For K's second birthday I did an Old MacDonald theme because he was obsessed with the song and farm animals for MONTHS leading up to it.
We held the party at a family member's house which is at a horse farm. The perfect scenery all around!
Using my cricut explore I spent months designing and creating the decorations and perfecting the theme.
This chalk marker made writing on all the chalkboard items I've been gathering very simple! I used some Pinspiration to come up with my hand written designs.
Here's the sunscreen and bug spray bucket! It was a very hot day so I'm sure everyone appreciated the sunscreen. I got the hook from the dollar store.
Next the watering hole! To go with the theme I got galvanized drink dispensers and a galvinized bucket. Drinks were sweet and unsweet tea, water (in a cooler of ice), and white milk and chocolate milk for the kiddos. I chose Horizon because of the cow on the front.
For food I had several items to cleverly go with the theme but were also food allergy friendly!! Our party was peanut, treenut, soy, msg, and seafood free. There was also something for everyone if people had more allergens. All the food signs I made using my Cricut Explore.
I carved the watermelon myself then added embellishments I made with the Cricut Explore. By the way horses LOVE watermelon!
The "carrot patch" was dirt pudding with carrot gummies instead of gummy worms.
I do not spend time making rice krispie treats nor have I ever been successful at making them so nicely. These are the little rice krispie treats that are prepackaged. Removed the wrappers and you have perfect hay bales!
How cute are this little disposable bowls I found at Hobby Lobby for just a few bucks!
Once again keeping with idea of having less to do on the day of, I bought the cheese pre-cubed.
Here is the fabulous cake my mother in law made! I inlisted her to help with the cake expecting not too much but she really got into it and did an amazing job! She used little people for the decorating which is perfect for a two year old! Don't waste time making animals out of fondant that just getd tossed! The "2" milk barrel is from the mickey farm collection.
I made EIEIO banners using the Cricut to add to the theme.
K's uncle got a pool for the occasion which was a huge hit for the party! Of course I had to theme it and add ducks to the "duck pond".
One of the party games was "Harriet the hen lost her eggs" which was an egg hint. I got the egg cartons at teactor supply and cut them in half, I got the plastic eggs at target on after easter clearance, and then added non-food prizes to keep with being food allergy friendly! The prizes were little plastic farm animals, bouncy balls, and ducks!
Each kid got a carton and was allowed to get six eggs. This kept the game fair between the big kids and the little kids.
The kids all also got to take pony rides!
In leiu of a birthday gift, I asked my mother in law to rent a bounce house for the party. We found the perfect farm theme! I added a banner that I got for very cheap off amazon.
When guests arrived they were greeted with hats and bandanas to wear for the party! I had kid and adult sized hats available.
The favors and gifts went on the same table at the entrance of the gate. I made this cute sign with my cricut. The animal crackers already come in these cute farm boxes! I made favor tags using the cricut and tide them and farm lollipops to it.
Of course the big in thing for parties is having a photo booth! I made these props with the cricut and got guests into it. In hindsight I wish I had gotten a selfie stick for guests to use.
The kids table was three plastic kid tables put together and covered in a cow print table cloth. Worked out perfectly!
I had more games planned but we were having too much fun to play them! This was supposed to be the game where you gather the pink balloons and put them in the pig pen.
Itms just not a farm party without giant pig and cow balloons! Got these off amazon for a pretty good deal.
Everyone had a really great time and the party was a huge success! We were EXHAUSTED by the end!
