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Animal Birthday Party Planning
If you are stuck for ideas on hosting the perfect Animal theme party then look no further, we've done it for you...
Birthday Party Planning
Your birthday party planning is crucial if you want to host a successful party, but as usual Lello and Monkey have done a lot of the hard work for you! Find the makings of a great animal birthday party below...
Don't forget the party bags (either prepare them beforehand or do our treasure hunt game and let the kids fill the party bags with the 'treasure' they find!)
10.30 Biscuit Decorating - pre-bake some ginger bread pirate biscuits and provide icing pens and silver balls to decorate them with. We like these biscuit cutters and icing pens.
This activity will give you 10 minutes grace to greet your guests and will allow time for any late comers. If anyone arrives too late to do this activity explain kindly, but firmly, that the activity is finished now, but they can have a go at the end before they go home (by which time they may have forgotten or they may want to stay behind to do the activity).
Present Opening! – Clear a table for presents, so that you can open them after the guests have left and make a list of who bought what for the thank you cards! - Print some FREE safari thank you notes!
10.45 Safari Animal Treasure Hunt – treasure hunts are a great ice breaker. I have never known a child refuse to take part. If well organised, this will take around 20 minutes plus 10 minutes free play time if the weather is nice. This is what we do best so go buy our Safari Treasure Hunt game now!
11.15 Pass the Parcel – Everyone knows how to play pass the parcel! Just make sure to wrap up a layer for every child and use animal wrapping paper!
11.25 Safari Stepping Stones – Like musical chairs, but children have to dance around a ring of stepping stones and find a vacant stepping stone when the music stops. Don't worry we have designed one for you already - Safari Stepping Stones game.
11.35 Sleeping Lions – just like sleeping logs, but children have to pretend to be asleep and the first one to move is out until one is remaining. You may have to produce a tickling stick for any highly competitive guests.
11.45 Craft Activity – Why not try our monkey and giraffe craft kits. This should give you some time to get your pre-prepared lunch out of the fridge and onto serving plates.
12.00 Lunch Time
12.20 Birthday Cake – Singing Happy Birthday, blow out candles...easy!
12.25 Story Time - We like ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ by Giles Andrae
Extra Animal Birthday Party Games
- Pin the Tail on the Elephant – Again we've done all the hard work for you so go get our Pin the Tail on the Elephant game!
- Animal Charades - The host should start the game by choosing an animal to enact. The first child to guess what animal is being depicted gets to be the next contestant. The host should whisper to each child, in turn, the animal that they have to act out. The game goes on until every child has had a turn.
- Animal Face Painting Stations – Set up a 2 stations to be manned by yourself and a friend. Specialise in one animal each, for example, one person can offer to paint lions and the other monkeys. This way you’ll become really quick and the children won’t be kept waiting too long.
- Colour in Lion and Monkey Mask – Download and print out the FREE Lion and Monkey Mask. Provide pencil crayons, felt pens and glitter glue pens and choose a winner at the end of the party.
- Best Dressed Animal competition - Ask your guests to come in fancy dress and judge the winner at the end of the party. If you're out of ideas why not buy one of our Animal costumes.