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Go to a real circus performance or create a mini-circus in your yard or nearby park.
Fun Invitation ideas for a Circus Party include:
- personalized clown invitation
- big top with flaps that open to reveal invitation
- clown
- Greatest Show on Earth slogan
- have guests bring bikes, wagons, scooters, big wheel cars, etc.
More Invitation ideas and tips!
Fun Decorations for a Circus Party include:
- personalized party banners
- streamers
- balloons
- stuffed animals
- funny paper clown faces
- play tape of festive music
Fun Games & Activities for a Circus Party include:
- guess how many jelly beans in a jar
- ball, coin or ring toss
- balloon stomp
- pin the nose on the clown or pin the trunk on the elephant
- circus parade
- jump rope games
- relay races
- teach juggling
- face painting
- giant bubbles
If your budget permits, hire a clown.
Fun Arts & Crafts ideas for a Circus Party include:
- decorate birthday banner or giant card
- draw or paint a circus mural
- make paper clown hats
- modeling clay clowns
- funny pipe cleaner figures
Fun Foods for a Circus Party include:
- popcorn
- peanuts
- cupcakes decorated with sugar sprinkles and an animal cracker or clown cupcakes
Fun Favors for a Circus Party include:
- JoJo's Circus Favor Box
- animal crackers
- whistles
- punching balloons
- paddle balls
- blowing bubbles
- jump rope
- yo-yos
- magic tricks
- funny glasses
- clown noses
Special Resources for a Circus Party include:
- Celebrate Express
- Shindigz.com
- Kids' Party Fun Directory (entertainment, rentals, and places)
- Circus coloring pages
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