I've opened an Etsy shop with lots of cute banners and decorations. These Burlap and Muslin Banners are so cute and perfect for a Safari Party. Please check out my Etsy shop!
My adorable little niece Jaina loves to talk about being an Animal Rescuer when she grows up. For her 6th birthday party, choosing the theme was easy; we threw her an Animal Rescue Safari party!
These cute little tents are built from a design by Lowes found on their website. My husband was a really good sport about building them. Unfortunately, after the first side panels were put together we realized they were going to be much too big to transport to the park, so my slightly less enthusiastic but still oh so wonderful husband cut them down in size and reframed them, and then they were perfect!
They turned out so cute and the kids had a great time playing in them!
We greeted the kids with a little Safari supply shop, named after the little brother, where the kids got a safari hat, water bottle and safari map when they arrived.
The birthday girl checking out the Safari Supply.
Some of the goodies on the treat /favor/food table!
Her mommy, Melody, baked all of the delicious and super cute cupcakes.
Using a grass cupcake wrapper idea found on pinterest, I modified it and instead wrapped it around small green cups and filled them with dressing and veggies. We kept lunch pretty simple since we were out in a park, and the kids enjoyed the veggies, skewered grapes that looked like little caterpillars and good old cheese pizza. Just enough jungle themed items to be fun and still really easy to pull off in the park! Can't go wrong with the veggies and pizza for the adults too plus Melody prepared some nice salad choices for the adults.
Everybody got a safari map to help them find their way. The kids enjoyed getting a stamp on their maps after each activity too!
First obstacle was to crawl thru the hollowed log!
And beware the large wild animals along the way!
( I am pretty proud of myself about these animal cutouts! I was inspired by the wooden cutouts used in Loralee Lewis' safari party and really wanted to make some. I have had my shiny new jig saw about 2 years but have been too chicken to use it. I finally got myself convinced that I probably wouldn't cut off my own hand, and gave it a whirl. I am so tickled with how they turned out! I made a big alligator, rhino, giraffe, giant gecko, baby jaguar and turtle too. I was on a role!
Then on to the games!
This big monkey was hungry and nobody was going to get past him without tossing him a banana!
Uh Oh! The Rhino was really mad and we couldn't sneak past him without settling him down with a tranq dart for a few minutes of sleep!
Wouldn't you know this poor little elephant had a snuffly trunk and needed some help rounding up some snacks!
And the hedge hogs all needed a little help getting tossed back into their hole!
And if all of that wasn't exhausting enough..the poor little zebra lost his tail! A quick game of pin the tail on the zebra..(using the honor system of closing their eyes) had everything back where it belonged!
And all 5 of the kids that could reach got it dead on center! They were amazing! :-)
Finally the animals were found and were all rescued!
Everybody thought it was a good idea to head over to the animal rescue center and give them a check up!
And wouldn't you know they all needed a few bandaids and bandages to feel all better!
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