Theme packs / Farm
Farm birthday party ideas for younger kids
Farm parties are for three to six year olds, and the whole plan should assume short attention and early tiredness.
Check my party date$149.99 for the weekend · $200 deposit, refunded when the box comes back
Unlocking the premium themes is $9 for the party — Farm and every other one, changeable until the day.
The plan
Two hours of farm party
Food
- Animal crackers in paper bags with each child's name on.
- "Haystacks" — shredded wheat and melted chocolate, made the night before.
- Carrot sticks in a jar, which small children eat standing up.
Decorations
- Gingham tablecloth and a few plastic animals down the middle of the table.
- Straw-coloured paper on the floor by the door, if you do not mind sweeping.
- Animal masks the kids colour in while the rest arrive.
One thing that isn’t a screen
A farm-animal sound guessing game. Ten minutes, no equipment, works from age three.
What usually goes wrong
Standard game speeds are too fast for this age group. Switch the console to the Little Kids profile — larger targets, longer windows, nobody loses.
A running order that works
0:00–0:20
Arrival
Guests trickle in over twenty minutes. Have the on-arrival activity out and the TV showing the attract screen.
0:20–0:45
The activity
One thing off the screen, with a clear end. Twenty-five minutes is the ceiling.
0:45–1:45
The Party Session
Choose Start Party Session on the arcade menu. It turns on Random Mode: when a game ends, the console picks the next one itself. This is the hour you can walk away from — make the coffee, take the photos, talk to the other parents.
1:45–2:00
Cake
Sing, cut, hand it out. Do not do this at the start; sugar first is a mistake you make once.
2:00–2:40
Back to the arcade
Start another Party Session while the sugar is still working. Four kids at a time, the stations do the rest, and it ends on the winner card. This is the loudest and easiest forty minutes of the party.
2:40–3:00
Wind down
Free play on the console, party bags by the door, parents arriving. The screen keeps everyone in one room while you hand out bags.
The arcade
All 39 games, in Farm colours
A theme pack is a full reskin — art and palette — over mechanics that already work. These four suit a farm party particularly well.
The invitation
3 ways a farm invitation can look
Free with every package, and it is the same page your guests actually open — a countdown, the address, a map and a two-tap RSVP. No ads, no account, nothing to install.
HarvestThe barn at full size and the cow grazing small, in a warmer, redder brown.
First LightThe rooster, the yard behind him, and a hot orange sun. The loudest of the three.
Book it
Can you get a box for that Saturday?
Saturdays go first, and the box ships 2 days early so you can test it. Your invitation site is free either way, in Farm colours.
Bashcade Box
+ $200 refundable deposit
Four arcade stations, shipped to your door or collected from us. The standard home party.
- 4 wired arcade stations
- All 38 games
- Party highlights on the invitation
- 3-day window around the party
- Free shipping both ways, or collect it from us