Get ready for some fun on the farm
There’s no doubt about it, kids and barnyard animals go together like – well, like eggs and chickens! Just think about all of the much-loved stories and nursery rhymes we recite for our children, featuring a whole cast of fascinating farmyard characters, from Henny Penny to Old MacDonald. Teaching our little ones about life on the farm is a great way to get them more closely in touch with nature, the seasons, and where their food comes from. It’s also a lot of fun into the bargain.
If your young children are becoming enthusiastic about barnyard play, our free farm barn and farm animal templates provide the perfect opportunity to tap into their passion while nurturing their creativity at the same time.
Featuring an impressive selection of colourful farmyard imagery, these free printable templates are incredibly easy to use. All you need to do is print them out, cut out each image, and let your children start creating their very own farm, complete with crops, animals, and, of course, the farmer family themselves!
What Our Printable Farm Includes:
Here at Mandy’s Printables, we have everything your kids need to create an entire farm. Our free farm templates feature everything from the classic big red barn and farmhouse, to tractors, barnyard animals, a variety of crops, grass, trees, hay bales, and more
Printable Barn
This sturdy big red barn is the perfect addition to any child’s farm set-up. With its glossy white trim, hay loft, and big barn doors, your kids can use this free farm barn template as the perfect place to store their crops or keep their animals.
Printable Farmhouse
This big, cosy wooden farmhouse template is a charming home for any farming family and includes the same red wooden boards and traditional white trim as the barn.
Printable Water Tower
Every farm worth its salt needs a water tower for all those thirsty animals and crops!
Printable Farm Machinery
It’s not just the barnyard animals that children love so much, they also tend to have a soft spot for the machines farmers use. These printable farm machines, consisting of a green harvester and cheerful red tractor, are perfect additions to your child’s printed farm.
Printable Farm Animals Set 1
Here are some free printable farm animals for you to print and cut out for your child’s barnyard. From chickens and a duck to a cute ginger cat and an adorable donkey, your little one is sure to love playing with these printable creatures.
Printable Farm Animals Set 2
No farm is complete without cows, pigs, sheep, and a couple of trusty collies to round them up!
Trees and shrubs set 1
It’s not just crops that grow on a farm; you will also find plenty of grass, trees, and bushes too. To help your child add some greenery to their printable farm, here are some trees and bushes to print and cut out too.
Trees and shrubs set 2
Some more enchanting greenery to add to your child’s growing farm!
Printable Bales
Bales of hay and straw are a familiar sight on most farms. Now you can add some to your child’s printable barnyard with the help of this free template.
Printable Fencing
Fencing is a must for your little one’s farm, especially if you want to keep all of those adorable animals from straying.
Printable Grass
All those barnyard animals need plenty of fresh grass to eat, and that’s where this free farm printable comes in handy.
Printable Farming Family
You can’t have a farm without a family of farmers to manage it and live in the beautiful big red house. Here is a full printable farming family for your child to play with.
Printable Crops 1
Delicious and essential crops like tomatoes, potatoes, and even pumpkins will add extra life and colour to your little one’s free printable farm.
Printable Crops 2
Extra crops like corn and carrots are perfect for feeding both the farmers and their livestock! Simply print and cut out to add these crops to your kid’s farm.
More Fun Farm Activities to Keep Your Kids Entertained
While our fun, free printable farm templates are sure to keep your little ones occupied for hours, there are also plenty of other farm-inspired activities you can try, especially on rainy days. These activities include:
- Making a barnyard-themed sensory bin: sensory bins are perfect for toddlers who are just starting to crawl or walk and love exploring the world around them. To make a farm-themed sensory bin, all you need to do is fill a big plastic tub with dried corn kernels and add some plastic cups, spoons, and bowls, along with an assortment of farming toys, such as animals, tractors, and toy fencing. Once the bin is complete, simply step back and let your preschooler run wild, digging deep into the sensory bin and discovering all kinds of farming-inspired goodies!
- Make a farm collage: Collages are always a popular activity with young kids, and you can indulge your little one’s love of all things farming by creating a barnyard-themed collage. You can make collages out of all kinds of different materials, from different coloured card and paper to stickers and even fuzzy animals made out of felt. Buy in some Prit-stick and child-safe scissors and let the little ones get stuck in!
- Grow something together: Another enjoyable and highly rewarding farming-inspired activity you can do with your kids is to grow your own (miniature) crops! There are plenty of child-focused seed kits you can buy online, or you can simply pop to your nearest supermarket, pick up some seeds, some compost and some little pots, and start sowing! Cress, sunflowers, and tomatoes are perfect options for eager young gardeners, and they can be transplanted out to your backyard once they’re big enough.
More fun with Mandy’s Printables
As you can see, there is heaps of fun to be had with our free printable farm templates, which allow your child to create their very own barnyard without you having to spend a single penny! But wait, there is more – as well as these fun farm templates, we have a plethora of other entertaining free printables for you to take advantage of, ranging from free kite templates to printable playing cards. The fun is only just beginning!