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Party is the cat's meow

Emma Kowalchuck (in a tiger suit, no hat) and 28 other children have a roaring good time at her tiger-themed sixth birthday party. The Long Island, N.Y., girl asked her guests to donate money for tiger conservation in lieu of gifts. In doing so, she raised $446, which she gladly gave to Save The Tiger Fund.

"Emma has really become an animal person," says her mother, Leslie Brennan." She was inspired by the Save The Tiger Fund website and decided that tigers were her favorite big cat."

Party guests got to pet nearly 20 animals including a large snake and a fox, courtesy of a Long Island firm that educates people about wildlife and habitat conservation. They were also treated to a tiger cake, animal-related crafts and a National Geographic special about endangered animals. "Emma continues to be interested in rescuing endangered animals, " her mother says. "She's just as enthusiastic as ever."

Ideas for your tiger Birthday celebration - invitations and costumes

• Make your own tiger invitations
• Make tiger masks
• Black and orange tiger placemats
• Make tiger ice cream cones.

Decorations

• Turn your house and yard into a jungle with streamers, decorative tissue paper, or balloons in jungle colors such as greens, beiges, and browns . Twist green and yellow paper streamers into vines by twisting them together.
• Create animal "paw print" paths out of cardboard or paper.
• Hang wild animal posters on the walls, place stuffed animals as you can on the floor.
• You can make palm trees out of cardboard rolls covered in brown paper or felt. Placed wire in the middle of each green paper or felt leaf and stick them in a piece of foam on top of the tree.
  

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• Bake a tiger cake and cub-cakes

Bake one round cake and two cupcakes. Arrange cupcakes as tiger ears and the cake round as the face. Frost cakes with orange frosting and detail with white and black frosting for stripes.

• Tiger ice cream cones

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