Name: "Little Eco" (5)
Location: Purple Pear Organic Farm, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia
A friend recently started hosting simple farm birthday parties on her organic farm. Given that my daughter loves farms it seemed like an obvious place to host her fifth birthday party. The party was far from the 'typical' outsourced party. It was simple, waste-free, natural, and preservative-free.
The food was simple - fruit kebabs and pop corn. A natural cordial was served in recycled glass bottles with paper straws. Farm animal drink bottle name tags, made using the you make do's old-fashioned farm party kit, were printed on recycled paper and tied on with hemp string.
There was a quick game of old-fashioned duck-duck-goose while we waited for guests to arrive. After a snack the kids went on a tour of the farm. They fed the ducks and geese, collected eggs, climbed on the tractor, we're thrilled to meet a 'real' farmer, cuddled some guinea pigs and fed the pony.
The birthday cake was a marble cake I made using natural food colours. The farm animals are schleich models that Little Eco has kept as a memento of her farm party (and were, for me, a quick and easy way to decorate the cake). The 'grass' was created by shaking some shredded coconut in a jar with green food colouring.
Then there was a seasonal story about bulbs and each child got to take home their very own baby bulb to care for.
I love that I could out-source Little Eco's birthday party, at a time that was extremely busy for me, without compromising on any of my ideals regarding waste, food and play.
Lovely - thanks Tricia! Readers, see much more of this party at Little Eco Footprints.
(Images: Tricia Hogbin)
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This is a really sweet idea and one that a lot of people in our area do too, especially those with kids who have Fall birthdays as the farms start welcoming everyone for harvest season. My youngest child has one in Oct so I definitely plan to do one at local pumpkin or apple farm when they're older. For now we make it a family day tradition to go to one on for their birthday.
Simple and sweet!
I've seen lots of cute kid theme parties but I like this the best. Love how you recycled the soda pop bottles for water..as CORYANN stated: simple and sweet.
This is such a sweet idea. It's fantastic to see kids running around outdoors an learning while they have an absolute ball. Wonder if they do an adult version with organic wine?! I want to milk a cow!
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What a perfect party. I just might take the whole thing when my daughter is a bit older! (She's just 3 tomorrow. :)
Lovely party!! Quick question on Schleich (and other PVC toys as cake toppers) - are they food safe? Is it okay to put them on cakes? I want to use them, too, but it's hard to find info on that anywhere!
Oh, what a wonderful fun party. I love that it was so environmentally conscientious and friendly. The cake is wonderful. Sounds like a magical day among animals and nature. Love the party favor bulb. Just really admirable all around.