Bungle Jungle party
 A truly wild party
that is sure to delight
those little monkeys!
A Jungle party is great for the 2 – 8 year old to show off their really wild animal-antics. Most kids have a favourite animal so let that be a starting point to a whole load of wild monkey-business.
*My favourite Jungle Party Suppliers *
UK Party Suppliers
Party Box
For everything jungly from decorations to party favors and dressing up.
Party Delights
For even more jungle and safari table-ware.
Jokers Masquerade
For costumes from tots to teens to adults.....and pets!
US Party Suppliers
Buy Costumes
For their whopping selection of jungle masks and animal costumes.
Birthday in a Box
For superb value animal jungle party packs which include everything that you need from table ware to invites to party favors and games.
Shindigz
For truly awesome jungle party decorations, safari party kits and favors.
Makesparties
For animal print safari tableware suited for the older kids.
S&S Worldwide
For jungle arts and crafts kits to keep those little animals well and truly occupied.
Pinatas
For very trendy safari print tableware and of course animal piñatas.
* Jungle Party Invitations *
Your invitations could go something like this:
Calling all party animals
X (party child) invites you to a truly wild safari adventure
Animal antics and wild activities are guaranteed
Meet at the jungle house (address)
Time:
Date:
Only animals permitted to enter the jungle of fun
Cage invitations. Make a card with a centre fold. On the front half carefully cut out bars to make a cage. Place a photo of the guest (get one from the parents in advance) on the inside of the card so s/he appears to inside the cage when the card is shut. Write the jungle party details on the back.
Purchase some cheap paper animal masks and write the invitations on the back. These could be used by the kids who haven't got an animal costume to wear to the party.
Place the invitations in plain envelopes that you have colored/painted with stripes or spots to resemble jungle animal fur.
* Jungle Party Costumes *
Ask the kids to come dressed as their favourite animal or perhaps a jungle explorer. Have some animal paper masks for those kids who forget.
Buy Costumes (US)
has a large selection of kids jungle costumes.
Also check out
Jokers Masquerade (UK store)
* Jungle Party Decorations *
Give the main party room a 'jungle makeover'. Hang lots of green streamers from the ceiling and drape in doorways and around the furniture
Gather all your pot plants and create a jungle corner in one part of the room
Place cuddly animal toys around the room and hang from string or rope.
Hang a large piece of netting from the doorway and attach plastic spiders and snakes. This can be the gateway to the jungle.
For the adventurous, ask your local carpet store for any unwanted carpet cardboard rolls. Cut to size, paint brown and secure in the corners of the room by placing in buckets filled with heavy rocks. Hang green streamers or make big leaves out of green crepe paper.
Decorate a plain white paper tablecloth with spots for a leopard/giraffe or stripes for a tiger/zebra. Sprinkle the food table with lots of creepy crawly plastic bugs and snakes.
Take a look here for some great
Jungle decoration ideas including the ever popular
Lion King Friends kit & kaboodle (US site)
* Jungle party food *
Jungle Juice Any fruit punch colored red or green
Snake eggs Cooled hard boiled eggs.
Lion burgers Huge hamburgers
Cub sandwiches Mini sandwiches with the kids favorite fillings
Snake straws Homemade cheese straws twisted into a wiggly shapes
Animal cup cakes Cupcakes decorated with icing or edible animal decorations
Animal biscuits Use animal cookie cutters to make biscuits and decorate with colored icing.
Parrot lollies Make multi-coloured home made ice lollies using different coloured fruit juices. Great for cooling down those jungle explorers
More kid party food ideas
* Jungle Party activities *
My own binoculars As a warm up activity for younger kids, get them to make their own binoculars. In advance collect lots of cardboard toilet rolls and get the kids to decorate two toilet rolls with paints and marker pens or stick on crepe paper. Glue or staple them together and then thread a string trough two holes made at one end so they can wear them round their necks.
Animal faces. Kit your self out with some face paints and a book of face painting ideas and let your imagination go. Have the camera ready!
Animal knowledge. Arrange a trip to the local zoo or see if you could arrange for an animal expert to come and visit your house. See if they could bring a selection of snakes or small pets. NB Check beforehand that none of the children have a real fear of certain animals.
Silky Snakes Purchase a number of cheap silk neckties from thrift stores or second hand shops. Unpick the stitching at the widest end of the tie. Give each child a tie and get then to stuff it with cotton wool or cut up rags – use rulers or sticks to push the padding down the snake. Close the end using glue or give it a quick stitch. Glue on buttons for eyes and a red felt tongue. The kids can then take these home afterwards.
Other Activities
Other jungle themed arts and crafts ideas
* Jungle Party Games *
Feed the Lions In advance make a several large lions head cutouts of various sizes, from strong card. Make a hole for the mouth then color or paint the heads. Make each mouth a different shape or size to make it more challenging. Suspend the lion heads from a tree or chair and get the kids to toss bean bags or small cuddly animals into the lion mouths. Give points for each mouth and the highest scorer wins.
Elephant Race Divide the kids into two teams and line them up in two rows. The first child in line bends over and lets one hand hang down (the trunk) and puts the other hand (the elephant tail) through his/her legs to the person behind him/her. The next person bends over and grabs the first persons "tail" with his "trunk" and the process repeats so that all the elephants are holding on to each other. Tail - trunk. On the whistle the two teams race to the finish line and the first team to reach it without breaking the chain wins.
Loose animals This is always a fun game and is about a game keeper trying to round up some loose animals. In advance make some cards (one for each child) and stick a picture of a wild animal on each. Draw two chalk lines (several meters apart) on the ground and have the kids stand in between the two lines. Choose one child to be the gamekeeper and the others are all given an animal card. Tell them to keep their animal identity secret from the ‘Gamekeeper’. The gamekeeper then patrols around the park and shouts out the name of an animal. If an animal hears his name he must ‘run past’ the gamekeeper wherever he may be and touch a chalk line before the gamekeeper catches him. If caught he must leave the playing area and is said to have been put back in the game park. Last animal caught becomes the next gamekeeper
Animal music
Tarzan Swing For this game you need to be outdoors on a warm day and to have a sturdy tree. Fill up one or more paddling pools with water and place under a strong branch of the tree. Put plastic crocodiles in the water for a swampy effect. Tie a jungle rope to the branch and let it hang down so the kids can easily reach it. The kids take turns to see if they can swing across the swampy river without falling in. Naturally they are going to want to get in at some time so be prepared for lots of wet kids!
Free the Monkey This is an outdoor game and you need a smooth horizontal tree branch or a climbing frame would be ideal. Place a toy monkey in a makeshift cage or sack. Tie the cage to a rope and fling the rope over the branch. To the loose end of the rope attach a light bucket. The bucket needs to be lighter than the cage so that the cage dangles on the floor. You may find adding a few rocks or sand to the cage helps. Fill the bucket with heavy objects such as largish pebbles or potatoes. As the kids will be in two teams you will need to make two cages and have the buckets weigh equal amounts. On the whistle each team member takes it in turn to run to the bucket, grab a pebble and rush back to his team. Then the next person goes and does the same. As the bucket empties, the cage should lower. Once it is on the ground, the team must grab the monkey and rush to their base. First team to free the monkey is the winner.
Piñata Having a piñata is always a great success at kids parties. For some inspiring jungle party piñatas, take a look at
Party Box (UK site)
Pinatas (US site)
More jungle party games
*Jungle Party Favours and Prizes *
Plastic jungle animals
Binoculars
Pith helmet
Animal stickers and tattoos
Water bottles
Compass
Animal t-shirt
Did you know?......
The Amazon Jungle is the world's largest tropical rain forest. The forest covers the basin of the Amazon which is the world's second longest river.
The Amazon jungle is home to the greatest variety of plants and animals on Earth. It is estimated that 1/5 of all the world's plants and birds and 1/10 of all mammal species are found there.
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