straw Bale .

Anchor balloons to the inside of Cowboy Hats.  Hats also makes a terrific serving dish for dry snacks such as chips, pretzels or candy.

Bandanas  make great Napkins or Overlays for tables. You can also use the Bandanas as treat containers, just open them up, place favors inside, pull up the four corners and tie off with raffia. Attach a sheriff's badge to the outside of each for an added touch!

You could also roll Bandanas , and tie with curling ribbon or jute, and place in the center of each plate at an angle. The cutlery can also be added before the bandana napkin is tied.  The toys will entertain the kids as they wait patiently for cake and ice cream to be served.

Unfold a Bandanas  or napkins, pinch each in the center and place the center point down into the bottom of each cup or wine glass. This adds a festive touch while the cups or glasses are still empty. 

Display your birthday cake in the center of the table…the kids will love the close up view!

Indoor Decorations:

Swing open the doors for a good old-fashioned barn party!  

Start by covering a wall with this inexpensive vinyl Barn Siding  (50'x 4' roll). Them add giant 5' Barn Doors. These scene setters are made of heavy vinyl and easily attaches with Sticky Tack.

Add a few Straw Bales  around a split rail fence and the kids will be in the mooo-d to party!  The bales of hay can also be used as seating for the kids when they eat, or when they need to be seated for a party activity.

Spread straw on the floors or ground if outside.

Use animal piñatas as a centerpiece for a serving table or gift table and then bring your party to it's conclusion by letting the kid's take a wack at the pinata. I've never seen a kid that doesn't like a pinata. 

Balloons can economically transform any room into a festive space in a matter of minutes. 

Use a Helium Tank to fill balloons.  Tie Curling Ribbon to balloons, and group them together. (Odd numbers look best: 3, 5, or 7) Place groupings of balloons around the party room. 

Tie a bunch of helium filled balloons to the birthday child’s chair, or to the back of each chair. 

If you choose not to use helium, tie balloons to varying lengths of curling ribbon, and hang balloons from the ceiling, or from a light fixture over the party table.

FAVORS & GIFT IDEAS

Gifts

Country Western Music CD. Have a real old fashioned Country Party.  

Light up your Country Party with blinking Cowboy Boots and Hats Beads.

BARNYARD GAMES

Dress the little farm hands up with Child Size Cowboy Hat  and Bandanas.  Add a piece of hay to each little mouth, and take lots of pictures. Take the time to have each child pose alone, and with the birthday child for pictures on a tractor or peeking out of the barn.  The priceless photos can then be mailed to each guest with a thank you note at a later date.  Make sure that each child gets a turn at driving the tractor to the back forty, and plan to give the children plenty of free time to play down on the farm.  Encourage lots of imaginative play.

Animal Sounds Contest

 Have children stand in front of the group and make their best barnyard animal noises. For older kids use a panel of judges to later award prizes for the best, longest, shortest, loudest, quietest, most obnoxious, silliest, least like an animal.....until everyone wins and has a good laugh in the process!

Pinata Fun

Bring your party to a close with a Cow Pinata, we’ve yet to find a child who doesn’t want to grab some goodies from one at a party!   Use a child-sized pitch fork or hoe as the "bat", and a Bandanas  as the blindfold. 

ANIMAL HUNT

Hide inexpensive, plastic barnyard animals or small stuffed animals around a room in the house or in the yard. Give each child a bag to place their animals in or make cowhide buckets from margarine containers. Paint containers white, add black spots to look like cowhide. Add a rope handle. These make fun treat buckets too.

Pass the Barnyard Buddy

Play the same as "hot potato" using a barnyard animal bean bag. Start the music and have the kid's pass the Animal around the circle. When the music stops the child holding the Animal is out. Continue until only one child remains. Give a prize to the winner. 

Tommy Minds the Farm (use birthday child's name)

Pretend is a favorite activity for children, so you are going to pretend that Old McDonald has to go away for the day and that Tommy (birthday child's name) is going to mind the farm. Start by pretending to drive to the farm. Then when you get to the farm, Tommy is going to take a walk around the farm to see that all the animals are happy. When you met the horse. Say, Hi, Horsey. When the Horse answers he says " Quack, Quack! Pretend to be puzzled and say " I thought a horse went "Neigh, Neigh"! , Then visit the Cow. and say, "How Now, Cow". The cow says "Oink, Oink. Continue by mixing up the animals sounds. (Pig says "Honk", Goose says "Meow", Goat say "Rrruff", Cat say "Baa Baa", Dog says "Cluck Cluck", Sheep say "Buzz, Buzz", Duck says "Ribbit", Frog says " Cock-a-doodle-doo", Turkey says "Neigh", & etc.) Pretend to be very confused and say "Something is really wrong here on the farm". Then pretend that you get a letter from Old McDonald that says that the animals like to play tricks on people. Just in case they try something funny, here is a song to help keep track of things. Then sing "Old McDonald Had a Farm".

Barnyard Animal Facts: 

Make a list of barnyard animal facts with true/false answers. See who can get the most correct answers.

Pretzel Farm Animals

Let the kids make Pretzel Farm Animals with the following recipe:
1 package yeast, 4 cups flour, 1½ cups warm water, 1 egg, 1 tbsp. Sugar, 1 tbsp. Salt.  In a large bowl mix yeast, water, sugar and salt.  Stir in flour.  Knead on table until dough is smooth.  After the kids have washed their hands, give each child a ball of dough to work with.  Let them be creative as they shape the dough into animal shapes.  Brush with beaten egg, and sprinkle with salt.  Let the kids move on to the next adventure while the pretzels bake in a 425* oven for 15 minutes or until browned.

Barns on Fire Relay -Outdoors

Set up a chair on one side of the yard with an empty wash tub or other large container. On the chair tape a picture of a barn. Divide your guests into 2 -4 equal teams. On the opposite side of the yard Line each team up. Give the first child in the line a colored plastic pail filled with water (have extra pails of water ready), cowboy hat, cowboy vest, & Bandanas  ( or you could also use a pair of overall & bandana). The relay starts and the first child in each group must put on the vest, bandana, & hat then grab the pail of water and race to the barn chair. Dump the water in the wash tub and run back to the start line. Take off the vest, bandana, & hat. Give the empty pail to the adult to be refilled with water. The next child then does the same until all members of the team have completed the coarse. The first team to finish or the team with the most water in the wash tub can be declared the winners! Give small prize to each member of the winning team.

Variation 1: To play indoors use blue tissue paper to represent water in the pail & the kid's will have to throw the tissue paper into the wash tub.

Variation 2: Will need to play this one outside. Place an empty bucket on the chair, give each team a bucket filled with water. Give each child an empty paper cup. Place the bucket of water next to the last person in line. When you say "Ready, Set, Fight the Fire", the last person in line must fill their cup from the bucket then fill the cup of the next person in line, who in turn fills the cup of the next person in line from their cup, when the person at the beginning of the line has their cup filled they must then, run, jump, hop to the bucket on the other side of the room and pour the water into the empty bucket. (The amount of water they get into the bucket, counts more than speed). They then return to their team and go to the end of the line. They now fill their cup and start the process over again. Play continues until all members of the team have placed water into the bucket and returned to the end of the line. Each team must finish before a winner is announced. The winner is the team who has filled the empty bucket the fullest. Use a measuring pitcher to determine the winner.

Musical Hats

Play this game using the same concept as the classic game of musical chairs…one less hat than there are children for each round.  Place a pile of Cowboy Hats on a table that the kids must walk around while the music is playing.  When the music is turned off, the kids must scramble to put on a hat. The child without a hat must leave the game, and the game continues with one less hat until there is one child remaining – the winner.

Animal Package Wrap Game

Wrap a box of animal fruit snacks with newspaper or butcher paper.  Continue wrapping layer upon layer around the package, so that the kids can unwrap it one sheet at a time.  After you have added approximately 12-15 layers, wrap the final layer with real birthday paper and a fancy bow.  Play some music, and tell the kids that when the music stops, whoever is holding the package gets to unwrap the package (be specific that they may only open one layer.)  Continue playing the game until the final layer is removed.  The winner gets to give each person a package of the fruit snacks…so everyone wins!

BARNYARD FOOD IDEAS

Remember that kid's eat very little at a party. Cake, Ice Cream & Moo Juice (milk) are all that is really needed. For a light meal we suggest:

FARM ANIMAL SHAPED SANDWICHES

Sandwiches cut into animal shapes with cookie cutters.

Spread softened butter over pieces of thinly sliced bread.

Add sandwich fillings like:

  • Peanut Butter and banana. 

  • Bologna slices

  • Ham and cheese (thinly sliced and garnished with Dijon mustard). 

  • Ham Filling: Combine 2 cans processed ham with 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 1 teaspoon mustard. Makes 1 1/2 cups.

  • Pineapple and cream cheese (whip together one package cream cheese with 1/2 cup cream. Add one cup well drained crushed pineapple).

  • Cheese Filling: Beat 2 packages (3 ounce each) softened cream cheese with 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, 2 teaspoon lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce to spreading consistency. Makes 2/3 cup.

    Wrap and refrigerate the sandwiches. Shortly before serving, remove from the refrigerator, trim off the crusts and cut out shapes

PIGS IN A BLANKET

You will each need a biscuit from a can of biscuits and one hot dog. Take the biscuit and flatten it with your hands. Try to make it into a rectangle so that it is bigger than your hot dog. After it is big enough, wrap your hot dog in the biscuit. Place the pig in the blanket on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. As a variation try using little cocktail sausages instead of hot dogs.

PLOWED FIELD DIRT CUPS

Yield: 10 servings

2 Cups Cold milk
1 pkg. JELL-O chocolate pudding
1 pkg. COOL-WHIP topping, thawed
1 pkg. Chocolate sandwich cookies
10 7 ounce plastic cups
Gummy worms
Gummy frogs
Candy flowers
Chopped peanuts


Crush cookies until they resemble dirt and set aside. Combine pudding mix and milk until well blended. Then fold in the whipped topping. Fill plastic cups with pudding mixture alternating with the cookie crumbs. Top with cookie crumbs. Refrigerate for a couple of hours, then decorate with gummy worms and other toppings.

HEARTY MEAL:

If you plan on serving a meal for your barnyard party use some of these farm favorites.

  • Fried Chicken drumsticks & wings
  • Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
  • Fresh Green Beans
  • Corn on the Cob
  • Cole Slaw
  • Fresh Garden Veggie Platter
  • Baby-cut carrots and sliced zucchini
  • Dill pickle spears

 

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