It’s all about having a good time when you’re hosting an event. What could be more enjoyable than throwing the town’s most enchanting and stunning circus event? It’ll be a day full of fair food, carnival games, and plush animal prizes under the huge tent. We can help you if you’re planning a circus or carnival-themed party.
Carnival Themed Party Ideas
The first step in throwing a party is to consider where you want to hold it. You can throw a vibrant carnival circus party in your lawn or head to the fair. You may also engage a party planning business to throw a circus-themed party at a nearby location.
The perfect venue is totally dependent on your budget and requirements. Before you make any decisions, consider how much time you have to arrange the party. Keep in mind that more sophisticated events will necessitate more legwork, which will necessitate more planning and time.
You can start planning all of the exciting elements, from carnival food to games and activities, once you’ve selected where you want to have your event. Do you need some ideas? Here’s how to have a carnival-themed party with food and decorations inspired by the circus.
Party Decorations
When it comes to establishing the stage and decorating the area, the circus theme allows you to go large. You can rent a tent or a carousel to create a county fair ambiance if you’re throwing a carnival-themed party in your garden.
You can hire a local animal agency to provide horse and donkey rides, and in some locations, you can even rent camels and other exotic animals for an extravagant event.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money to throw a great circus-themed party. You can make decorations at home and use your imagination to make attendees feel as if they’re at a real fair. Look online for circus-themed printables to make your own decorations.
If you don’t want to pay to rent a tent, you can create your own by draping white fabric or a white sheet over a pole or a huge post. To bring the big top within, you can make a streamer canopy. Make a circus party backdrop instead for a quick alternative.
A ticket booth is required at every circus. Attendees should be greeted at the front and given tickets to the big fair.
A birthday banner with the child’s name or age can be hung over the ticket booth if the event is a carnival birthday party. Send your guests on their way to fun activities or delicious dishes once you’ve greeted them.
Magic and color are the names of the game when it comes to carnival party supplies and circus decor.
The red and white stripes found on most circus tents can be carried over to your tableware or tablecloths. Carnival decor is known for its bright colors, so add brightly colored balloons, streamers, and confetti to set the mood.
Animal balloons and magic show items, such as wands, magician hats, and decks of cards, can also be scattered around the area.
Party Costumes
Dress up for the occasion to add to the atmosphere. You can dress up as the ringmaster in a red and gold jacket and a top hat as the host.
Clowns, jugglers, lion tamers, acrobats, and magicians are some of the carnival characters you can dress up as. That’s one of the reasons carnival parties are so much fun: there’s a character for everyone, so everyone in your party can dress up for a day of fun.
You can go as simple or as detailed as you desire with your costumes. Carnival costumes can be purchased from party supply stores for a quick solution. Alternatively, you can enjoy the days leading up to the big day by getting together with friends or your kids to make DIY costumes.
You can make a top hat out of inexpensive materials like felt and cardboard, or you can utilize items you already own, such as a black button-up jacket for your ringmaster suit.
Party Invitations
Now that you know what it takes to throw a carnival-themed party, you can start planning who you want to invite. You can select and send the right invitations in minutes once you have your guest list.
These invitation designs are a simple and elegant way to invite people to your event. There’s no need to go to the post office or buy stamps.
Download Help
If you’re wondering on how to download this template collection and what you should do next, please read and follow these following guides:
- Choose your template design
- Move your mouse pointer and Left-Click the template
- Wait for a while, a new page will be appeared
- Right-click the template and choose “save image as” to save it
- Locate where the file will be saved in your device and Enter
If the download process has finished, Open the file with either Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop. Then insert your text or party information. Print the final draft on cardstock or any printing paper.
Party Cakes
Make a cake with white frosting and bake it. Colored icing tubes can be used to make red, yellow, and blue balloons. Toy animals should be placed around the perimeter.
Cupcakes should be baked and topped with white icing. Use a red gum drop for the nose, M&Ms for the eyes, a bit of red licorice for the mouth, and cotton candy for the hair to make each one look like a clown’s face.
Make clown heads with vivid orange or raspberry sherbet scoops topped with sugar cone “hats” encircled by icing “ruffles.” Make noses out of spherical red chocolates, eyes out of M&Ms, and mouths out of red licorice threads. Make them ahead of time and store them in the freezer until you’re ready to serve them.
You’re well on your way to throwing the ultimate circus-themed party with these pointers. Try using one of our planning tools, such as a to-do list or a budgeting guide, now that you’ve got some ideas. I wish you a wonderful day!
