Circus Birthday Theme

Make the birthday the greatest show on earth with these Circus party and magical party ideas for kids. 

Choose your favorite ideas to create your own special Circus party.  

Fun Circus party ideas for Circus theme invitations, decorations, party games, activities, party food and much more.

Circus Party Invitations

Create an admit one ticket with a circus font.

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!
July 5, 2008 when we celebrate Marcy’s birth.
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 for a Circus Party

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 Circus 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. 

Circus Clown Relay

Gather two equal sets of crazy oversize clothes, big wigs, super size shoes, large sunglasses and red plastic noses. Divide the children into 2 teams and one at at time each team sends a person to run to the big pile of circus clown clothes, put everything on, run back and tag their teammates, then go back to where the clothes were and  take them off again. Then they must return to the team so the next child can go. The winner is the team  that completes the relay with every team member first.

3 Ring Circus Game

What you need for the game:
Large or small group
Large area to run
Played similar to the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with tag thrown in for fun.  Instead of Rock, paper and scissors the signs are Elephant, Mouse and Tiger

In a large play area create two zones at each end of the area as team safe spaces. Divide the space in half and place a marker in the middle (a tape line or orange cones).

Divide the players into two teams.
Both groups start at their end zones and decide on which character (Elephant, mouse or tiger) they will be.  The whole team must be the same thing.
Teams meet at the middle line.
The announcer calls “Elephant, ... Mouse, ... Tiger… Go!” and together each team performs their sign. (Teams can make their animal sign large with their bodies or come together as a group.)
The team that wins chases losing team trying to tag them before the losing team makes it their safe zone. If any of the losing team members make it back to the safe zone without getting tagged then they are safe. If they are tagged then they must join the winning team.

Elephant beats Tiger,
Mouse beats Elephant,
Tiger beats Mouse.

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