The circus offers a fun and entertaining environment for kids and adults, making it a popular theme for outdoor parties. Whether you're celebrating a child's birthday or a momentous event, you can use decorations to create a circus in your own yard. From clowns to balloons to stuffed animals, you can pick decorations designed to fit your personal taste.
Instructions
1. Use primary and secondary colors in your decorations. Red, blue, yellow, white, orange, purple and green are all common colors used in circus costumes. Flat colors work better than blended shades.
2. Set up a circus tent. Party rental stores specialize in renting tents in various sizes. The larger the tent, the more expensive it will be. When you price tents, ask whether the company includes setup in the cost. If renting a tent isn't in your budget, you can make your own by using a tall plastic pipe with streamers in different colors taped to it. Pull the streamers out to the distance you want and secure them to the ground using nails or tent spikes.
3. Decorate circus booths for your planned activities. To make a booth, you can drape a white sheet over a cardboard table. Use duct tape to connect a plastic pipe the length of the table to two pipes equal in height. Connect the frame to the table with duct tape. You can hang streamers across the top of the frame, or you can paint a cardboard valance to cover the top. Make signs out of poster board so people will know the purpose for the booths.
4. Make paths using helium-filled balloons taped to chairs or stakes. Alternate the colors of the balloons to make the paths visually stimulating. Mix in Mylar balloons in the shape of clown faces to add to the idea of being at a circus.
5. Place cardboard cutouts around the yard. You can make your own or you can purchase decorations to fit your circus theme. You can include clowns, acrobats, strong men, elephants and tigers.
6. Paint a circus ring on your grass. If you want a paint that will wash off the grass, purchase aerosol paint designed for football fields, called field marking paint. You can place some of your cutouts in the center of the ring or you can use it for planned activities.
7. Place stuffed animals around the circus area. Horses, zebras, elephants, tigers and dogs are all animals that perform in circuses.
8. Hire a clown or juggler to perform during the party or have guests fill the roles. Pass out clown noses for guests to wear or consider painting guests' faces to look like clowns. As the host, you can dress like the ringmaster or a clown.
