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Create a circus party (Ages 2 to 8)

Here's everything you'll need to turn your home or garden into a big top of celebration!

Invitation ideas
Make clown masks using thick craft paper, felt-tip pens, sequins and glitter. Use strong glue to attach a red rubber ball for a nose, then cut out eyeholes. Tie string to either side of each mask, write the party details on the inside of the masks and post them in large envelopes.

Costume ideas

  • Ask guests to come dressed as clowns. Suggest they dress in colourful, baggy clothes. Decorate their faces with face paint.
  • Ask guests to come as circus performers such as trapeze artists or jugglers.
  • Award costume prizes for funniest, most creative, scariest and so on. Make sure that every child gets a prize.
  • Make this easy clown costume

Decoration ideas

  • Make your own big top tents by hanging sheets and blankets or crepe paper streamers from the ceiling.
  • Create carnival game booths using large cardboard appliance boxes painted with poster paint.
  • Fill the party room with multi-coloured balloons for a festive atmosphere.
  • Place stuffed animals and clown dolls as an added attraction.
  • Distribute items used in a circus, such as hoops, nets, and juggling balls throughout the party room.

Games

  • Have the 'clowns' do circus stunts, taking turns being the ringmaster. The kids can jump through hoops, leap over skipping ropes, and duck under sticks.
  • Play carnival games using the cardboard box booths. Include such games as Hoopla with rings cut from cardboard; Gone Fishin' with sticks, string, and magnets for fishing poles; Penny Platter with pennies tossed on a plate; and Water Gun Shooting Gallery with water pistols to shoot small plastic bottles off a ledge.


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