Last Saturday was the boys' circus-themed birthday party. I had hoped to have the whole thing in the backyard--was planning to decorate the backyard like a carnival midway, have all the games on the driveway, and was counting on the kids' playing on the swingset to burn off energy... The best laid plans...*sigh* Saturday ended up being the exclamation point on a week of torrential downpours. So the party moved inside...
I moved all the furniture out of the boys' playroom and put all the games in there. We had a ring toss. I re-purposed 1/2 of a cornhole game and made a bean bag toss feed-the-lion game. We had a toss-the-ball-in-the-popcorn box game (our take on the ping-pong-ball-in-the-fish-bowl). We had pin the nose on the clown. Plus, a guess-how-many-m&ms-are-in-a-jar game (607 and I counted every single one of them).
The boys had a great time helping me set up. They especially loved all the helium balloons.
I was lucky enough to have A LOT of help for this party. My in-laws and brother and sister-in-law came to help us, running the games and "concessions" so that Tom and I could
I decorated the dining room table, and had some crafts set up for the kids to make when they arrived. They had a choice between circus animal visors or clown hats (paper party hats) that they could decorate with glitter glue, pompoms, feathers, and jewels.
I ordered plain cupcakes from Price Chopper and put my own clown picks in them. The cake stand also came with balloon picks, so the cupcakes looked very festive.
Mommy had a lot of fun planning for this party. Can you tell? LOL
it really looks like a blast for all! love the pic of the boys. happy birthday, sam and john!!!
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