Circus Birthday Party Ideas
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BALLOON INVITATIONS - Blow up balloon and write party details on it. Deflate balloon and mail to guests with a note of instruction to "For party instructions, blow up balloon.

TICKET INVITATIONS - Cut red or yellow card stock into a rectangle-shape that will fit into the envelope you use. Write the following on each ticket:

ADMIT ONE
To The Greatest Show On Earth
(Name's) Circus Birthday Party
Show Time & Date:
Location: Big Top at (Address)
R.S.V.P. To Ringmaster: (Name & Phone #)
Costume Required.

POPCORN INVITATIONS - Across the top of the bag write:

(Name's) Circus Birthday Party
Costume Required.

Then add below:

Come One, Come All,
For A Poppin' Good Time.
It's My (#) Birthday,
So You Must Come & Play.

Show Time & Date:
Location: Big Top at (Address)
R.S.V.P. To Ringmaster: (Name & Phone #)

ANIMAL CRACKERS INVITATIONS - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" colorful card stock into 4 pieces with decorative scissors. Write the following party details on one side:

Under The Big Top You Will Find,
Lions, Tigers, And Bears, Oh! My.
What A Birthday Party It's Gonna Be,
Come On Over And Celebrate with Me!

On the other side write the following:

(Name's) Circus Birthday Party
Show Time & Date:
Big Top At: (Address)
R.S.V.P. To Ringmaster: (Name & Phone #)
Costume Required.

Decorate with circus-related stickers and laminate invitation. Hole-punch upper left corner and thread ribbon through and tie to animal cracker box handle. Hand-deliver invitations.

BIG TOP CIRCUS TENT INVITES - Cut your invites in the shape of the big top tent. When the flaps open up, then the party details will be revealed.

EMBELLISH READY-MADE CIRCUS BIRTHDAY PARTY INVITATIONS - Buy ready-made circus invitations and embellish picture with glitter, sequins, etc.


CIRCUS COSTUMES

Ask guests to wear clown or circus animal costumes. Or ask guests to wear baggy clown clothes and transform them into clowns with face paint, big clown noses, funny hats, and oversized ties as they arrive. Be sure to have Mom, Dad, and any helpers dress accordingly. Here's some great Clown Costumes to get you started.

As guests arrive, you could also give them each a Circus Party Mask or fun Clown Nose to help them get into the circus party mood. Also, you might consider setting up a face-painting station and have a few teenagers use this fun Fantasy Make-Up Kit to create lions, tigers, and bear faces, along with clown faces.

For some more clown costume ideas, check out our CLOWN COSTUME IDEAS photos and how-to tips. They are nothing less than fun and fabulous!


CIRCUS BIRTHDAY PARTY DECORATIONS

Create a circus atmosphere using primary colors with some of the following ideas:

• Line walkway with clusters of balloons on tall stakes stuck in ground.

• Line walkway with multi-colored, string pennant flags (used at store grand openings) or make your own using felt.

• Hang a sign on the front door that says, "Welcome To (Name's Birthday Big Top."

• Put a Carnival Ticket Booth at your driveway entrance with someone dressed as a clown handing out admittance tickets.

• Create a ticket booth from a refrigerator box and decorate it.

• Create your own Big Top with this gigantic Circus Canopy Tent.

• Put balloons outside to alert guests of party location. Attach to mailbox, hang from tree, or tie to car antenna.

• Create a tent atmosphere with brightly colored sheets or a parachute.

• Transform your party room walls into a circus atmostphere with these Circus Wall Decorations or a Circus Wall Graphic. When the party is over, transfer them to your child's bedroom walls.

• Hang this fun Circus Banner on your party room walls.

• Create the Big Top in the party room by enclosing the ceiling with streamers. Hang them generously from center of ceiling to all edges of the room.

• Add clusters of balloons and curling ribbons around room. Here are some balloons to consider:

  Circus Party Mylar Balloon
  Circus Tent Mylar Balloon
  Carnival Plastic Bubble Balloon

• Decorate room with stuffed animals. Attach balloons or put party hats on animals.

• Create a true circus atmosphere by labeling each party section of your circus party with these Circus Party Signs.

• Create circus-type posters to hang on walls by downloading and enlarging clowns and circus animals.

• Create a photo-op with this fun Circus Party Photo Banner. The kids pose as the face of a funny clown, a circus master, or in the jaws of a lion.

• Create signs that say "Greatest Show On Earth" and "Ladies and Gentlemen, Children of All Ages..."

• Create a ticket booth from a refrigerator box and decorate it.

• Cover tables with primary colored tablecloth and tie corners with curling ribbon.

• Serve your popcorn in either Large Popcorn Boxes or Small Popcorn Boxes.

• Decorate archways or doorways with various colored streamers.

• Use circus plates, cups, napkins, tablecloth, centerpiece, Circus Party Cone Hats, and wall cutouts.

• You could also place this cute little Circus Sipper Cup & Straw at each place-setting. The cup can double as a take-home favor.

• Create a circus centerpiece in a plastic popcorn container. To weight container and provide substance to hold contents in place, fill with dry beans or split peas. Add balloons and large suckers on sticks. Tie multiple strands of curling ribbons to sticks and insert in container. Add party horns and blowers. Camouflage top of container with circus tissue crumpled.

• Create carnival booths for some party activities. Cover a card table with a colorful tablecloth. Create booth frame with either scrap wood or PVC pipe taped together. Paint and decorate frame with streamers and balloons. Hang signs identifying booths' activities, e.g., Hot Dogs, Face Painting, Balloon Animals, Bean Bag Toss, etc.

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MONEY-SAVING TIP

Before you purchase anything, be sure to check out the circus birthday party supplies that are being offered on eBay. Many times, you'll find great new items at a fraction of the retail price.


CIRCUS BIRTHDAY PARTY GAME IDEAS & ACTIVITIES

Here's an entire page with nothing but Circus Games and Activities, such as:

• Pin The Nose On Mr. Clown
• Clown Relay
• What Circus Animal Am I?
• Walk The Tight Rope
• Feed The Wild Animals
• Decorate Clown Hats using this Clown Hat Kit
• Circus Ball Toss
• Win A Fish
• "Egg" Toss
• Ring Toss
• Balloon Animals using this Funsational Twisty Balloon Kit
• Tin Can alley
• Water Gun Shooting Gallery
• Ticket Redemption
• Inflatable Bounce House Or Moonwalk
• Clown
• Clown Pinata

• Hotdogs wrapped in foil or in red & white plastic hotdog holders.
• Nachos
• Pizza
• Corn dogs
• Corn on the cob
  

• Popcorn in red & white bags (Consider renting a machine)
• Candied or caramel apples
• Peanuts - Put into individual bag with "Peanuts" label.
• Animal crackers
• Cracker Jacks
• Soft pretzels
• Giant lollipop
• Cotton candy (Consider renting a machine)
• Snow cones (Consider renting a machine)
• Lemonade

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CIRCUS SHEET CAKE - Bake white sheet cake and frost white. Decorate with plastic circus toppers, train, and animals.

CIRCUS CUPCAKES - Make white cupcakes and frost white. Put an animal cracker in the middle and cage it in with black icing.

CLOWN CUPCAKES - Make or buy cupcakes and frost them in various circus colors. Top them each with a Clown Cake Pick or an Edible Clown Sugar Decoration.

CAROUSEL CAKE - Decorate animal crackers with tinted icing and let dry. Bake 2 round layer cakes, stack, and frost with white frosting. To create carousel, place peppermint sticks in a circle on top of cake. Place animal crackers next to sticks. Place Jelly Bellys or jelly beans around bottom edge of cake. Decorate sides with frosting piped out in red, green, and yellow stripes. Make canopy by tracing a dinner plate onto heavy paper. Cut out circle and make a cut from 1 edge to center. Overlap edges and glue to make cone-shape. Set on top of sticks.

CLOWN CAKE #1 - Bake 2 round cakes. Cut the sides off 1 cake to make it into the shape of a clown hat and lay it next to the round cake, which is the clown head. Frost round cake with white or cream colored frosting. Tint remaining frosting blue and frost hat. Decorate center of hat with large nonpareils and put M&M's around hat edges.

Create eyes using round chocolate wafer cookies. Put dab of frosting in center of each wafter and a skittle on top of frosting to create eyeball. Place red skittles in a curve to create mouth. Put red plastic ball on cake for nose. Place red string licorice around sides for hair. Use colored marshmallows around bottom of cake to create clown's collar.

CLOWN CAKE #2 - Make mini clown cakes for everyone to have using this Mini Wonder Mold Cake Pan. This mold also creates doll and car cakes.

CLOWN HAT CAKE - Make a fun clown hat cake using thisClown Hat-Shaped Cake Pan and decorate it according to one of the options provided with the pan or make-up your own!


CIRCUS BIRTHDAY PARTY FAVOR IDEAS

If you're in the market for ready-made favor kits, here's some options to check out:

Circus Party Deluxe Favor Set
Clown Favor Set
Here's a Circus Party Favor Kit that even comes with cotton candy!

You can either handout a Circus Party Favor Bag or a Circus Party Favor Box filled with fun circus favors, or set-up a prize booth and let kids cash in winning tickets for prizes. Circus birthday party favors might include:

Circus Tattoos
Circus Pencils
Circus Duck
Circus Party Pinwheels
Circus Party Stickers
Clown Sticker Book
Big Top Blowout Ice Cream Bubbles
Finger Puppets

Other favor ideas might be whistles, stuffed animals, circus activity books, markers or crayons; animal crackers, goldfish crackers, or teddy grahams.


CIRCUS BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS FOR PARTY SUPPLIES

Here's some great Circus party supplies including ideas for partyware, invitations, favors, and lots of decor!

Here's some fun Three-Ring Circus Party Supplies including ideas for banners, pinatas, partyware, favors, balloons, clown make-up, and more!

Here's a lot of unique Carnival Party Supplies including personalized circus booths, fringe banners and pennants, circus character and elephant standees, along with great party favors that are less than $1!




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