A farm birthday theme is a great choice for baby's first birthday even if you don't live anywhere near an actual farm. All children love animals and will be delighted by a one-year-old birthday celebration that pays tribute to life on the farm.
Invitations and Decorations for a Farm Birthday Party
Invite guests to your farm themed party with a barnyard invitation cut from red construction paper that features doors which open to reveal the party details. Suggest that guests dress for a day on the farm, complete with overalls, plaid shirts, and straw hats. Add animal stickers to the envelopes for a cute finishing touch.
Decorate for your farm themed birthday party with stuffed pigs, cows, ducks, chickens, and other animals. Toy tractors, little red wagons, and baskets filled with plastic vegetables also make cute decorations for a farm theme birthday party. Use a red and white checkered table cloth and wicker picnic baskets to lend an old fashioned feel to your buffet table.
While farm themed birthday party supplies are available from stores such as Party City and Party America, you can often find cute farm decorations in unexpected places. For example, authorized John Deere dealers often have a children's section that includes everything from tractor themed onesies and life on the farm board books to stuffed toy tractors and toy boxes that resemble giant red barns.
Farm Birthday Cake Ideas
A farm birthday cake doesn't need to be overly complicated, as evidenced by the adorable cows on the farm cake shared on the About Entertaining site. If you'd rather not have a traditional birthday cake, consider decorating a tower of cupcakes with tiny farm animal figures purchased from a local dollar or discount store. You could also make decorated sugar cookies in the shape of cows, pigs, ducks, and other farm animals.
Farm Birthday Theme Party Activities
If possible, consider taking the children to a petting zoo so they can see farm animals up close. Bunnies, chickens, cows, pigs, and goats are sure to be a hit with your little party guests. Take plenty of pictures and keep sanitizing hand wipes nearby to clean everyone up when they are finished.
A hayride is another fun activity for a farm themed birthday party, although this works best if you live in a rural area and the weather will be reasonably warm. If you do decide to have a hayride as part of your baby's first birthday party, be sure to mention this on your invitation so guests with allergies can make the necessary arrangements.
If you need to keep your party indoors, Pin the Tail on the Donkey or a farm theme matching game would be fun activities for the children to play. You could also try having a farm animal puppet show or provide various masks and let the children dress up as their favorite farm animals while you take pictures.
Party Favors for a First Birthday Farm Theme
Even though goodie bags aren't a requirement for baby's first birthday, many people do like to provide some sort of party favor to thank guests for helping to celebrate the birthday boy or birthday girl's special day. To stick to a reasonable budget, send guests home with a small box of animal crackers, a farm coloring page, and a box of crayons. Package the items in white paper sacks that have splotches of black drawn on them with a permanent marker so they resemble a cow hide.
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