20 Safari Animal Party Crafts for Kids: Easy Ideas for a Wild Birthday

Giraffes have a way of capturing kids’ attention with their playful spots and sky-high necks. Bring one to life with this simple giraffe craft made from popsicle sticks and a few easy-to-find supplies.

These animal toys are fun, simple, and cheap to produce. Give old cardboard boxes new life as these fun safari animal toys.

Safari animals are great at capturing the imagination, since they are so different from everyday animals. These printable playdough mats give kids a fine motor workout while they make fun safari animals.

Dot marker coloring pages make a perfect addition to a safari party, giving little explorers a fun way to build their fine motor skills. Kids can use dot markers to fill in a variety of safari animal printables, bringing each wild creature to life one colorful dot at a time.

This safari party craft starts with a printable template and some felt, and ends with some wild animal masks. They are sewn, but the patterns are simple enough for even amateur stitchers to have a go at them.

Swinging over to another corner of the craft table, these simple cupcake liner parrot puppets are ready to join the fun. They come together with just a bit of glue, making them a perfect, low-effort project for little hands.

Another simple safari craft that’s perfect for preschoolers comes in the form of this paper plate lion. Just use paint, or embellish it with a pom pom mane to make it really special.

This fun little craft lets kids make an elephant from an empty toilet paper roll. The printable template helps them get all the features in order.

For another fun printable that turns an everyday item into a safari favorite, this one is a winner. Kids can create a paper bag cheetah puppet almost all on their own, then bring it to life with plenty of imaginative play during the party.

Younger kids often struggle a little with learning the letters in their names. This printable lion name craft helps them remember by putting their name on a cute little lion’s mane.

Make a cute keepsake craft, and have the kids lend a “hand” to the project. This handprint zebra is a fun, stripy project that uses their actual handprint to make the zebra’s body.

One great thing about crafting is that it lets you reuse or recycle so many things that would just be garbage otherwise. Things like an empty egg carton, used to make this egg carton monkey craft.

Kids can focus on all the different parts of a tiger while they make this fun craft. The printable has all the pieces needed, kids just need to cut them out and put them together.

This is such a simple craft, yet such a cute one at the same time. Make a jumping zebra out of nothing more than a paper plate and some markers.

With newspapers not getting much attention these days, they’re perfect for creative reuse. Turn them into this crumpled newspaper elephant craft, complete with wrinkly “skin” that looks just like the real thing.

Grab a stack of paper plates, and make a fierce jungle predator from them. This paper plate croc craft is a fun way for kids to get involved during a safari party.

Here’s another fierce river creature, made from a paper plate. This hippo is adorable, but they are actually the most dangerous river animals in areas they populate.

This printable template is all about jungle animals. Kids will love spinning the wheel on the completed safari craft to learn about different animals that populate the jungle.

This makes a perfect safari party activity, turning kids into little explorers on a mission. They can search for hidden plastic animals while using their own pair of safari binoculars.

This activity is a fun way to bring a storybook adventure right into your safari party. Inspired by imaginative jungle play, kids can create their own vibrant collage scene.