Safari Birthday Party Ideas

Safari Party Decoration Ideas
Tie black, brown and green helium filled balloons to the mailbox to let guests know where the party is located.  Draw zebra, lion and giraffe foot prints on the sidewalk outside the party with sidewalk chalk.   

The party table can be decorated in any bright color (solid colors work best for this idea ... orange, yellow or blue are great colors) and for a safari twist place zebra or giraffe print placemats under the plates.  Buy or make large giraffe and zebra cutouts and use them for a center piece.  You can also place toy jeeps and sand along with the safari animals for the centerpiece.  Place a safari or camouflage hat at each place setting along with a pair of binoculars.  Have adults that are helping at the party dress up in khaki shorts and shirts and wear a name tag that says "Safari Guide" and their name. 

Safari Party Activities
Animal themed bounce house

Face Painting
Paint the party guests faces and turn them into zebras, elephants, giraffes and lions!

Safari Party Games

Safari Treasure Hunt
Hide plastic animals, footprints cut from paper or candy around the party area for guests to find.  Let them use binoculars to search for the items you've hidden.  If the birthday party will take place at night give guests small flashlights to search for the animals.  Let the children keep the animals and candy they find or turn them in for prizes.  

Safari Scavenger Hunt
In a safari scavenger hunt teams race and either find objects on a list or perform the "to do" things on a list. We have a great Animal Shelter Scavenger Hunt list that would be fun for a Safari themed party.  Collect items around the neighborhood for your local Animal Shelter and have fun too!  7 varieties of fun scavenger hunts  you can use at the Safari party. All have Free printable scavenger hunt lists

Elephant, Elephant, Giraffe
Children sit in a circle on the floor. The birthday child (patter) starts by walking around the outside of the circle and patting the head of each child. Every time they pat a head they call out "elephant". Then they choose one person to be the giraffe and yell "GIRAFFE!" when they pat their head.   The “patter” then runs clockwise around the circle and tries to sit down in the place of the giraffe before they are tagged. If the giraffe tags the patter then the giraffe sits back down and the patter starts again. If the giraffe doesn’t tag the patter then the giraffe becomes the patter and the game starts again.

Safari Party Foods
Lion burgers
Giraffe kabobs - skewer fruit onto wooden skewers and place standing up in a glass jar
Use Safari themed cookie cutters to cut out Safari shaped animals in brownies, cookies, or sandwiches

Safari Party Favor Ideas
Plastic Lions, Zebras, Elephants and Giraffes
Binoculars
Compasses
Boxes of Animal Crackers
Entrance ticket to the zoo

Safari Goody Bags
Safari hats
Small boxes decorated to look like Safari jeeps