Zoo Birthday Party
Turn your kids and their friends into party animals at this bash for tykes of all ages.
By Amanda Kingloff, Taryn Mohrman, and Erica Clark from Parents Magazine
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Jennifer Causey
A Children's Zoo
Decorate your house with lots of little animals to make this one wild party that your kids will go bananas for.
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Hangin' Out
Choose from seven different paper-balloon animals to suspend above the food table, then mix in solid colored lanterns for added color. $2.50 each; pearlriver.com
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Feed Station
Set up a trail-mix buffet so party animals can make and take a treat to go. Stamp paint-stirrer signs to label buckets of feed-inspired ingredients, like oats pellets and dried fruit, then add a stamped tag to brown paper bags.
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Animal Parade
Paint plastic figurines with acrylic paint and use them to decorate your cake and favor table. Bonus: They double as toys for kids to play with at the party.
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Wild Kingdom Cake
Cookies, gummies, and cereal bits morph into animals on this masterpiece of a dessert.
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Caged Creatures
Hand out cute animal masks to each party guest. $6.25 for 12; orientaltrading.com
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Art of the Drink
Give paper cups a personality of their own! Use our downloadable templates to add paper animal features to drink ware.
Originally published in the May 2012 issue of Parents magazine.
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