WHEN MY DAUGHTERS 8TH BIRTHDAY CAME WE WERE MOVING AND SHE WANTED TO HAVE ONE LAST REAL SPECIAL GET TOGETHER WITH HER FRIENDS. WE WERE MOVING TO THE COURNTY SO WE DICIDED TO HAVE A COURNTY HOE-DOWN.  FOR THE INVITATIONS WE CUT OUT A BARN AND TO READ IT YOU OPENED THE BARN DOORS WE HAD A LOT OF GAMES WE HAD A JELLO EATING CONTEST IT REALLY DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE THEME BUT THE KIDS WENT CRAZY OVER IT AND WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN!! WE ALSO HAD BARN YARD ANIMAL CHARADES, HORSE SHOES, AND AN EGG HUNT WE TOLD THE KIDS WE HAD A CRAZY CHICKEN THAT LAID HER EGGS EVERY WHERE AND THEY NEEDED TO FIND THE EGGS WE USED PLASTIC EASTER EGGS AND WHO EVER FOUND TO MOST WON{OF COURSE WE DID NOT REALLY HAVE A CRAZY CHICKEN BUT IT WAS STILL FUN} ALSO FIND THE PRIZE IN THE HAYSTACK. WE GOT A FEW FUN IDEAS FROM THIS SITE KISS THE COWBOY YOU DRAW A COWBOY ON A BIG PIECE OF LONG PAPER AND DRAW SOME LIPS AND THE GIRLS TRY AND PUT THE LIPS WHERE THEY GO THE GIRLS LOVED IT!!!!FOR A CENTER PIECE WE HAD A BOOT WITH BALLOONS COMING OUT OF IT. WE HAD A WINNIE ROAST AND SMORE ROAST THEY ATE OUT OF ALUMINUM PIE TRAYS. FOR GOODIE BAGS WE GOT SOME BROWN PAPER LUNCH BAGS AND WE DREW COW SPOTS ON THEM AND INSIDE WE GAVE THEM CHOC. GOLD COINS, HARMONICAS, COW TAILS AND JOLLY RANCHERS. FOR EVEN MORE FUN WE HAD HAY RIDES MY FATHER HAS A BIG TRACTOR AND WE HOOKED A SMALL TRAILER TO THE BACK THIS WAS A HUGE HIT. WE ALSO OWNED A HORSE SO THE GIRLS WENT IN PAIRS RIDING HER{YOU CAN ALSO RENT PONIES OR A HORSE}FOR A CAKE WE HAD A CHOC. CAKE WITH WHITE ICING AND COW SPOTS. I MADE WANTED POSTERS ON THE COMPUTER AND GAVE EACH OF THE 6 GIRLS A COWGIRL HAT AND BADGE AND A BANDANNA AND TOOK THERE PICTURES WITH A POLAROID CAMERA THE PARENTS LIKED THIS A LOT. AND FOR A CRAFT I BAKED SUGAR COOKIES BEFORE THE PARTY AND CUT SHAPES LIKE COWPOKE HAT SNAKE ETC. AND THEY GOT TO DECORATE THEM. AND FOR THE GRAND FINALLY WE ARRANGED FOR THE GIRLS TO GO TO A MILK FARM AND LEARN HOW TO MILK COWS!! THY ALL HAD A BALL AND IT WAS SOMETHING FUN FOR MY DAUGHTER TO REMEMBER AS A LAST GET TOGETHER WITH HER FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!