A popular vacation for many is a photographic safari.
Travelers go far and wide to snap pictures of exotic animals in their natural habitat.
Use this trip as inspiration for a Safari Birthday Party that your child and their guests will not soon forget.
Send out invitations to your guests inviting them to join you on Safari.
Create your own party invitations taking a picture of a lion, tiger or giraffe, have it printed in sepia tones, and then attach it to card stock.
Write the party details on the back of the card stock.
Decorate your party location to look like the jungle or the savannah.
Hang green crepe paper on the walls and from the ceiling to create a tree canopy.
Having lots of animals around is also very important.
Seeing as how having live animals might become a problem, it is best to use substitutes.
Look through your children's stuffed animal collection to find appropriate ones.
Purchase inflatable animals.
Create ones out of large pieces of paper or poster board.
Have a pith helmet for each of your guests as they arrive for the party.
Let each child decorate their own journal so that they can record all the animals that they see.
Have stickers, glitter, glue, and paint available so they can design their own cover.
Give each child a disposable camera.
Lead them all on a little trip around your home and yard so that they can spot animals and take pictures.
They will love having them developed later and having a lasting keepsake.
After the safari it is time to have some food.
Place a banner that says "Water Hole" over the buffet table.
Serve your guests items such as Grass Lands Salad, Wild Pigs in a Blanket, Gone Bananas Bread, and Jungle Juice.
The birthday cake can also be decorated as a water hold with a blue pond surrounded by little plastic animals.