Animals on parade
Zoo Birthday Party

My son wanted a Zoo Birthday Party when he was seven. Turning his wishes into a zoo theme party was easy and a lot of fun.

Some wild animals guarding the gift table at my sons' zoo birthday party.

Creative Zoo Birthday Party Invitations

Print out animal pictures and paste them to the front of card stock.

A small stuff animal that has the party information pinned to the fur is fun to receive.

Decorations For Zoo Birthday Parties

Raid your childs' stuff toy collection for any and all animals you can find. Place them on top of bookcases, hang some from lamps, and sit some in chairs.

Hang "Please Don't Feed the Animals" signs in a few areas that the animals are occupying. Use file folders cut into two pieces to make the signs. There is a small do not feed the animal in the picture below.

Here is one of the many animal cages that we made for the party. Put the animal into the box and taped it shut. Wrap the box in white paper. Carefully cut out sections on the front and back to create bars. You can reach through the bars and set the animal upright if you need to.

Make animal paw prints with black construction paper. Tape them to the floor or walls. Make large bear prints heading towards a closet. Post a Do Not Enter sign on the door.

Zoo Animal Games

Cage the Animal
Draw an animal cage on a large sheet of paper. Cut pictures of animals from magazines. Have each guest try to put the animals into the center of the cage while blindfolded.

Peanut Toss:
Put a container in the middle of the floor. Give each guest five peanuts to toss into the container. Each peanut is worth a point. The person with the most points wins.

Feed the Lion
Supplies needed: Coat hanger, 6 paper plates, stapler, green tissue paper, brown paint and white typing paper.

Make hamburgers with the paper plates.
Paint the bottom of the plates brown. Place a piece of green tissue paper between two plates so that it hangs over the edges. Staple the plates around the rim.
Form a circular shape with the coat hanger. Cut the typing paper into triangles and tape onto the coat hanger so that they hang into the opening. These triangles are the lions teeth! His mouth is open very wide, so you don't have to worry about trying to make it look like a lions face!
Hang the lions mouth in the center of a doorway by wrapping string around the hanger and taping it to the top of the door frame.
Each guest tries to toss the hamburger into the lions mouth. If they can do it they get a point. Person with the most points wins.

Zoo Birthday Party Favors

Turn a safarri hat upside down and fill it with stickers, small stuffed animals and a set of binoculars.

Zoo Birthday Party Food and Drinks

Hot dogs, popcorn, and boxed drinks are perfect for this party theme.

Bake a cake and parade animal crackers around the rim of it.

Bake cupcakes, frost in bright colors and top off with a frosted animal cracker.