Farm Party Activities
Enjoy these fun farm party activities – perfect for toddlers! When you’re done, you can check out our rainbow first birthday party ideas too.
A is almost four years old! And here I am trying to share the details of her second birthday party – Moo Moo A is two!! It’s a good thing we didn’t do much of a third birthday party… gives me a little more time to catch up on her and her siblings.
It was a farm theme, and while we went heavy on the cow party decorations, we did include more all-encompassing farm party activities.
Choosing Toddler Friendly Farm Party Activities
There were plenty of young kids at the party, so I was very mindful of the age. At the same time, two is an age when parties are usually still whole-family minded, and there are other age groups.
For that reason, I was looking for the following factors.
Recognizable
It should be something that the kids know and love. Farm animals are spot on. If your theme is one that is more specific (for example, a character that not all kids necessarily recognize), spin your craft to something that’ll be more familiar.
Independent
Kids will need some help at a two-year-old party, you can’t be running a day care. But choose something that requires minimal input from parent, something that parents can catch on to easily themselves even if they’re not “crafty”. Write out clear instructions even if it seems obvious.
Parents can peel off sticker backings, help choose colors, etc. but they should be able to still have conversations with fellow parents, and shouldn’t be doing the core craft themselves.
Maximum input from kids
On the flip side, while two year olds can’t do very much, you want to zoom in on what they can do. Make sure that they have significant input in the final result. Stickers and coloring activities are my top picks for this.
Sensory activities also work super well for this, as long as you’re willing to deal with some germs and some mess…
Mess-free
On that note, I personally prefer mess-free activities. Avoid paint like the plague. No matter how much you beg otherwise, kids will come in party clothes, even washable paint can stain, and you’ll inevitably end up with some tears.
You can go sensory – the mess is more vacuumable but watch out for choking hazards. While crafts also have choking hazards, parents tend to stick around and supervise more for it.
Versatile age-group
And finally, as I mentioned above, make sure your activities are still enjoyable enough for any older kids who stop by.
The 3 Farm Party Activities we did
When choosing party activities, we like to choose things that are open-ended and allow us to set up multiple independent craft stations.
I like to offer a few options and therefore I keep things affordable material-wise.
Tip: as guests come, provide them with a gallon Ziploc bag with their name on it to store all their projects in!
Farm Animal Puppets: Color & Craft
Yes, I did go ahead and design a craft special for my favorite princess’s farm party activities!
These adorable farm animal stick puppets were later expanded to include the whole Old McDonald set.
We kept it simple and just put out the animals.
Make it really easy for the kids: put out crayons only – no markers. Show a sample finished puppet so parents get what can be done. Bonus points if you have a Cricut, print then cut them in advance.
I even went ahead and stuck a strip of glue lines to each of the craft sticks, leaving the backing on. This turns the craft sticks into peel-and-stick ones. (Or see if you can score some ready-made self-adhesive craft sticks).
Build a Farm Scene
I literally just dumped a package of these foam farm stickers into a pink pedestal candy dish and wrote on it “build a farm.” I included some plain sheets of paper (you can provide colored paper or printed grass, field, or other themed papers to make things more interesting).
Crayons were already there from the previous activity. Sample projects were provided.
The kids all did things differently here – but they all had a blast! The package came with way too much (I didn’t even put out half…) You definitely only need one even for a large group and it requires no prep at all.
Sticker Faces
Another no-prep activity were these sticker faces I picked up from Amazon. The big kids had fun creating silly faces, and the little kids had fun just going crazy with the stickers.
My big kids combined it with the farm scenes above. They also used the papers I put out even though I hadn’t thought they’d want to stick their faces onto something, so keep in mind that your kids will want to do that too!
More farm party activities to try
I had so many more ideas that we simply didn’t try so I’ll list them out quickly for you. All of what we did were crafts, but you don’t need to stick to that.
Note: some of these are choking hazards – supervise closely and don’t do with kids who stick things in their mouths.
Sensory bin: Place in a large under bed bin, big enough for a few kids to gather around: natural colored Kinetic sand, farm animal Toobs, toy tractors, mini spades, if you can find small toy carrots and other plants, mini eggs (to collect from chickens), plastic grass that comes with sushi.
Sensory soup: Fill the bin with water (best done outdoors) and provide ladles and other scoopers. Let the farm animals float inside and kids can catch them or play with them. You can do the same in a kiddy pool (with the kids inside) and pull out farm themed beach balls.
Bubbles: For an outdoor party, grab a farm-themed bubble machine, and watch those tots go nuts! You can also get farm bubbles party favors and let the parents help out. That age is perfect for gaining this new skill: blowing bubbles!
Chalk: Another outdoor idea – find your artsy side, draw a barn, and let kids draw in the animals!
Animal freeze dance: Kids can let out all their energy with some farm animal movement! Turn on this song, and show them what to do:
Got any farm party activities to add to the list? Comment below!
When you’re done, you’ll want to check out our science party activities too!
