Inside: Farm theme activities for toddlers and preschoolers – activities, songs, printables, and more!
This farm theme can be done any time of the year, but I love having it in the fall when our families tend to visit local farms for pumpkins.

Farm Theme Activities
Please note: Some of these activities are geared more for older preschoolers. I like to add a selection because I know you don’t all teach 2 and 3 year olds. Select which activities you feel will work best with your students.
I’ve also included activities from our Toddler Farm Activity Packet because I know many of you have purchased it.
Art
- Pigs on the Farm
- Farm Animal Painting
- Pigs Puffy Art
- Muddy Pigs
- Barn and Farm Animals (Use the free barn printable, paint red, add farm animal stickers when it’s dry.)
- Giant Corn Kernel (from our Toddler Farm Activity Packet)
- Animal Paint Tracks (from our Toddler Farm Activity Packet)
- Painting with Tractors (from our Toddler Farm Activity Packet)
Sensory Bin
- Washing Fruits & Vegetables Water Table
- Easy Farm Sensory Bin
- Washing Fruits & Vegetables Water Table
Cooking
- Homemade Butter (from our Toddler Farm Activity Packet)
Display Printables
Light Table
- We’ve displayed our Nesting and Sorting Barns activity on the light table.
- We’ve also done a shape sorting activity where we used colored tape to outline basic shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle) and then added a basket of blocks in those same shapes. The children then sorted and placed the shape blocks on the matching taped shapes.
Playdough
- Small Toy Farm Animals, Farm Stamps, Farm Cookie Cutters
- Planting Playdough Fields (from our Toddler Farm Activity Packet)
Science
- Place the free farm picture cards on a tray and display pretend farm animals, farm vehicles, and other items related to the farm.
- Farm Discovery Bottles (from our Toddler Farm Activity Packet)
- We’ve also used this area to explore corn.
Table and Small Group Activities
- Free Farm Count and Clip Cards
- Free Farm Animal Counting Strip Puzzles
- Free Farm Left-to-Right Pages (Can laminate and use a dry erase marker.)
- Corn and Scarecrow Pom Pom Color Matching
- Farm Animal Tracing Cards (Pulled from our Picture Word Cards Packet, laminated them, and used with dry erase markers.)
- Free Tractor Counting Cards
Writing Center
- Free Farm Left-to-Right Pages (Can laminate and use a dry erase marker.)
- Fruit and Vegetables Coloring Sheets
- Free Barn Color Sheet
- Free Farm Color Pages
Block Center
- Our wooden farm and horse stable have been set on our train table, along with some tractors and farm animals.
Dramatic Play
- Farmers Market (Using our Farmers Market Packet.)
- Horse Ranch (Using our Horse Ranch Packet.)
Circle Time
- Free Put the Animals in the Barn Printable Activity (I make enough copies of the animals so each child has one. As they place it in the barn, they tell me what animal it is.)
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Props) – I make extra copies of the animals, laminate and tape them to craft sticks so each child can hold one while singing.
- Five Little Ducks (Props) – I make extra copies of the ducks, laminate and tape them to craft sticks so each child can hold one while singing.
- Farm Songs (from our Toddler Farm Activity Packet)
Music
- You can find farm songs in this playlist.
Farm Books
- Clack! Moo! Oink! (I have each child press an animal button during circle time.)
- Night Night Farm
- Peppa at the Petting Farm
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- On the Farm
- Thank you, Farm!
- Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm
- Down on the Farm
- Amara’s Farm
- Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- Big Red Barn
- Farmyard Beat
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