Allison's 3rd Birthday Party

Allison turned 3 and we had her first birthday party with friends. We did a 'Barnyard' theme. Anthony painted a barn on a big piece of cardboard and put it in front of our front door - so when all the kids arrived they went through the barn door. As everyone arrived we sang Barnyard songs . . . Old MacDonald, Horsie Horsie - and played an animal sounds game - they each had to act like their animal and we guessed what they were. Then we went outside for more games. I told them that Old MacDonald had lossed all his animals and we needed to help him find them. I hid a bunch of animals outside - and then ran around and found all of them and put them in a Barn Silo. We played Duck Duck Goose and went on Wheelbarrow rides. For lunch we had Pigs in a Blanket (hot dogs), Farmer Fries, and Corn on the Cob (Alli's favorite). We also made animal puppets. FamilyFun.com has great cake ideas - and I made my very first fancy birthday cake! (I usually just do a rectangle cake with frosting) It was so fun! I made a Pig and a Sheep Cake. Alli had fun helping me put the marshmallows on the sheep cake. Luckily Carter went down for a nap just as all her friends arrived - so Anthony and I were able to manage everything. Oh yes - we also played Farm Bingo - we had little bingo sheets with all the animals - and Anthony would make a Farm Animal sound and they would put their smartie on the animal. For favors I cut circles out of red fabric and tied a little leaf with their name around the top - and then put the 'apples' on our tree out back for them to pick. I found some barnyard fruit snacks, and little stamper/erasers of farm animals to put in the favors. So much fun!