holiday gift guide

Our limited-edition holiday collection includes penguins, sloths, palm pals & more!

On our 2024 Wild Connections, you can get up close and personal with our animals, including our Animal Ambassadors, Macaws, River Otter, Humboldt Penguins, Rainforest Birds and Sharks!

Decorate your tree with an ornament inspired by your favorite resident of Brookfield Zoo!

Give lifelong memories when your giftee meets Brookfield Zoo's Humboldt penguins at our Penguin Encounter!

Want to send your loved ones a holiday message they'll never forget? Book a personalized Cameo video featuring Brookfield Zoo's reindeer!

Share the care when you gift an adoption of our new baby giraffe, Kinda, born at Brookfield Zoo on August 19! Plush animal and ornament add-ons available

Share the care when you gift an adoption of our new meerkat mob, who can now be seen at Desert's Edge! Plush animal and ornament add-ons available

A membership to Brookfield Zoo is the gift that keeps on giving! Your loved ones can enjoy Brookfield Zoo year-round with any of our memberships.

Enjoy more than 250 striking images, compiled by photographer Bernardo Sambra, that will take you on a journey through time and see the importance and challenges of a unique conservation model in the Punta San Juan Reserve on the Peruvian coast, home to Humboldt Penguins.

Written by a former Brookfield Zoo intern, the Pao Pangolin children's book is a story of courage and hope. All book sales benefit the Zoo.

Give the gift of a visit to Brookfield Zoo's Holiday Magic, Chicagoland’s longest-running lights festival featuring over two million twinkling LED lights! Plus, make your visit more magical when you select "Holiday Magic Add-Ons" to pre-purchase our online exclusive snow globe and souvenir hot chocolate carafe.