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Visit a local petting zoo or full-size zoo for an animal adventure. Some zoos even provide special tours and party areas for groups.
Fun Invitations for a Zoo Party include:
- drawing or photos of favorite zoo animals
- the letters ZOO decorated in animal prints (zebra-striped Z, cheetah-spotted O, and tiger striped-O)
- photo from zoo you'll be visiting (from web site or brochure)
Fun Decorations for a Zoo Party include:
- personalized safari banner
- posters or photos of zoo animals
- colorful balloons
Fun Games & Activities for a Zoo Party include:
- tour zoo
- barrel of monkeys game
- safari (check off all the animals on a game card)
- pin the tail on the zebra
Fun Arts & Crafts for a Zoo Party include:
- animal masks
- modeling clay animals
- favorite animals drawing or collage (photos from nature magazines)
Fun Foods for a Zoo Party include:
- peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
- animal crackers
- peanuts
- bananas
- cupcakes decorated with plastic zoo animals or animal crackers
- penguin cupcakes
- panda cake
- tiger cake
Fun Favors for a Zoo Party include:
- safari favor box
- plastic toy animals
- animal finger puppets
- finger cuffs
- animal crackers
- fruit leathers
Special Resources for a Zoo Party include:
- Celebrate Express
- Kids' Party Fun Directory (entertainment, rentals, and places)
- Zoo coloring pages
- Zoobooks Magazine for Kids!
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