Barnyard birthday

For my son's first birthday we threw a barnyard bash with all of his closest friends/cousins.  The birthday invites were made out of cardstock and were folded so that you had to open the barn doors to get the details of the party.  On the inside of the invite their was a picture of "Farmer Aidan" holding the party details and standing in hay that was hot glued to the inside of the invite.  On the day of the party as the kids entered there was barnyard music playing (downloaded songs from i tunes) that the kids could sing and dance to.  Each guest was given a bandanna and farmer's hat.  They were also set up at a table where they could make a balloon animal (oriental trading).  They each got to choose the stickers for their farm animal and got busy making their balloons.  Once they completed this, they went on an egg hunt to find the egg that hatched.  Inside one egg was a chick.  Then the kids played pigs in the mud to see.  They were lined up with chocolate pudding on plates and had to have their hands behind their back and see who could finish their "mud" the quickest.  Following this, this kids went outdoors to get their pigs in the pen (pink balloons with faces drawn on and pig tails that were pink pipecleaners).  There was a pig pen spraypainted in the yard and each kid was given a fly swatter. The first kid to get their pig in the pen won.  After the pigs were all penned, the kids moved on to milking cows.  They lined up on stools or stood and milked their cow.  There were plastic white gloves filled with water hanging from a clothes line with pinholes pricked in each finger of the glove.  The kid that had their bucket filled first won.  The kids moved inside to warm up and eat some cake/icecream.  They sat at tables lined with $1 white plastic tablecloths that had cow spots hand drawn on and colored in with permanent marker.  Each child had a cup that was a barn with a stilo top and straw.  The cake had a chick, lamb and cow with the faces of the animals pictures of my son at birth, six months and one year.  Once we finished cake, we opened gifts and each child was sent home with a barnyard placemat, their farmer accessories, cowtails, and a barnyard CD that I burned for the children.  The kids had a blast at the barnyard party and went home to "hit the hay!"