Jungle Birthday Party Games

Feed the Hippo

On a board, draw a large face of a hippo, mouth wide open. Make an opening on the board by cutting all around the mouth’s outline. Provide children with nuts. Draw a line on the floor about 8 feet away from the hippo and have each child take a turn to throw nuts in its mouth. Those who miss wait for the next turn. Winner is first who uses up all the food. Give out Animal Mugs as prizes. You can also fill mugs with candy and toys and give out as loot bags.

Organize a Safari

This game can be played indoors as well as outdoors. Collect some toy jungle animals and place them around the house or the garden. Provide each kid with a safari pith helmet or safari hat.
 

Make up a safari story, walking through the jungle, roaring like lions, howling like monkeys etc. While telling the story give kids hints of where the toys are hidden. Children will look for as many animals as they can and get to keep them once found.

Some children can also disguise themselves as animals using Jungle Animal Masks or Visors and make part of the safari’s scenery. The story teller can teach kids what each animal eats and have them “feed” the animals. This is an educational activity both actors and spectators will enjoy!

Pin the Tail on the Tiger

This is Pin the Tail on the Donkey with a difference. Instead of having a donkey on a board, draw a tiger. Make some stripy tails and stick tags with the children’s names on them. Proceed as you would with the donkey’s game.

Safari Guess Who

Jungle Party Pinatas

 A Jungle Safari Party would not be complete without its jungle animal piñata. Choose a hippo, zebra, lion, giraffe or any other Jungle Animal Pinata to decorate and play the pinata party game.

Jungle Party Crafts

Lion Puppets

Cut large circles (about 9” diameter) from yellow construction paper. Cut out about 20 strips from brown paper for the mane. Cut out mouth, whiskers, eyes and nose using your imagination and creativity. Providing paste let the children arrange the mouth, eyes, mane, whiskers and nose. Once faces are ready, stick them on plastic or paper plates. A stick can be added at the back of the plate to make a puppet. Adorable party favor kids can take home or use to make a play for their parents!

Animal Face Balloons

You will need some balloons, paint and sticky colored tape. Choosing the right colors (brown, yellow, etc) paint animal faces on the balloons, like a lion, a monkey, a tiger etc or any other jungle animal. Shape out ears using colored tape.

Painting the children’s face like animals from the jungle only adds to the fun!

Jungle Party Decorations

Make more animal faces with balloons and stick them on the walls, or attach them on trees if you are outside. Use as many jungle animal toys as you have. Use palms if you have them, or create your own by using green construction paper to cut out the leaves and attach to the top of paper tubes… make sure to draw ridges on the trunk! Place bananas, pineapples and coconuts on the table. Use jungle paper plates, cups and napkins to finish your table decoration.

Jungle Party Recipes

Jungle Cupcakes

Decorate your cup cakes with colored marzipan. Shape marzipan like the face of animals, using cookie cutters or a knife if you are creative enough!

Jungle Sandwiches

Using animal-shaped cookie cutters cut sandwiches in the shape of animals.

Jungle Jelly

Slice some jelly and cut them with jungle-shaped cookie cutters. Serve on a large plate and decorate with tropical fruits.

Jungle Juice

In a large bowl, mix some lemon and lime soda with some lime sherbet and see it turning into a jungle juice. Serve in transparent plastic cups, decorate with a slab of sherbet and a slice of kiwi fruit.

Tableware on different jungle theme patterns to decorate your table:

Jungle Fun Party Supplies

Jungle Pals Party Supplies

Safari Kids Party Supplies

Jungle Animal Puppets  

Animal Print Springs

Animal Print Bracelets