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Birthday Parties

Step 1: Select Party Package

Children enjoy an exciting and educational birthday party for their special day! Surrounded by the sights and sounds of the nature center your child’s special day will be one of exploration, learning, and fun. Birthdays are a member benefit. Current Family Membership is required.

Classic Party Package
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    2.5 hour reserved space in our outdoor covered pavilion complete with 8 picnic tables
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    Reservation includes:
  • 30 minutes for set-up before the party
  • 50-60 minutes of educator-led program
  • 30 minutes for food, dessert, and refreshments
  • Use of refrigerator
  • 30 minutes for clean-up after the party
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    Classic TNC party favor for all participating children

For Classic Party Package You Supply

  • Food, drinks and ice
  • Plates, cups, napkins, utensils, serving utensils
  • Tablecloths, decorations and additional party favors (no balloons or confetti, please)
  • Trash bags and clean-up supplies (TNC is a carry in/carry out facility)

*$375 up to 15 Participating Children
*$460 up to 20 Participating Children
*$500 up to 25 Participating Children

*Additional fee required for select themes and add-ons

Deluxe Party Package
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    3 hour reserved space in our outdoor covered pavilion complete with 8 picnic tables
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    Reservation includes:
  • 30 minutes for set-up before the party
  • 50-60 minutes of educator-led program
  • One 30 minute BONUS add-on activity
  • 30 minutes for food, dessert, and refreshments
  • Use of refrigerator
  • 30 minutes for clean-up after the party
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    Classic TNC party favor for all participating children

For Deluxe Party Package You Supply

  • Food, drinks and ice
  • Plates, cups, napkins, utensils, serving utensils
  • Tablecloths, decorations and additional party favors (no balloons or confetti, please)
  • Trash bags and clean-up supplies (TNC is a carry in/carry out facility)

*$450 up to 15 Participating Children
*$560 up to 20 Participating Children
*$650 up to 25 Participating Children

*Additional fee required for select themes and add-ons

Ultimate Party Package
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    3 hours reserved space in our outdoor covered pavilion complete with 8 picnic tables
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    Reservation includes:
  • 30 minutes for set-up before the party
  • 50-60 minutes of educator-led program
  • One 30 minute BONUS add-on activity
  • 30 minutes for food, dessert, and refreshments
  • Pizza & Drinks (water and lemonade) Provided
  • Plates, Cups, and Napkins Provided
  • Use of refrigerator
  • 30 minutes for clean-up after the party
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    Classic TNC party favor for all participants

For Ultimate Party Package You Supply

  • Serving utensils
  • Tablecloths, decorations and additional party favors (no balloons or confetti, please)
  • Trash bags and clean-up supplies (TNC is a carry in/carry out facility)

*$600 up to 15 Participating Children
*$760 up to 20 Participating Children
*$900 up to 25 Participating Children

*Additional fee required for select themes and add-ons

Step 2: Select Your Theme

TNC offers many different party themes for your child’s birthday. We make it easy for you by including recommended ages but TNC staff would be more than happy to discuss the options that best suit your guest of honor!

Parties instructed by an experienced Tenafly Nature Center Environmental Educator.

Experience an animal encounter with 3 TNC Animal Ambassadors. Guests discover how they are different and similar to each animal and how each species survives in the environment. This program can help children gain respect for and decrease their fears of animals. We will also take a short walk in search of native animals.

This party is for those who have dreamed of receiving a letter by an owl and learning about a whole wizarding world! We will meet 3 fantastic beasts including an owl, toad, and a snake and head into the forbidden forest…just be careful no one mentions this party to you-know-who!

Guests will take to the forest searching for a variety of living and natural wonders. Partygoers will create a keepsake bag and join their friends on a hunt for things found along TNC’s trails. Once the journey is complete, guests will trade in their collection for a reward.

Oh no! The faeries are lost in the woods. Partygoers will need to help save the lost faeries on the trails. As a reward, they will be gifted with faerie wings, crowns, and even a wand! As a special treat, guests may even meet animal who lives among the faeries.

Additional Fee $10 per participating child

Come and create your own cuddly friend! Guests will stuff their own teddy bears to take home. Bring the bears out for a stroll on the trails and play a game.

Additional Fee $20 per participating child

 

Guests will hike through TNC’s woods with an educator to find natural treasures and follow the clues to the buried treasure. When guests arrive they will decorate a keepsake bag to use as they explore our trails and learn about the organisms that inhabit our preserve. Great for kids needing to get some energy out on the trails!

 

What does it take to survive in the woods? Get ready to get dirty! Guests will learn the basics of survival by fire building, wayfinding and shelter building.

Parties instructed by an experienced Tenafly Nature Center Naturalist.

Silly Scavenger Hunt [Ages 2-5]

Guests will take to the forest searching for a variety of living and natural wonders. Partygoers will create a keepsake bag and join their friends on a hunt for things found along TNC’s trails. Once the journey is complete, guests will trade in their collection for a reward.

 
Faerie Tea Party* [Ages 3-6]

Oh no! The faeries are lost in the woods. Partygoers will need to help save the lost faeries on the trails. As a reward, they will be gifted with faerie wings, crowns, and even a wand! As a special treat, guests may even meet animal who lives among the faeries.

Additional Fee $55

 
BEARthday Party* [Ages 6-8] 

Come and create your own cuddly friend! Guests will stuff their own teddy bears to take home. Bring the bears out for a stroll on the trails and play a game.

Additional Fee $55

 
Terrific Treasure Hunt [Ages 6-10]

Guests will hike through TNC’s woods with an educator to find natural treasures and follow the clues to the buried treasure. When guests arrive they will decorate a keepsake bag to use as they explore our trails and learn about the organisms that inhabit our preserve. Great for kids needing to get some energy out on the trails!

 
Survival [Ages 8-12]

What does it take to survive in the woods? Get ready to get dirty! Guests will learn the basics of survival by fire building, wayfinding and shelter building.

 
TNC Amazing Animal Ambassadors! [All Ages]

Experience an animal encounter with 3 TNC Animal Ambassadors. Guests discover how they are different and similar to each animal and how each species survives in the environment. This program can help children gain respect for and decrease their fears of animals. We will also take a short walk in search of native animals.

 
Magical Beasts [All Ages]

This party is for those who have dreamed of receiving a letter by an owl and learning about a whole wizarding world! We will meet 3 fantastic beasts including an owl, toad, and a snake and head into the forbidden forest…just be careful no one mentions this party to you-know-who!

 

Do you love TNC’s natural setting, but want a “bigger” program? We offer programs through partnering education-based companies hosted in our space. Led by a guest naturalist. Additional fees apply for all.

Marvelous Mammals* [All Ages]

Meet mammals from around the world as you learn their life stories, their often humorous personality, fun facts, anecdotes and get animal eye-views! Guests can meet a variety of mammals chosen for the audience’s age range. Animals may include a rabbit, a Wallaby, guinea Pig, and the Patagonian Cavy.

Additional Fee $275

 
Radical Reptiles* [All Ages] 

Have your party in the scaly world of strange reptiles! Meet with a variety of reptiles, most of which can be touched under the watchful eyes of the instructor. Past guests have included lizards like a Blue-Tongued Skink, turtles like a Red-foot Tortoise, an amazing Burmese Python, and even a 5-6 ft Boa Constrictor!

Additional Fee $275

 
Extraordinary Creatures* [All Ages]

Some animals have a bad reputation based on appearances! Guests will meet and learn about animals with extraordinary adaptations to survive. This program is for brave party goers ready to meet some animals people may have called “monsters” but by the end of the party, all will call cool! Animals may include an alligator snapping turtle, electric catfish, an Anaconda species and more.

Additional Fee $325

 
Dynamite Dinosaurs* [All Ages]

Imagine a museum at the nature center! Enjoy an amazing, educational, and fun dinosaur presentation using museum-quality dinosaur, fossil and mineral specimens. Your guests will take home 3 genuine fossils of their choice, ranging from dinosaur bone, trilobites, fossil shark teeth and more. Guests go on a dinosaur egg hunt and even hatch them at the party. The party ends with a ring toss over a life-size T-Rex foot! Each guest will win a toy dinosaur.

Additional Fee $560 for 15 children, $615 for 20 children

 
Dinosaur Supreme* [All Ages]

Do you have a future paleontologist at home? Dinosaur Supreme has everything the Dynamite Dinosaurs has, plus more! The program includes an upgraded dig with 8 take-home pieces and pre-arranged goody bags filled with dinosaur theme items.

Additional Fee $710 for 15 children, $755 for 20 children.

 
Step 3: Select Your Bonus Add-on (Deluxe & Ultimate Packages Only)

If you chose the Deluxe or Ultimate party package, your included BONUS add-on are choices with an .

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    Animal Ambassador Meet & Greet
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    Campfire and BYOS'mores
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    Guided Nature Walk
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    Mud Kitchen (best for children 6 and under)
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    Natural Craft
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    Nature Games
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    Outdoor Heaters
Birthday To Go (Maximum group size is 30 children)

Bring the wild to your next party—right at home!

Looking to host a unique and unforgettable birthday without leaving the house? Let Tenafly Nature Center bring the excitement to you! Our experienced educators will travel to your location with a selection of fascinating Animal Ambassadors, creating a one-of-a-kind experience filled with fun, learning, and close-up encounters with live animals.

This one-hour program is perfect for curious kids and nature lovers of all ages. For the safety of our animals, presentations must be held indoors if the temperature is below 65°F. While we can’t guarantee specific animals, we promise a wild and wonderful time for everyone!

Within Bergen County: $275 plus mileage

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    Must have a parking space for TNC staff member near the entrance of your location.
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    If any pets, they must be removed from the room where our Animal Ambassadors will be for the safety of the animals and guests
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    TNC staff must have access to the outdoor location without needing to enter an inside building.
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    A mileage charge of the current IRS rate per mile round trip is added to the program fee if the location is outside of Tenafly.

Questions? Directly Contact the Birthday Coordinator

Pictures include photos courtesy of Mark Saunders Photography