Safari Party Ideas
How to Host a Safari Inspired Party
If you need ideas on how to host a safari inspired party, if you want to find the best place to buy party supplies, we are here to help. This page is full of helpful ideas from menus and recipes to where to buy plates, party decorations and party favors, games and party suggestions.
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To keep yourself sane I would suggest you sit down and think it all through well before the day. Make lists, we have started your off with your first general one. Make sure you have the day loosely planned out, when you are going to serve food as well as what you are going to serve, which games you are going to play and when, and have plenty of adult help. Be prepared to adapt things round, with kids you never know what is going to happen.
Party list
As with any party, if you want it to be a success start with a list!
- Party invitations
- Cake or cupcakes as center pieces
- Food and drink
- Party decorations
- Tableware
- Party favors
- Party games
Safari Party Decorations
Photo Props
How about these photo props for your safari party - a safari car that stands almost 28 inches by 17 inches wide - and of course no photo would be complete without a pith helmet.
Safari Party Food
Safari Cake Toppers
How to Decorate a Jungle Cake
Every safari party needs a safari cake and these videos give you lots of ideas to work with for cake decoration. All you need is a little time and some imagination.
Fruit and Vegetables
One way to get kids to eat vegetable is using vegetable art - maybe you could pick some of the ideas here placed in the centre of a plate with an array of cut fresh vegetables and dips.
Safari Party Menu Ideas
Here are some recipe ideas you might try:
- Banana Fries
Recipe for banana fries - Elephant Ears Bread
Recipe for elephant ears bread - Zebra Cake
Recipe for zebra cake - Jungle Bars
Recipe for Jungle Bars - Jungle Juice
Recipe for Jungle Juice - Jungle Jims
Recipe for Jungle Jims - when it comes to pouring these out pour into animal shapes
Menu Ideas for Kids
Table Center Piece
Safari Party Suggestions
Party Suggestions
If your little guests are not coming in costume, how about starting your party off with the kids making their own animal masks?
All you will need is:
- Thin card in assorted colors
- Crayons
- Blunt scissors
- String
- Animal face templates - you can make these yourself before hand by copying from magazine or printing off the internet. Include a selection of animals: MONKEY, LION, TIGER, ZEBRA, GIRAFFE, ELEPHANT and HIPPO. It doesn't matter if all choose the same animal.
Let each child choose which animal they want to be and which color card to use. Supervise them cutting out the shape using your templates.
Let each child decorate the mask with the crayons. When they are finished make a hole in each side, thread with string and tie it on.
Be prepared for them jumping around pretending to be the animals for a while.
Games for a Safari Party
The type of games you have will obviously depend on the age of the children but here are a few suggestions.
If they are old enough you can have little competitions with small prizes. But make sure every child gets a sticker or bracelet for taking place.
- Animal hunt - if it is good weather you can play this in the garden. Before the party cut out pictures of wild animals, you may want to stick them onto card to make them stiffer. Hide them in place throughout your space. Give the children a certain amount of time to collect as many as they can.
- Animal capers - get them to jump off some energy with this game. Use the animal pictures you have made for the hunt and put them in a bag. Play some music and take turns picking out one of the animals. Ask the kids to act like the animal that is picked out.
- Monkey tag - one kid has a monkey tail and is blindfolded - when he tags another child they swap over
- Snakes alive - using a toy snake the children stand in a circle passing the snake from hand to hand when the music stops the kid holding the snake is eliminated.