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Party Planning -
Kid's Party Ideas -Barnyard 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!
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!
- Cover a wall with
Western
Barn Siding (50'x
4' vinyl roll)
- Add
Cowboy
Border Roll with saddles, hats, rope and
boots at the bottom.
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Add
5' old fashioned
Barn
Doors.
- Hang bridles and tack on the
walls.
- Set barrels around the
barn.
- Add
straw
bales, rustic split
rail fencing & cows, sheep, pigs & etc.
- Add
Wanted Poster Add-Ons
and
5' Western Signs
(optional)
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
piņatas
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 & Activities
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.
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Bologna slices
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Ham and cheese
(thinly sliced and garnished with Dijon mustard).
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Ham Filling: Combine 2
cans processed ham with 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 1 teaspoon mustard.
Makes 1 1/2 cups.
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Pineapple and cream
cheese (whip together one package cream cheese with 1/2 cup cream.
Add one cup well drained crushed pineapple).
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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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CAKE LINKS
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