Safari Ideas For Graduation Party

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Have a ROARING time at a Safari graduation party.

You'll be amazed at the sheer number of safari graduation party decorations.

Save time and energy and search through the World's Largest Party Superstore.

They have a stunning selection of graduation safari decorations.

I have tried to give you lots of ideas on safari invitations, safari food, safari decorations, safari costumes, safari games and safari favors which will be great for any venue. You may have a Home Party or alternative venue in mind.

Hosting the safari graduation party in conjunction with the school for example is a brilliant idea. That gives:

• a good size of party with better decorations and a more eye catching venue to get the everyone excited


• A budget, perhaps, to hire equipment, buy safari decorations and hire entertainers


• Parents to help organise, raise funds and help at the party


• Lots of party goers to take part in each party game

With lots of fun, energy and enthusiasm your ideas for safari graduation party can be a brilliant success.

Ideas For Graduation Party - Theme Ideas

This page is all about having a Safari graduation party theme. This will be a brilliant night, fitting for a very special occassion.

There are other fantastic ideas for graduation party. Click here for lots of other great themes and party ideas..

Safari Ideas For Graduation Party - Invitations

There are lots of great images to use to give graduation invitations a real safari theme.

• Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Rhinos, Zebras, Leopards, Cheetahs, Elephants, Zebras, Rhinos, Hippos, Snakes, Crocodiles, and Antelope


• People in khaki safari outfits with Pith helmets


• Binoculars, Cameras and Tripods


• Tree Houses, bamboo huts and tents


• Safari SUVs such as the traditional Land Rover


• Game Parks and National Parks


• Sunset Scenes with animals silhouetted against the setting sun


• Savannah


• Vets clinic


• Scene at a waterhole

A brilliant way to design the safari graduation invitations is as Game Park Tickets or Passports. Also animal shapes, jungle trees or insects.

Paper

For the paper use bamboo corrugated paper, or safari colored paper.

Wording

The wording for the Game Park Ticket:

The Graduate Game Park

Come and be amazed at the wildlife. See Lions, Tigers and Giraffes in the wild, celebrating.

Celebrate the new graduate additions to the park.

Address at -----.

Phone the game Park in advance to confirm your booking on Tel Number.

Entrants require to be in khaki outfits or dressed as animals.

Passport wording:

The graduate asks that the passport holder be admitted to the country (address) to celebrate the graduation on (date).

The passport holder will be recognised by their safari or animal outfit.

Please confirm your travel itinerary to tel number.

(Add your photo to the passport)

Animal shape wording:

Roary lion invites you to a safari graduation party. Costume is safari. Jungle (venue) opening time/date. RSVP (details)

You could attach the invites to a pith helmet for extra effect. Perhaps this idea is best where you have a small number of guests and can hand deliver the invitations.

Clipart Graduation Invitations

The simplest way to complete safari party ideas invitations is to use clipart.

• Copy and Past the graduation clip art image that you would like to use into your word document. Before you paste make sure your cursor is in the location where you want the clip art placed


• Click on the image and arrows will appear on the corners. Use these arrows to stretch the image to the desired size.


• Then I simply added wordart at the top of the page for a fancy title and added the party details in plain text underneath the graduation clip art.

Lots more detailed instructions on my clipart page..

Photo Graduation Invitations

Also, simply arrange a good quality photograph. A photograph of the graduate dressed as an explorer in safari outfit or as an animal (Tiger, Lion) would be perfect. Safari theme does give great ideas for graduation party.

Scan it onto your computer.

Using photo editing software, change the picture dimensions to the size you need.

Then simply print onto flat card (bamboo corrugated if possible)with the printed invitation details on the back. Instant graduation invitations.

Remember to make it clear that entry is only allowed if you are in costume.

Free Printable Graduation Invitations

Safari Ideas For Graduation Party - Confetti

One of the great ideas for graduation party is to have personalised confetti.

The most amazing photo confetti maker can produce confetti using up to 10 safari photos and up to 3 accent colors. They have packs to suit your occassion.

The safari photos could be of 10 of the little graduates dressed as intrepid explorers or animals in keeping with safari ideas for graduation party.

Safari Ideas For Graduation - Costumes

Costume ideas for graduation party:

• Khaki outfits with walking boots


• Pith helmets


• Binoculars, cameras, torch lights and maps


• Animal costumes, you can make your own of course


• Face Paints for a brilliant animal face. The perfect touch to make your anmal costume complete


• Water Canteens


• Elephant design with trunk, ears and tail


• Tiger design with tail and face paint


• Zebra design with stripes and face paint


• Lion design with mane, tail and face paint


• Dress as Tarzan and Jane.

Safari Ideas for Graduation - Decorations

Make a real statement with your decorating ideas for graduation party. Safari Scene from the World's Largest Party Superstore is a great start. It gives your decorations scale and makes an impressive party scene. Includes safari vehicle and animal standees. Also you could opt for a Monkey tree arch or snake pit arch.

• Maps of the venue to identify the animal areas, huts for food and drink, games huts and dance floor. Hand them out as the guests arrive


• Lion, Gorilla and Tiger standees which are great for photos.


• Balloons, in greens, yellow and brown to help create the safari theme, Also animal print balloons, for monkeys, lions and zebras.


• Banners with animals on them announcing the safari graduation party. banners come in animal prints, monkey, and jungle styles.


• Streamers, in green, yellow and brown


• Gossamers showing safari themes which can be hung around the venue, for example a zebra pattern gossamer.


• Use palm leaf thatching to add a real jungle 'canopy' feel.


• Safari murals including animals and people, and a tree house


• Put up animal pictures everywhere.


• Pictures of interpid explorers


• Put up signs with Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa.


• Bamboo huts which can serve food and drink, and be the games centres


• Use bamboo corrugated paper as a backdrop for the party decorations.


• Tents


• Signposts with, for example, Karachi 1000 miles, Nairobi 2000 miles and other famous African cities. Also if the venue is big the signposts can give the actual details of the party set up


• Life sized standees of explorers.


• Safari vehicles like Land Rovers, perhaps toy ones or pictures. If you have a willing parent who can make their SUV into a safari vehicle with zebra stripes and the name of the game park then even better.


• Tiki Torches


• Animal footprints in chalk


• Accessories such as binoculars, cameras, torch lights, maps, water bottles and a compass


• Fake snakes, spiders and toy lions, tigers, giraffes, elephants and anything else you have. There are also inflatable animals.


• Lighting the party is important. Use xams tree lights. This is a great effect if the party is outdoors, as the sun goes down.


• Tiki tents


• Giant Butterflies


• Animal footprints


• If you have an artist friend ask them to create a giant safari theme mural which can be colored in, added to and also have guest messages left on it - interactive ideas for graduation party.

Decorate your guests, this is a brilliant way to add to the party theme and getting your guests in the graduation party mood!

• Pith helmets, binoculars and face paints. Dress your guests up all ready for the party.


• Funtoos


• 2008 Glasses


• 2008 Beads


• Graduation caps


• Cap Medallions


• Lots of glow sticks and bracelets

A great idea for graduation party is to have a box of guest decorations at the party entrance and hand them out liberally!

Table decorating ideas for graduation party include table covers using covers with safari prints and cocount halfs for cups. Add tiki lights and mini palm trees. Use jungle themed plates and napkins.

There are lots of brilliant decorating ideas for graduation party at the World's Largest Party Superstore.

Safari Ideas For Graduation Party - Food and Drink

Food ideas for graduation party are fairly simple just as on a real life safari. You could create an oasis, tiki hut or a safari kitchen.

Signpost the food area as the Safari Kitchen.

• Pizza with animal face shapes made with cheese and peppers. create the animal face stripes with different colors of peppers and cheeses. Cut into strips and decorate the pizza. Simply top off with olives for eyes


• Hot Dogs


• BBQ chicken and pork.


• Think of traditional campfire food. Rotisserie chicken or other meat you like


• Green salad made with lots of spinach, lettuce, cabbage, cucumber and peppers


• Animal shaped sandwiches made with a cookie cutter


• Animal droppings, chocolate raisins


• Gummy worms, animal crackers, animal shaped cookies


• Lots of fruit, including papaya, passion fruit, kiwi, and bananas.


• Banana splits.

Leave out lots of food and treats in upturned pith helmets!

To drink, root beer is good, ginger ale and of course green gatorade! Water in water canteens is a great touch. The guests can keep the canteens as a favor.

Cake ideas for graduation party, could be shaped or decorated as an elephant, lion, tiger, rhino, leopard, cheetah or snake. Bake a cake, frost it and apply icing to your design.

The next section gives the complete cake baking tips.

Graduation Cake

The Graduation Cake page gives you the full instructions on cooking tools, cooking times, ingredients, recipe, and frosting instructions.

Graduation Cake Decorating Idea

1) Cover the entire cake in lemon colored frosting. 2) Pipe the lion features using black frosting very similar to the Wiltons cake below. 3) Using orange frosting and a wider nozzle on your piping bag pipe blobs of orange around the edge of the cake to make the mane.  

Safari Ideas For Graduation Party - Games

Great games ideas for graduation party:

• Animal Charades, perhaps cutting out animal pictures from magazines


• Safari quiz, make up a quiz based on the animals and locations in Safari Parks


• Treasure hunt, draw animal tracks to guide the guests round the clues


• Lion shaped pinatta


• Horseshoe toss


• Blindfold touch. Fill a box with safari goods such as fake snakes, a compass, a spider, and other items. For fun pick some sticky, gooey items. The game is to guess what the items are.


• Using an animal sounds CD play the sounds one at a time. the game is to guess the animals


• Blindfold obstacle course. In a seperate room put some soft items. Place say 6 fake snakes or spiders. The game is to crawl round the room blindfolded and find the 6 snakes. You can make it more fun with scary roaring lion sounds. Also put in some things which are uncomfortable to touch, such as tomatoes cut in half.


• Face painting to have any kind of animal. Lions, togers, leopards etc.


• Pin the tail on the elephant. Simply draw a large elephant on a sheet of paper. Attach the papre to a wall. Organise a tie and bluetack to attach the tail


• Play Guess Who. Dress up and photograph well know party guests or teachers. Have the kids guess who each photograph is of


• Play animal charades.


• Have a safari trivia contest. Any encyclopedia will give lots of great facts to base the quiz on.


• For younger kids set up a crafts table with safari animal coloring in. Also there are animal foam craft kits to keep everyone busy making their own safari animals.


• Draw giant animal footprints on a mural or the foor, say of 5 to 10 animals. Give the children a comlimentary list of animals and ask them to say which footprint belongs to which animal. Some craft shops have kids animal face mask kits. The idea is the kids can decorate their own animal masks.


• Best costume contest.


• Have a treasure hunt. Give everyone a map of the venue.Hide various safari items round the venue and have everyone find them. All they do is mark the location of each treasure item on their map.

The right games ideas for graduation party can make it great fun!

Safari Ideas For Graduation Party - Favors

Favor ideas for graduation party can make it truly memorable.

In a pith helmet put lots of favors. Plastic binoculars, compass, flashlights, water bottle, animal crackers, snake, torch light, map, disposable camera, animal tattoos, soft toys and safari prints.

Also cake, gummy worms and animal crackers.

Also jungle animal sounds cds would be a great reminder of the party.

Safari Ideas For Graduation Party - Music

There are great music ideas for graduation party.

You should be able to find great animal sounds CDs! These add an amazing atmosphere to the party.

Safari Ideas For Graduation Party - Ideas

More safari ideas for graduation party:

• Take a photo of everyone against a safari background


• Hire a safari set


• Organise wonderful African dancers


• There will be lots of gifts for the graduate. Thank You notes written by the graduate are the best!


• Write out rough timings for the party, including expected games times and when you want to serve the food


• The kids need some free time just to play, arrange activity areas where they can choose what to do, or just run around exploring the ideas for graduation party


• Stick to games the kids know, it can be too much to teach a new game


• Try to avoid games where some kids are out. An increasing number of bored kids will not help the party


• Protect your furniture, safari ideas for graduation party can be messy


• Talk to your neighbours in advance


• Save money and have a joint party with other graduates.
  This can give excellent cost sharing, lots of people to do the work and help find items at cheaper costs.


• Save money and Buy Bargain Supplies!


• Save money and book venues for the cheaper weeknights, perhaps giving more money for decorating ideas for graduation party.


• Think about the venue and the likely weather. A tent, kindergarten, YMCA, local park or school gym can be great alternatives.

For favors, prizes and great party supplies see the World's Largest Party Superstore.

It's always fun to be silly from time to time and you can certainly manage that with safari ideas for graduation party.

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