Barn Birthday Invitations

Sick of trying to find the perfect farm-themed birthday invitations? Not looking to spend a lot of money on invitations for a child’s birthday party? I hear you!

I’m a frugal party planner, especially when it comes to birthdays my children won’t even remember. I made these invitations in Canva, printed them off, and with a little cutting and some glue dots I think they turned out pretty good.

Below I’ve written instructions for how to create your own easy and cheap barn invitations.

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Step 1: Customize

First, you need to customize the invitation. I would recommend creating an 11 x 8.5 inch document in Canva because it’s free and you can have fun with the fonts.

Add a rhyme to make the invitation catchy.

Example: If the child is turning one you can rhyme with the word fun – “We’d like to have some fun to celebrate (kid’s name) turning 1!”

Make sure to include the child’s name and age. Also, write out the party details (where, when). If you need people to RSVP you can add this information as well.

Have the information copied so there are two identical sets on the document and download as a PDF.

Step 2: Print

Calculate how many invitations you will need to send and divide that number in half, that is how many pages of invitation wording you need to print.

Tip: I printed mine on cardstock paper so the invitations would be less flimsy.

Then print the same number of Barn PDF pages (click on image below).

Step 3: Cut

Cut out each barn. Then cut down the center of the barn doors and along the top of the barn doors so that they open. Fold back the doors to make an even crease.

Step 4: Glue

Center each barn door opening over the invitation wording and using glue dots adhere the barn to the paper with the wording on it. I also used some double-sided tape for the roof section of the barn. Cut the barn shape out again.