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Circus Theme Party Games #1: Take a room or other private area and make sure that none of the guests have access to it while someone hides a number of various circus party favor items (inexpensive consolation prizes, circus peanuts, candies, etc.) Explain to the guests that on your mark you will let them enter the room and collect as many items as they can. They get points based on what types of items they collect. For example: Wax lips are worth 1 point each (and are the easiest to find), the circus peanuts worth 3 points each (a little harder to find) and the small plastic circus animals 5 points each (not many of them and very hard to find.) Once all the items have been found, everyone adds up their points and a winner is determined. HINT: Make sure you know ahead of time how many of each kind of item is hidden so that you will know when to end the game.
Circus Theme Party Games #3: You could come up with a story if you like: Who sabotaged the elephant tent, or who ate the lions dinner steak, who took the ringmasters whip then the guests are trying to solve the mystery. Circus Theme Party Games #4: One option is, you can give each guest a pre-printed list and pencil when they arrive. Then at various times throughout the night, youll announce a quality about the IT person that will let your guests cross names off their list. For instance, This person has never been on the trapeze then everyone would cross the appropriate names off their list (such as Ivan in the example above). A half hour later, you might say The person doesnt work with animals then they would know to cross off the name(s) who had that detail. This is a casual game that can keep the party moving, without asking a lot from your guests. Another option: You can give each guest a name tag with a name and fact on it. They have a pencil and paper or clown notepad? and they have to mingle to get the starting list of characters and facts. Explain to your guests that as they meet and talk to each other they must write down the name and fact of each character in the room. Be sure to tell them how many guests are at the event, so that they know when theyve found them all. Then proceed as in the first example, making announcements throughout the night. BE SURE THAT SOMEONE GETS THE IT NAME. Circus Theme Party Games #5: Clown suit relay. Find some oversized, clown-type articles of clothing, ones that can be worn by the children. This can be facilitated in two different ways, both involving breaking the kids up into two different groups. Place
two piles of clothes way out, away from the teams. When you say GO, the
first member of each team must race to their respective pile, put each
article of clothing on until the judge by each has verified that each
article of clothing is properly worn, then remove all the articles and
return them to the suitcase. They are then to run back to their team and
tap the hand of the next team member who must run to the pile and do the
same. The team who has all their team members return first (having each
worn the silly clothing) is the winner. If one team has more members than
the other, then make sure that one of the members from the smaller team
runs it twice. For added fun, make sure to include items of clothing that
must be buttoned, snapped and zipped. Also, make a concerted effort to
include similar clothing in the two piles. Circus Theme Party Games #6: Bean bag toss other person tries to catch in oversized pants. This is a fun game involving one participant in a two-man team wearing a VERY oversized pair of pants (check your local thrift stores.) The wilder the pair of pants, the better. The person wearing the pants (the pants should be large enough so that they can keep their regular clothes on underneath) will stand a designated distance from their partner (making sure that the distances between the all of the pairs are equal.) Their partner will attempt to throw items you provide so that the pants-wearer can hold out the front of their pants to catch the item inside. One point is awarded for each successful catch. Make sure that the items thrown are soft in the event of misses. Stuffed animals work great for this game. To add to the difficulty, increase the distance between the two team members and provide OVERSIZED shoes to the person wearing the pants (making it difficult to run for some of the poorer throws.) Other Circus Theme Party Resource ArticlesCircus Theme Party Decorating Ideas Circus Theme Party Invitation Ideas
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