The jungle took over Beverly’s Birthdays in August with some awesome safari themed parties. The little explorers set off to hunt down animals with their homemade binoculars. Eat n’Park, our newest corporate sponsor, helped conquer the jungle at East End with our brave explorers!
The games and crafts for the safari party are easy to do and appropriate for all ages. The kids were able to use the crafts they created in the games they participated in at the end of the party.
Explorer Binoculars
- 2 toilet paper rolls (you can buy colored ones at Michael’s)
- Hole puncher
- String
- Markers
- Glitter glue
- Stapler and/or tape
We suggest that the bincoulars are put together before the party begins. Simply staple or tape two toilet paper rolls together, punch a hole on the outside of each and tie some strings to help them hang around your neck! The kids can use whatever they want to decorate their own pair for their safari adventure.
Parrot Puppet
- Red paper bags
- Pre-cut paper feathers (varied construction paper)
- Pre-cut beak pieces (orange construction paper)
- Pre-cut feet pieces (orange construction paper)
- Feathers
- Google eyes
- Markers
- Rhinestones
- Craft bond glue sticks
This craft involves some preparation! The feathers, beaks and feet all are easier when cut before the party. Children are able to pick out feathers, add color, and decorate their parrot with google eyes.
Elephant Hat
This craft was bought on Oriental Trading and everything is included in the pack. The kids loved being able to wear these around the party!
Monkey Masks
- Small paper plates
- Pre-cut brown circle (same size as plate, brown construction paper)
- Pre-cut tan medium ovals for mouth (construction paper)
- Pre-cut small tan cirlces for ears (construction paper)
- White figure eight cut out for eyes (construction paper)
- Google eyes
- Craft bond glue sticks
- Popsicle Stick
- Black Marker
Starting the party off with everything pre-cut is a great idea for this craft. Even laying out all the peices for one mask at each chair setting will help. Also, we suggest gluing/taping the popsicle stick to the paper plate prior to the party. The picture to the right shows an example of what a final mask should look like (minus the elephant ears hidiing behind it!)
Turtle Shells
- Green posterboard
- Green Ribbon
- Markers
The kids LOVED these turtle shells, especially the boys. This craft is easy to pre-assemble and fun to decoarate. As you can see from the picture, decorating them as Ninja Turtle shells were the popular thing to do.
Safari Hunt
This is where those homemade binoculars come in! This game is super easy to create. When you think of making this game, envision a bingo board. The cards for this game will look the same and you will want to print off each picture as you would do in creating the bingo game. Put several different types of animal that would find in the jungle on your card. You will use the printed off pictures to hide around the party area. Each child should have their own bingo card to cross off animals as they find them. Remind each child to put the animal back in its place so other children have the opportunity to find it as well. The first child that finds all the hidden animals, wins! This is a great game for younger children to pair up with an adult and hunt together. Let the hunt begin!
Pin the Cupcake on the… Alligator?
Just like the classic game of pin the tail on the donkey just instead you want to feed the hungry alligator! Those alligators have more than just one sweet tooth! This game can be found at Target.
Bird Seed Relay
- 4 cups
- 2 spoons
- Bird seed
This game is fun and involves teamwork! Form two teams and fill two cups with bird seed. Set the remaining two cups a few feet away from the filled cups. Now, the goal is for teams to get all the bird seed from the filled cup to the other. It isn’t the first team done that wins, it is whichever team has the most bird seed in the cup at the end. Ready… set… go!
Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers for helping us out with these parties! We couldn’t do it with out you : )
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