Jungle and Safari Parties

Jungle safari parties are great fun, there are lots of activities and games you can play that tie in with the theme. If you don't have too many kids to look after (or you have help from other parents) you could take a trip to a zoo and see the real thing.

Browse down the page for party ideas, costumes and food ideas.

Invitations - Make the invitations in the shape of the birthday child's favourite animal. Some jungle animals include tigers, giraffes, lions, elephants, monkeys, zebras, gorillas and hippos.

Jungle and Safari Costumes

• Costume Box - - Thousands of fancy dress costumes for adults and children for all occasions. All costumes displayed are in stock and most are dispatched within 24 hours. See their children's animal costumes for wrap and ride costumes and full body suits or search for their favourite animal. Based in Sydney with flat rate delivery Australia wide.

Jungle and Safari Decorations & Catering

For decorations, hang lots of green and brown streamers from the ceiling, in doorways and around furniture. Place cardboard cut-out animals or soft toys around.

• Party Products Australia - Over 6000 party supplies online - fast flat rate delivery Australia wide. They have themed party products including decorations, tableware, balloons, party hats and invitations.
  • Jungle party products
  • Green party products
  • Brown party products
  • Crepe streamers
  
  
• Pink Frosting - Stock unique party supplies, sourced from all over the world. Based in Canberra. They have some animal print balloons.
   
• Twiggi - Vibrant and modern children's party products including themed party products, dress-up costumes, party supplies, gifts, loot bags, prizes, fabulous birthday cakes and cupcakes, and party packs. See jungle themed party products for hats, plates, cups, toys, decorations and more. Based in Victoria with flat rate delivery Australia wide. Express, registered and international delivery also available.
   
• Packaging Products Australia - For a zoo safari meal box, see kid's meal boxes. Each child can have their own safari car that holds a cup, a slice of cake, treats and more. Flat rate delivery Australia wide.

Jungle and Safari Gifts

• Unique Kids - Stylish range of quality products for babies, boys and girls. From baby bibs to vibrant, colourful art for bedroom walls. Free gift wrapping and personalised message cards for easy gift giving. Based just north of Sydney in Newport with delivery Australia wide. See Cool Kids Canvas Art and Look At The Wall Decals for some jungle animal themed gifts.
   
• Peanut Gallery - Carefully selected kids toys that are great fun and educational. Flat rate delivery Australia wide and free gift wrapping service. For animal themed gifts see soft and knitted toys including zebras, elephants and other animals and Anamalz wooden toys.
   
• BCL Books - Online bookstore with thousands of titles, based in Sydney. For kids interested in animals, see their children's animal non-fiction section with books on apes, elephants, big cats, animal welfare and more.

Jungle and Safari Games & Activities

• Garden safari - Hide animal cut-outs or soft toys around the garden or park. Give the children a list of animals and let them find them all.
• Go to the zoo - You'll probably need some other parents to help with this, for transport and keeping an eye on everyone. While you're at the zoo give everyone their own toy binoculars so they can spot all the animals.
• If buying a pair of binoculars for every child is not an option, they can make their own as part of the party. Have cardboard tubes (like toilet rolls), scissors, colourful paints, glue and tape and some string or wool (to make a neck strap). Craft Online have heaps of craft supplies.
• Craft activities, such as making animal masks, sculpting animals out of play doh, drawing animals and colouring in. See 0 to 5 animal templates for some animals to colour in.
• Adapt traditional games to have an animal or jungle theme:
  • If you're playing tiggy/tag then the person who is 'it' is a park ranger and everyone else is an animal. You could assign a different animal to each child and they have to make animal noises as they run.
  • Pin the tail on the donkey becomes pin the tail on the tiger/monkey or pin the trunk on the elephant.

See Themes4Parties.com.au for an adults jungle party theme.