The perfect game for outdoor birthday parties. This game can be enjoyed by both boys and girls at a children’s party. This was first designed for a Dora the Explorer birthday party. Kind of like musical chairs and a perfect kids outdoor birthday party game. To prepare for this game, you will need to get some pictures of jungle animals. For this example we will say that there are eight children at your party. You would need: 8 giraffes 7 hippos 6 monkeys 5 elephants 4 snakes 3 parrots 2 crocodiles 1 lion
Cut out the images (you can photocopy the same images for each animal) and glue them onto paper plate-sized circles of cardstock. Place all the images around the garden in different places. Then you turn on the music and the children march in a circle in the middle of the garden like hunters on the prowl. When the music stops, you call out the name of an animal and they have to run and try to find a picture of that animal. The child who does not return with an animal or brings the wrong one is out. You have to start by shouting the name of the animal you have the most photos of and move down the list. If a child brings in a picture of the wrong animal, they must replace it or two people will be out when that animal arrives.
The last child to get the Lion (the animal of which there is only one) is the winner.