Start your circus party off right with a colorful and fun invitation. Party411.com has a personalized circus birthday invitation that will get everyone's attention! Add a little gold star confetti to the envelope for an extra splash of color and sparkle!
Another great idea is to send tickets as invitations to your party! Choose from personalized ticket invitations in nine colors, or even photo ticket invitations that you customize with your photo and wording!
You can always make your own invitation. Stick with bright colors and bold fonts that scream circus! Add some fun wording:
Come one, Come all!
To the Greatest Show on Earth...
Alex's Three Ring Birthday Circus!Join us under the Big Top on
Sunday, June 15th
at 2 o'clock
Don't clown around, RSVP to the ringmaster - 555-1234Think of fun ways to dress the invite up. Why not slip it inside a popcorn bag? You can find them at many restaurant supply stores.
Start by welcoming everyone to your party with a circus banner hanging out front. Add bunches of bright latex balloons to each side of the banner. You can also line the drive or walkway with bunches of balloons, just anchor the bouquets with plastic stakes or balloon weights (beanie elephants make super cute balloon weights by the way).
After your guests walk up the path of balloons, great them with an adult (also dressed as a clown) making the kids balloon animals. The clown can also hand out red clown noses and circus clown hats to everyone; an inexpensive touch that your guests will love! Have everyone leave a message for the guest of honor on a personalized circus themed sign in board.
Inside, another fun welcome is either a female lifesize clown cutout or a male lifesize clown cutout featuring the face of the birthday boy or girl with a speech bubble welcoming everyone to the show!
Food is a huge part of the circus, but it is more of a grab and go affair than a sit down meal. Start with circus themed paper goods and set up a fun and bright table. We love the animals and circus theme used on the plates, cups and napkins. There are even great circus themed placemats to match the entire design with fun games and puzzles printed on the back as extra entertainment for the kids.
For food at your party, offer an array of concession stand foods such as:
- Corn Dogs and Hot Dogs
- Nachos
- Sub Sandwich
- French Fries
- Popcorn
- Cotton Candy
- Icees
A nice touch is to offer bottled water with personalized circus theme labels. If you have it in the budget you can rent popcorn, hot pretzel and cotton candy machines. But bags of store bought popcorn work fine as well! And remember to have a fun circus theme cake or cupcakes.
The best part of the circus is the entertainment! A few carnival type games will be great fun for everyone.
A clown ball toss game stand-up is a fun game for all ages. Older kids can stand further back than the younger children to make it challenging.
Set up a female clown photo op and a male clown photo op for fabulous photos of your guests enjoying your party. Have one of the adults snap the pictures early in the party and then print them out before everyone leaves. Let the kids take home their pictures in a simple plastic frame that you have decorated with permanent marker to read "I clowned around at Alex's Birthday Circus".
Rubber duckies can be set in a kiddie pool. Have the children pick a duck, and the number on the bottom of the duck corresponds with a small prize!
Enlist a few adults to be your circus performers. Take volunteers for a ringmaster, clowns, jugglers, lion tamers (and lions), and the bearded lady. The adults will have as much fun as the kids! Set up a number of folding chairs under your tent and let the show begin!
Send your little circus go-ers home with a party favor that is exciting as the circus themed birthday was! Our three-ring circus party favor box is a circus train-car box that includes an Three-Ring Circus sticker sheet, a Three-Ring Circus blowout, foam clown nose, cotton candy and 2 assorted tattoos! Or start with an empty circus car favor box and add in some fun treats:
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