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Toddler Birthday Party Idea - Animal Safari |
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by CTmama  (June 2006) (rank 416th) |
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My son's second birthday was celebrated this past weekend. Both of my kids have summer birthdays so we are big fans of the backyard party. It turned out GREAT!
The Theme: Animal SafariSchedule:11:00 AM - 11:45 Free Play Activities
This time kept the kids
engaged in something while I was able to greet the parents and new kids and set up food.
- Face painting - we hired a couple of 12 year olds to paint kids faces like lions, tigers, etc.
- Coloring - I found coloring pages online of animals.
- Decorate a visor - _ bought 12 foam visors (less than $1 US each) and a bucket of foam animal stickers. The kids decorated their visors with lions, tigers, etc.
- Decorate a bag - I bought plain white bags with handles (more on this later) and the kids wrote their names/put stickers on them.
11:45 - 12:00 Wild Animal Safari
We bought a bucket of plastic animals and threw them around the yard. My husband wore a safari hat and led the kids around the house to look for wild animals. They carried their hand decorated bags and collected the animals.
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
I made sandwiches the night before and used animal shaped cookie cutters to cut them out.
The kids also had "jungle juice"
12:30 - 12:45 Cupcakes
I made a tray of lion cupcakes in ice cream cones. Recipe to follow.
12:45 - 1:00ish
Parents pick up, goodie bags, etc.
My son was turning two so we didn't open presents in front of the kids.
Decorations:
- Two shades of green streamers hung vertically in doorways to look like jungle vines.
- I bought jungle theme plates but saved money by buying plain but matching cups, napkins, etc.
It was a big hit with the kids and the parents. The weather cooperated, which was nice. I highly recommend this theme for little ones! They really enjoyed it in my house!
