Farm Party Food Ideas * Moms and Crafters

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While I love sharing our different party ideas – all of them doable and realistic – I don’t often share the food we serve. The reasoning is simple: I don’t always theme it (and when I do it’s one or two items) so it’s not really worth sharing.

However for A’s second birthday – a farm/cow theme, I did a lot of themed foods because there were just too many opportunities to do it!

You can check out our cow party decorations too if you need some more inspiration for your party.

For our family-focused birthday parties (this one was for a two-year-old so it was mostly family) I like to serve a buffet style meal with plenty of salads and light dishes.

I’m only sharing the themed foods here – I don’t remember but I’m assuming that I served some sort of hot pasta too.

Healthy Farm Party Food Ideas

Since farms are all about the food we eat, there are endless opportunities for farm-focused foods – it’s all about picking the right things.

And since our party was for a two-year-old who didn’t quite know what candy was then, it just made sense to have healthier munchies that she’d enjoy too.

What we served

I like to do chip ‘n dip/cracker ‘n dips as an easy and filling healthy snack.

I made egg salad and guac, and served it with blue corn chips and light colored crackers for a “cow spotted” vibe.

chips in a bowl with eg salad and guacamole

A corn salad was a must – mine had pickles, hearts of palm and peppers with a light dressing.

corn salad, vegetable platter, and deviled eggs

detailed shot of the corn salad with pickles and red peppers

Next, I made a veggie platter – but made it look like grass! You need a platter that has straighter edges and relatively deep cavities for this.

I filled it with celery sticks, green beans, and hothouse cucumber sticks with peel on, all standing up. The center was a sesame-free hummus for dipping.

green vegetable platter with hummus in the middle

green circular vegetable platter with hummus in the middle

For a tossed salad, I kept it very green, with romaine lettuce as the core and loads of veggies. Virtually any tossed salad you do will work for a farm theme.

And of course, we HAD to have deviled eggs to complete the farm vibe!

Bonus Ideas

This party was long enough ago that I don’t 100% remember everything we served, and it’s possible that we had some of these out as well.

Drinks such as chocolate milk are perfect, especially with the moo vibe going strong.
Lemonade and orange juice also have that farm fresh feeling.
Cheese – you can do this in the form of a cheese board
Shredded carrot salad would add so much to this theme
Berries displayed in farm-style baskets
Of course, any veggies work for this theme, and I’d go heavy on that.

Snack and Treat Farm Party Food Ideas

Every party has some treats! While I avoid candy for parties with a kid this young who hasn’t really been introduced to candy yet, if you have older kids you can include that.

What we served

I’m not really a baker or cookie decorator, but I wanted to do something that is no-fail.

I made simple round cookies and decorated them with black (cow print) splotches. You can also just call chocolate chip cookies “cow print”.

simple cookies with black cow print splotches

We have a tradition (did I mention I don’t bake?) to save $$$ on a cake and go with a babka instead – it’s much yummier anyway! So I made a cake topper to go with it. You can grab the project in Design Space here.