Children’s Birthday Parties

Children’s Birthday Parties

Calling all Conservation Champions! Celebrate your child’s “bird-day” at the National Aviary and enjoy unique amenities you won’t find elsewhere! From immersive habitats to one-of-a-kind experiences, the Aviary is the perfect location for your next celebration.

Children’s Birthday Party Package Includes:

  • A birthday party room rental on Saturday or Sunday from 11:30 am – 1 pm
  • Same-day General Admission for up to 20 guests for $400 or 30 guests for $500 (any combination of children and adults)
    • Habitat access for ALL party guests (even after the party ends!)
  • A special gift and postcard for the birthday kid from your Aviary friends
  • Access to Interactive Play Spaces:
    • Wildwood Cabin: Build your very own log cabin with our wooden building blocks, and even “camp” there! 
    • Woodland Puppet Theater: You’re invited to a woodland animal party that YOU create using plush avian puppets. 
    • What’s in a Tree? Sensory Table: Leaves, fruit, nests, bugs, and birds – explore what lives in and around forest trees. 
    • Color Your Own Critter: Watch as YOUR woodland critter creations come to life on-screen with Draw Alive! 
    • Forests Climb and Play: Pretend to be a forest-dwelling eagle in our larger-than-life birds’ nest, weather permitting.
    • Storybook Nook: Cozy up on a tree stump cushion and read a story full of forest friends practically flying off the page!  
  • Tables and chairs with an array of plastic tablecloth color options*

DON’T FORGET: All National Aviary Members receive 10% off our Children’s Birthday Party Package AND 10% off Children’s Birthday Party catering, courtesy of Atria’s Specialty Catering!

Animal Encounter

Our Animal Encounters are the perfect way to make a child’s special day unforgettable! Get up close and personal with some of the world’s most fascinating animals and enjoy amazing photo opportunities! Animal Encounters could be with a bird of prey, a parrot, or an armadillo.

Scarlet Macaw at the National Aviary

Catering

A fresh cut seasonal fruit display

Delicious food and beverage options from Executive Chef Nathan Collins and Atria’s Specialty Catering. Click here to view menu options. Guests may bring their own dessert.

For inquiries and to book your child’s birthday party today, contact our events team at [email protected], through our Contact Events Manager Form, or by calling 412-258-9463.

You can help provide care for more than 500 birds and animals that call the National Aviary home by creating a personal fundraising page to share with your family and friends. We appreciate your efforts in raising money to support our animal care, conservation, and endangered Species Survival Plan® initiatives. Thank you for being a friend of our flock!

Create your birthday fundraiser here!

*Pending availability

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When you think of animal ambassadors, giant pandas and bald eagles come to mind, but a skunk? The latest animal ambassador at the National Aviary is a sister pair of 4-month-old striped skunks from the Cincinnati Zoo.

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National Aviary selects 3 sets of names for new skunk sisters for public to vote on | WPXI

The aviary’s animal care team has selected six names (three pairs) for the public to vote on in round two of the competition. The names are Feta and Ricotta, Petunia and Daisy, and Poppy and Pepper.

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