Farm Theme Birthday Party Ideas

Farm theme birthday party - ideas for a fun Farm themed birthday party including ideas for Farm themed invitations, decorations, activities, games, favors and more.

Farm Birthday party decorations
Tie red helium balloons to the mailbox.
Lay out several hay bales in the front yard leading up to the front door. 
Scatter some hay around the walkway leading up to the place where the party will be. 
Red table cloths with bunches of yellow and white helium balloons.  Tie the helium balloons to toy tractors, hay bales or small wheelbarrows to hold them in place.
Vases on the party table filled with large yellow sunflowers - tie a red or blue bandana around the vase for a bow.
A fun idea for white balloons is to draw on black cow spots with a black permanent marker.
Use red and blue bandana's for placemats.  

Farm themed birthday party activities
Hayride - Hayrides are always fun and children love them.  Use a traditional wagon pulled by a horse or tractor or make your own hayride from a large wagon or wheelbarrow filled with hay and give the guests rides one or two at a time.

Make Mop Horses - Fun craft for children that they can take home as a party favor.  You will need new string mops from the dollar store, a package of men's tube socks, yarn in black, brown and tan, felt and buttons, rope or twine.  Directions:  Place a tube sock over the strings of the string mop to form the head of the horse and then tie the sock to the stick with rope or twine.  Cut out 3 - 4" lengths of yarn for the children to glue onto the horses head to make a mane.  Cut out eyes, noses and ears from felt and glue them on the head.  (You can also sew buttons on for the eyes).     

Petting Zoo or Pony rides - Some petting zoos have farm animals that they will bring to the party.  Cows, bunnies, chickens and goats - kids love them! 

Farm birthday party games
Farmer Dress Up - This is a fun relay race.  Children race against another team to see who can dress like a farmer first.  Before the party gather these items - two of each: large size overalls, work or cowboy boots, cowboy hat, sunglasses, bandana, work gloves.  Make 2 even piles of the items and place a cone or object so the children will know where they have to go.   Divide children into 2 teams and have them line up a good distance away form the piles of farmer items.  One by one a member of each team will race to the pile of clothes, put them on and then race back to their line.  They will then take the items off and give them to the next person in line.  That person will take the items and run to the cone, put on the clothes and then run back to the line to tag the next person.   The first team with all member completing the relay wins.

Hay Bale Obstacle Course - Set up an obstacle course in your backyard or the park using hay bales and other items such as swing sets, trampolines, slides, hula hoops, etc.  Set up a course that goes over, under, around and through the area.  You can set up teams to compete against each other or use a stop watch and time each of the party guests.   When they have run through it a few times you can change it by having them run through it backwards, on their hands and knees or walking. 

Horseshoes - Horseshoes is a fun game and one that is easy for everyone to play.  How to play horseshoes.     

Wheelbarrow Race - This is a fun relay type race to play with two teams.  Players choose partners and the first child gets on their hands and knees while the second player grabs their feet and lifts their feet off the ground.  They run wheelbarro style around a marker (a hay bale would be fun ... use a real one or spray paint a box yellow to look like one) or a cone at the opposite side of the play area and then back to their team so the next pair can go.

Water the Crops - This is a fun relay and kids love it ... careful, they can get wet!   You will need Two large tubs filled with water and two smaller containers that are equal in size.  The idea is to get water from the larger containers, run across an area (more then 20 feet) and put the water into the smaller containers.  The team that fills their container first wins.  There are several ways to do this - you can transfer the water using spoons, sponges or, our personal favorite, plastic cups with a few holes punched in the bottom.  Divide the guests into two teams and have them line up behind one another.  One by one they take their "water carrier" and dip it into the big bucket - run across the play area and then put the water into the smaller container.  Then they run back and hand off to the next player on their team.  This continues until one team has filled their water container to the top - or to a pre-determined mark.

Pig, Cow or Sheep Roundup - You will need 3 balloons and 1 broom for each team.  Before the party decorate balloons to look like either a pig, cow or sheep (or one of each).  Pigs: pink balloons with eyes and noses drawn on with permanent marker and a piece of pink curling ribbon tied to the tied off end of the balloon for a tail.  Cows: Draw black spots on a white balloon.  Sheep: Draw eyes, ears and noses on one end of the balloon and attach a cotton ball to the tied end for a tail.   Divide party guests into 2 teams.   At one end of the playing area line the teams up one behind the other and at the other end of the playing field place 2 cones or objects that the children will have to run around before they can come back to their line.   Give each team 1 broom and 3 balloons.  One by one they must "herd" the balloons with the broom to the cone and back.  First team with all their players done wins.   Make extra balloons just in case some of them pop on the course.

Cow Patty Toss - You will need brown Frisbees and several hula hoops or large baskets for this game.  Divide the party guests into 2 teams and have them line up behind one another at one side of the play area.  At the other side of the play area place hula hoops or large baskets in a pyramid shape - these are the targets that they will be throwing their "cow patty" into to score points.  Tag each target with a different point value.  Give each player three tries to make as many points as they can.  This game can be played individually too.  * You can use brown bean bags instead of the Frisbees.

Needle in a Haystack - You will need a large container full of hay, Styrofoam peanuts, raffia or shredded newspaper and something for the party guests to find - the "needle" - such as small toys, candies or John Deere stickers on yellow paper.  We do not recommend using a real needle or anything that is sharp and pointy.  Hide the items in the container and let the party guest search for them.  Give them a time limit and see how many they can find.

Mop Horse Relays - Use the mop horses from the Mop Horse Activity (directions under Farm party activities) and let the children compete in Mop Horse Relays.  Set up a series or cones or objects that they will have to ride their horses around.

Duck, Duck, Goose - Children sit in a circle on the floor. The birthday child (patter) starts by walking around the outside of the circle and patting the head of each child. Every time they pat a head they call out "duck". Then they choose one person to be the goose and yell "GOOSE!" when they pat their head.   The “patter” then runs clockwise around the circle and tries to sit down in the place of the goose before the goose tags them.  If the goose tags the patter then the goose sits back down and the patter starts again. If the goose doesn’t tag the patter then the goose becomes the patter and the game starts again.

Catch the Horses Tail - This is a fun tag game for when you are outside or have plenty of space to run.  Guests will line up and hold hands.  They can not let go of each other's hands for any reason.  The first person in line tries to tag the last person in line.  When the first person has tagged the "horse's tail" then the "tail" comes to the front of the line and becomes the "tagger".  Continue until everyone has had a chance to catch the horse's tail.

Farm animal treasure hunt - Hide lots of plastic farm animals around the party area, backyard or park.  Send out party guests to find the lost farm animals.  Let the guests keep what they find, or bring them back to trade for a prize. 

Farm themed party food
Chicken nuggets
Corn on the Cob
Ice Cream Sandwiches (Moo!)
Pigs in a Blanket
Fruit kabobs - place pieces of apples, grapes, pineapple and strawberries on skewers
Veggie trays - serve with ranch dip
Dirt and Gummy worm cake or cupcakes
Hay - (French Fries)
Moo Burgers

Farm party favor ideas
Boxes of animal crackers
Plastic farm animals
Seeds and a small watering can
Gift certificates from Chic-fil-A

Farm themed goody / loot bag ideas
White bags with black cow spots (draw on with permanent marker or glue on construction paper spots)
Wrap party favors up in a red or blue bandana
Straw hat
Cowboy hat
Farm animal shaped box