But of course, the day we rescheduled it to was a cloudy day with 50% chance of rain, so we had to move the majority of the activities indoors. We have a great property for outdoor entertaining, with a big deck and a patio and driveway where we put our moonbounce. Not so much a great house for indoor parties though. But we made the most of it.
I perused Pinterest for a lot of the ideas I came up with for the Barnyard theme we did. The games had to be simple since the kids were mostly young. I drew and painted a pig on posterboard for "Pin the Tail on the Piggy". I used pipe cleaners with a piece of tape attached for the tail.
The other game was a catch a duck game. I filled up my son's water table and floated rubber ducks in it. The kids used a small net to "catch" the rubber ducks and the one they pulled out of the "duck pond" they got to bring home with them. As you can see from the pictures below, the ducks didn't quite float right-side up...but the kids didn't seem to notice or care.
I made all the goodie bags out of paper lunch bags and glued on eyes, noses, ears, etc to make pig and rooster faces. I filled them with "farmy" things like cow tail candy and farm animal figures. I made rice crispies treats, wrapped them in plastic wrap, then tied twine around the ends to make it look like a hay bale.
I think it was a successful party, even with having to reschedule and bring it indoors. My next challenge will be my nine year old's Shopkins party later this month!
