Fun Circus Birthday Party Ideas

Circus birthday party ideas that will turn your child's birthday into a fun Big Top adventure they'll love.

Circus Birthday Party Cake

Your party cake is the most important part of any birthday celebration. Everyone looks forward to seeing and tasting your yummy cake.

Imagine all the oohs and aahs when you bring out your child's fun circus cake.

No time to bake?

Just pick up a ready made cake at your favorite bakery and decorate with this colorful Jo Jo's Circus cake topper and let the fun begin.

Big Top Decoration Fun

Indoors or out, it's easy to make your party location come to life in a circus atmosphere. Lots of color with streamers, balloons and more balloons.

Circus Birthday Party Balloons

Kids love balloons and here's a whole bunch of fun balloons to brighten up your circus party.colorful circus fun because balloons are happy and circus balloons are super happy!

Decorate With Streamers

You can also use red, green, blue and gold crepe paper streamers to turn your party location into a wonderful circus Big Top.

Start in the center of your ceiling and pin a streamer. Then roll out the streamer to the edge of the wall. Keep doing that and you'll have what looks like a "tent" of streamers.

You can even fill a bunch of balloons with helium and add them to your "streamer tent".

Personalized Circus Banner

Here's a fun idea--Your child will love seeing their name on a colorful Personalized circus banner that really gives your party location a circus look.

3 Ring Circus Party Supplies

Decorate your party table with these colorful Circus Party Supplies and turn your party into a fun 3 ring circus.

Step Right Up For Circus Games

When your guest first arrive, have then guess how many circus animal cookies are in the jar. Just remember to write down the number and put it in a drawer so you can check later.

Have each child write their guess on a piece of paper beside their name. At the end of your party, the child who guessed closest to the actual number wins the jar full of circus animal cookies.

What Circus Animal Am I

Cut out pictures of an elephant, a horse, a monkey, a dog and pin a picture on each child's back.

Then have the children go around asking questions that can be answered "yes" or "no" like "Am I a big animal?" or "Do I have a long tail?"

The first one to guess what circus animal they are is the winner.

Booth Style Games

You can easily create fun game centers like these:

Clown Ball

Have fun being creative and coming up with even more Big Top games.

Clown Around In Costume

Clown costume super fun for your birthday child. Click on the picture to learn more.

Yummy Circus Food Ideas

Oh boy--here are some yummy Big Top treat ideas.

Clown School Fun

Site visitor Jennifer of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada put together a super fun Clown School party that was a big hit - clown noses and all.

Circus Invitation Wording

Here's a great idea for an invitation that will really get everyone excited.

Imagine the surprise when a clown shows up to invite your guests to your child's birthday celebration.

Your clown should say

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the circus is coming to town - and you're invited."

"Oh you're going to have more fun than barrel full of silly circus monkeys - and as we all know, circus monkeys are very silly."

"And our circus is super duper special because we're celebrating the (year of birthday)th birthday of (first and last name of birthday child) our head circus clown."

"All the fun starts on (day and date of your birthday party) at (time your party starts) under the Big Top at (party location)."

"Now you can wear a clown costume if you want to - and guess what? Fun, cake, ice cream and circus treats will be served - yummy."

Now hand your invited guest an invitation with all the details (including an RSVP phone number).

"Oh - it's time for me to get back to the circus, but I really, really want you to be there for out BIG circus birthday party."

Picture delivering your invitations in this fun Clown on the Town Adult Costume and watch the smiles.

You'll have a super fun circus party

In your own home

Or right in your back yard

Complete with a circus Big Top, game booths, a Bounce House, popcorn, cotton candy and clowns. You can even have a petting zoo - Wow.

Your child's Circus birthday party is going to be so much Big Top fun.

Have FUN

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