Safari Kids Birthday Party Crafts

Inspire a sense of creative adventure with these cool birthday party crafts including DIY moveable paper animals that you print from an online pattern.

Movable Paper Animals

• Animal paper craft patterns, such as the moving elephant and zebra, are downloadable at Canon online.
• Visit their website to see a variety of printable paper crafts and determine which styles are appropriate for the birthday child's age group.
• Some of the crafts have many pieces to assemble, which would definitely be for ages 5 and up.
• After you download the patterns, print and cut them out.
• Put one together as an example for the kids to make themselves.
• Or make some animals on your own and decorate the tabletop with them.

Make Animal Masks

Animal mask crafts come in all shapes and sizes, from mask coloring kits to making paper plates and recyclable items into a wild disguise.

• For young kids, keep the craft simple with a "color-your-own" mask kit.
• Another idea is to give the kids safe, clean recyclable items along with common craft supplies, and watch them create amazing masks! Here's a website with a fun pig mask to use as an example.

Suggested Materials for Recyclable Item Animal Masks:

• Assorted colors of craft paint
• Artist brushes
• Masking tape
• White glue
• White paper plates (mask base)
• Plastic bottle caps (pig noses)
• Plastic 6-pack can holders
• Empty Cereal Boxes
• Cardboard paper towel cylinders
• Yarn (hair)
• Craft felt and scrap materials
• Construction paper
• Markers & crayons
• Kid scissors