Birthday Parties
Celebrate your child’s birthday with a nature-themed party at Schlitz Audubon! Each 2-hour party includes 1.5 hours of naturalist-led activities, including intimate meet & greets with one (or multiple!) live animal ambassadors, interactive activities relating to the party’s theme, and outdoor experiences through a guided hike or play time in one of outdoor classrooms. Parties conclude with 30 minutes of parent-led celebration time.
Party prices listed below include up to a maximum of 15 children and 30 total guests. All themes are available year-round and are not weather-dependent. We offer several add-on activities for additional cost. Time slots are available on weekends in the morning or early afternoon – availability fills up quickly so it is recommended to inquire at least 8-10 weeks in advance. Additional birthday information, including a breakdown of the schedule, pictures of the party locations, and guidelines regarding food and refreshments, can be provided upon inquiry.
We require a $50 deposit to secure your date upon booking. The deposit is non-refundable, but can be transferred if you reschedule your party to a different date.
Please note that these themes and prices are only for children’s birthday parties. If you are interested in booking a party for an adult, or a party larger than 30 people, please contact rental@schlitzaudubon.org or visit our Corporate & Private Events page. Animal meet and greets can be added to your private rental pending availability.
Which bird is fastest? Which has silent flight? Join us for an interactive comparison of falcons, hawks, and owls. After meeting four of our live raptor ambassadors, we’ll do some hands-on exploration with raptor artifacts and then head to the trails to see if we can spot any of our feathered friends in the wild.
Members: $325 | Non-Members: $350 | Recommended for children of all ages
With awesome power, spectacular strength, a huge wingspan, and massive talons, this “king of the wind” is the very essence of a raptor. Be amazed as a Bald Eagle headlines this party, accompanied by hawks, owls, and falcons. After this awe-inspiring meet and greet, we’ll go on a hike to see if we can spot any raptors soaring high above.
Members: $425 | Non-Members: $450 | Recommended for children of all ages
Your child will have a hoot of a party with a personalized meet and greet with our night-time hunting specialists. Visits from three of our owls are included in this party package, as well as an interactive guided hike to search for signs of these nocturnal hunters.
Members: $325 | Non-Members: $350 | Recommended for children of all ages
Through this party, children will discover the enchanted world of forest fairies. We will start the party by reading A Fairy Friend and meeting a fairy friend – a live turtle or snake ambassador! Then we’ll head to one of our outdoor play spaces to search for natural materials and build simple fairy houses for the fairies that live at Schlitz Audubon.
Members: $300 | Non-Members: $325 | Recommended for children ages 2-8
This party can feature a Build-A-Fairy activity* in addition to the outdoor play time for children 4 and up. This craft is offered year-round for an additional $30.
*The real fairies come and go but your child can create a fairy that stays forever! They will build a fairy out of prepped wooden beads, yarn, pipe cleaners and flower petals. They can bring their fairy on the hike to build a fairy house in the forest and take it home after the party.
Discover the critters that crawl in the soil. This party explores the underground world where insects and their relatives live. Guests will meet three live animal ambassadors, including two invertebrates and one reptile or amphibian bug-eater. We’ll head outside to flip logs in the forest and search for their wild friends.
Members: $300 | Non-Members: $325 | Recommended for children ages 4 and up
For an additional $30, this party can feature a ponding activity* in place of flipping logs in April-October for children 5 and up. In winter, the outdoor component will be a general guided hike.
*We will hike to a pond to see the abundance of tiny aquatic wildlife below the water. The children will investigate these organisms hands-on and up close, using equipment like strainers and buckets to get a better look at them. They will have the chance to identify them and share what they found with their friends around them.
If your child likes animals that slither and crawl, this is the party for them! Attendees will be have up-close and personal experiences with three of our turtle and snake ambassadors and go on a hike to see if they can spot any of these creatures in the wild.
Members: $300 | Non-members: $325 | Recommended for children of all ages
For an additional $30, this party can feature a ponding activity* in place of the guided hike in April-October for children 5 and up.
*We will hike to a pond to see the abundance of tiny aquatic wildlife below the water. The children will investigate these organisms hands-on and up close, using equipment like strainers and buckets to get a better look at them. They will have the chance to identify them and share what they found with their friends around them.
Children will help tell the story of a tenacious screech owl family through an interactive reading of the book Screech Owl at Midnight Hollow, which follows a tenacious screech owl family. Afterwards, we’ll meet one of the Center’s live Eastern Screech Owls and then head outside for to search for wild screech owls, their homes, and their prey.
Members: $300 | Non-members: $325 | Recommended for children ages 3-6
Children will help tell the story of Willow, our Northern Saw-whet Owl, during an interactive reading of the book The Smallest Owl, which follows the journey of Willow and how she came to Schlitz Audubon. Afterwards, we’ll get to meet Willow and then head outside to explore where owls may live. The birthday child will also go home with a copy of the book!
Members: $315 | Non-members: $340 | Recommended for children ages 2-6
Children will play and laugh during an interactive reading of our original storybook A Whimsical Woodland Birthday. Guests will meet one of the characters from the storybook – a live reptile ambassador! We will then head out to one of our outdoor classrooms for some imaginative nature exploration.
Members: $300 | Non-members: $325 | Recommended for children ages 1-6