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Invitations Verse: Step right up and join the fun! Or … The Circus is in town for __________ 's birthday! Or … Come one, come all to the greatest show on earth! Show time: ________________ (time) Arena: ____________________ (address) RSVP to save your spot by ___________ (2 -3 days before the party date) to the Ringmasters: _____________ (parents name) |
Circus Party Decorations
Decorate the party room or outside area like a circus big top tent.
Use a canopy or a large parachute to make the
big top and then hang
yellow and red streamers from the top to make it look festive. Use lots
of helium balloons
and streamers - red, yellow and blue.
Yellow and red pennant flags on strings - or make them out of felt triangles.
Fun Ideas
Have a parent or adult dress up like a ringmaster in a coat with
tails and a large hat.
If you will be playing circus/carnival type games make a ticket booth out of a large appliance box and paint it red and yellow. Give children tickets to play the different games and to exchange for food.
Circus Party Games
Walk the tight rope - lay down a length of rope on the ground and
have the kids pretend that it is a circus high wire
tight rope. Have
them balance while they are walking and let the ringmaster ask for large
applause when they finish.
Feed the Lions - Trace a large lions head onto a poster board and
cut out a 8 x 8” hole for his mouth. Make small
bean bags out of
brightly colored yellow and read fabric. One by one let the children
toss the bean bags into the
mouth of the lion. If you are giving away
prizes let them win tickets to redeem at the prize table at the end of
the
party.
Clown Relay - Gather two sets of crazy oversize clothes, big wigs,
super size shoes, large sunglasses and red plastic noses. Divide the
children into two teams and one at at time 1 person from each team must
run to the pile of circus clown clothes, put everything on, run back and
tag their teammates, then run back to where the clothes were and
take
them off again. Then they must run back to their team and tag the next
person to go. The winner is the team
that completes the relay with every
team member first.
Circus Party Activities
Face Painting
Balloon Animals
Let children decorate a little white sack with circus animal stickers
and red and yellow markers. Use as a goody bag
and to hold tickets and
prizes.
Decorate photo frames with circus themed animals and shapes.
Decorate clown hats and then paint everyone’s face like a clown and have fun making everyone laugh. Great picture opportunity for the photo frames.
Clown piñata filled with candy and circus treats.
Bounce Houses or Moonwalks
Bubbles
Teach circus tricks like: juggling, summersaults, clowning around
Circus Party Food
Serve yummy circus food - hotdogs wrapped in foil, popcorn in
red/white bags, small bags of cotton candy (or rent a cotton candy
machine), snow cones or nachos.
Cupcakes with animal crackers in the center - make a cage out of pretzels or black icing.
Circus train cake with fun animals.
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