Host a harvest party with silly scarecrows, sweet apples, beautiful leaves, pumpkins in all shapes and sizes …what more do you need for a fabulous kids party?

Decorations
The season provides you with everything you need to set the stage for this party with color, props and creative displays.

• Surround your entryway  with cornstalks and add some around the party area as well.
• Haystacks make fabulous decor and can double as a bench.
• Combine fall leaves, apples, nuts, and gourds for a table runner.
• Potted mums add a splash of color too.
• Fill bushels with a variety apples.
• Tie cornstalks to the backs of table chairs.
• Tie gingham ribbon around canning jars for festive drinking glasses.

Harvest Party Games and Fun

• Give your guests straw hats and bandanas as they arrive.
• Roll a pumpkin relay race
• Bobbing for apples
• Race to fill a scarecrow
• Play penny in a haystack.
• Go on a hayride
• Photo party favors using the party decorations as props.
• Guess how many nuts are in a mason jar
• Kid-friendly face painting
• Paint gourds or mini pumpkins
• Wheel barrow races
• “Hot potato” with a pumpkin
• Play the Farmer In the Dell (younger kids)
• Make bird feeders to take home

Harvest Party  Menu Ideas

• Apple cider donuts
• Pumpkin muffins
• Apple cider served in canning jars
• Apple cake
• Cookie cutter sandwiches shaped like pumpkins
• Fall colored cupcake liners filled with nuts and dried fruit
• Apples with a “healthier” caramel dip or other apple recipe
• Pumpkin roll
• Warm soup and grilled cheese

Have Fun!