Libraries are more than books. Some kids need a little direction to get the creative juices flowing. I gleaned the following from PUBYAC contributors.  Please add YOUR comments. Your colleagues would appreciate hearing what works, and what didn't!

For more offerings, see: Storytime-Farm; Farms

INVITATIONS: A Barnyard Bash

• Big Red Barn
• Tractor
• Farm Animals

DRESS:

• bandannas
• jeans
• straw hats
• animal noses and ears on headbands

cats—chickens—cows—dogs—ducks—fish—foxes—goats—horses—lambs—mice—pigs—rabbits—snakes—scarecrow—apples—pumpkins]

REFRESHMENTS: Serve in baskets and clean metal pails/buckets.

• Peppermint Pigs
• Pigs in a Blanket
• Garden Vegies (crudites or on a garden pizza)
• Farmyard mini cupcakes
• Potato Sticks (straw)
• Mud Cups

DECORATIONS:

• Red checkered tablecloths
• Red toy barn for a centerpiece
• Pig Pen of Pink Balloons with Pig Faces (and curly tails)
• Scarecrows/pumpkins

MUSIC:

• Down on Grandpa’s Farm
• Old MacDonald
• Chicken Dance

FAVORS/CRAFTS:

• small plastic farm toys
• farm mobile
• animal faces (paper plates)

GAMES:

• PIN—tail on donkey/horse
• TOSS—eggs; apples
• FLOOR—horseshoes; duck-duck-goose; fishing with magnets
• RELAY—animal walk
• Farmer in the Dell
• Prizes in a haystack
• Animal Sounds BINGO

PROGRAM:

• Have various stations for crafts & games before ending with a hayride or sing-along.
• Read a book or poems, depending on your theme. 
• If funds allow, hire a small petting zoo or a tractor/hayride around the parking lot.

VOLUNTEERS:

• Get adult help to “serve” 

COST:

• Most supplies can be purchased in bargain bins at craft stores or Dollar Stores. 

TIME:

• About an hour-and-a-half should be sufficient. (Dependent on the number of families passing through; and how many stations are offered.)