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Ideas for "farm animal" Birthday Party Theme Games

Farm Animal Trivia

Collect unique farm animal facts (the internet is a great source for this) and write them out in a trivia question format on pieces of paper cutouts of a barn or farm objects. Ask guests to answer the trivia questions. For example: What is the record for one hen laying the most eggs in one day? Answer: 7. Give the cut out to the person who answered the question. The person with the most cutouts wins a prize.

Other trivia ideas:

Many years ago, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death in what country? Answer: ancient Egypt

Rennin, is an enzyme that is obtained from what? Answer: the fourth stomach of a cow.

See our theme gift pages for each of our farm animals for more trivia ideas. Visit each of the 10 farm animals featured.

What Am I?

Before the party begins, after all the guests have arrived, tape a farm animal picture or farm object onto their backs. During the course of the party guests may ask each other "yes" and "no" questions only about what they are. When giving instructions to younger folk, explain that the first question they may want to ask is: "Am I an animal or an object? At the end of the party each guest takes a turn saying what they think they are. Suggestions: barn, scarecrow, milk, horseshoe, saddle, sheep, pig, cow... tractor, muck boots, etc. For additional unusual farm animal ideas, see list below under "Farm Friends" game.

Farm Friends

Similar to What Am I?, but this time the host whispers to each guest the name of a farm animal. (For older guests, try to include farm animals whose sounds are difficult to mimic - it will be fun to hear guests try to make farm animal sounds). Farm animal ideas: guineas, llamas, mules, draft horses, rabbits, roosters, coyotes, possums, hawks, raccoons, snakes - we feel that predators are as real a farm animal as those the farm raises purposefully since the farmer is constantly aware of them - as well as the usual chickens, sheep, goats, cows, cats, dogs, horses, donkeys, pigs, etc. Tell them that there is at least one other person that is the same animal as they are. As the party proceeds, they may ask each other "yes" and "no" questions only to try to figure out who their "Farm Friend" is. At the close of the party the guests are told to find who they think their "Farm Friend" is and sit beside them. The host may want to help with clues if guests are having trouble figuring it out.

FARM FOOD
Feed your guests "farm feed"--Choose a variety of foods that look like hay, grains, vegetables or pig slop. French fries, Chinese noodles and pasta may pass for hay; granola makes excellent grains, candy corn for corn, . See the Better Barnyard's Farm Animal Cheesy Pasta! Make cookies with the Better Barnyard's Cookie Presses: Pig, Cow, Sheep, Horse, Bird, Scarecrow, Cat, Hen and Rabbit. Use our farm designed wine glass charms or our Rim Drink tags to designate each guest's glass. Our barbecue skewers with farm animal brass heads will add that extra "farm" flavor.

 

FARM THEME GAMES for Small Children

Play old favorites like Pin-the-tail-on-the-Donkey and Duck-Duck-Goose.

SCAVENGER HUNT:

Hide small animal toys - plastic or stuffed, with clues tied around each. Read the first clue and send off the children to find the others. Each clue is attached to an animal toy, so each child to find that clue gets to keep that toy. The final clue will be a feed bucket filled with "feed" candy to share among the guests or hide wrapped candy in a pile of clean hay so that the children can dig and find their prize..

PARTY ANIMALS
As children arrive, let parents (dressed like farmers - overalls and work shirts) make each one into that child's favorite farm animals. Use colored paper to make headbands with ears as well as face paints and store-bought animal noses. Each animal can practice jumping, grazing, and making sounds etc.

FARM FOOD
Let the "animals" try out the farm feed--Choose a variety of foods that look like hay, grains, vegetables or pig slop. French fries, Chinese noodles and pasta may pass for hay; granola makes excellent grains, candy corn for corn, . See the Better Barnyard's Farm Animal Cheesy Pasta! Make cookies with the Better Barnyard's Cookie Presses: Pig, Cow, Sheep, Horse, Bird, Scarecrow, Cat, Hen and Rabbit.

FARM BINGO: Make each guest a bingo game card that is marked and divided evenly into nine squares- made to look like a Bingo Card. Fill the center "free" space with a barn and fill each of the other spaces with a picture or sticker from a set of eight different animals (place the same animals on each card in different placements). The host then calls out an animal noise that matches the animal picture and each child marks their cards with buttons. Winners are determined when a player covers a row or column and calls out "Bingo!" Game can continue until everyone gets a row and a prize.

GREASED PIG: For a summer swim party, get a large pink ball, and draw a pig's face with permanent marker on it and catch the greased pig!

~ ~There are more chickens in the world today than any other domesticated bird, more than one chicken for every human on the face of the earth!~ ~

Other PARTY IDEAS:

INVITATIONS: Make invitations out of red construction paper in the shape of a barn.

THANK YOU NOTES: Draw a scarecrow on a large poster board. Draw a scarecrow's face and cut out a hole in the middle of the face, so the little guests can peek out behind the scarecrow, putting their own faces where the scarecrow's face should be. Be sure to have film in your camera to take a picture of each guest and include the picture in a thank you note..

HAY RIDE: Instead of real horses and hay wagons, fill a little red wagon filled with hay and pull it around the yard.

 

We'll continue to add party ideas, so come back soon!