Safari and Jungle Birthday Party Ideas

A safari or jungle party lets kids roar like lions, swing like monkeys and go on an expedition without leaving the backyard. It's colorful, easy to decorate, and works from toddlers to early grade school.

Start with the invitation

These Birfy designs are made for a safari or jungle party:

A few wording ideas:

Let's go wild! Kai is turning 4. Join us for a safari adventure.

Calling all explorers! Pack your binoculars for Ruby's jungle birthday party.

It's a jungle out there. Come celebrate Sam's 5th birthday, safari style!

Decorations

• Jungle colors: greens, browns, tan and animal prints.
• Vines and leaves: green streamers twisted into vines, paper palm leaves and real plants.
• Animal friends: stuffed animals peeking out from behind furniture and plants.
• Explorer's base camp: a small tent or a blanket fort as the "camp".
• Animal tracks: paper paw prints leading guests from the door to the party.

Food

• Watering hole: a punch bowl or drink dispenser.
• Monkey snacks: banana slices, banana bread or chocolate-dipped bananas.
• Animal crackers in a "feeding bowl".
• Snake sandwiches: small sandwiches lined up in a wavy row with a cherry tomato head.
• Jungle cake: green frosting with toy animals, or cupcakes topped with animal faces.

Games and activities

• Safari hunt: hide toy animals around the yard and give kids a picture checklist to find them all, with binoculars made from toilet paper tubes.
• Animal charades: kids act out an animal and the others guess.
• Lion, lion, zebra: the jungle version of "duck, duck, goose".
• Jungle obstacle course: crawl under "vines" (string), jump over "logs" (pool noodles), and balance across a "river" (tape line).
• Make your own binoculars or animal masks at a craft table.

Party favors

• Toy animals from the safari hunt
• Paper binoculars they made
• Animal masks or ears
• Animal stickers and tattoos
• A small explorer's notebook

Keep it simple

A safari hunt, a few vines and a jungle cake carry the whole theme. When you're ready to invite your explorers, Birfy gives you a safari design, RSVPs and a gift wishlist in one link that guests open on their phone.