Carnival Themed Birthday Party
Michele from Houston, TX
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RE: Carnival Themed Birthday Party
I'm throwing my son a carnival party in November. I have a lot of great ideas. I was going to rent a popcorn, cotton candy machine. Scratch those ideas because those rentals are very expensive. So instead I ordered small bags of cotton candy and I'm going to have a label printed with my sons face on it. I'm taking regular popcorn from the grocery and putting them in individual bags. Having hot dogs and other small finger foods. I purchased my own bounce house from OT...it comes out the same as renting one. My friend is making candy apples. I have huge lollipops. I plan to rent a carnival booth with 2 games but as time comes near I may try and make my own games.
Post By BKPARTYMAMMA (Guest Post)
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I am also having a carnival party for my daughter's 6th birthday. We are doing a lollipop tree where you color the ends of a select few of the pops and put them on cardboard tree. The kids pick one without seeing the backs and if they get a colored one, they get a prize. Also we are doing a duck pond. and a beanbag toss, my brother is dressing as a clown and my sister is painting faces. We are making snow cones and having hot dogs. I think it will be a blast.
Post By Judy (Guest Post)
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IM ALSO PLANNING A CARNIVAL PARTY FOR MY SON ROM HOUSTON AND WE FOUND ALOT OF CHEAP GAMES AND PRIZES AT ORIENTAL TRAD CO.
ALOT OF THE GAMES MY HUSBAND BUILT BUT WERE VERY INEXPENSIVE. ALSO PARTY BOY RENTALS FOR THE POPCORN MACHINE AND COTTON CANDY. GOOD LUCK
Post By ANA (Guest Post)
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i know that lots of teenagers know how to face paint. maybe if you know somebody like that you could hire them cheap.
Post By sandy (Guest Post)
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About learning to juggle, the easiest thing and also the least harmful thing to use is silk scarves because they fall very slowly making it easier to learn
If you can find some light little scarves or hankies (or even some small pieces of fabric) and a friend or helper who knows how to juggle to help teach them, this is ideal and kids love it. It certainly fits with the carnival theme and will keep them occupied for a long time.
Susan from ThriftyFun
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You can make some of the foods that they would eat at a carnival such as popcorn and funnel cakes etc. As far as face painting I would have a volunteer do that maybe a teenager. It doesnt have to be professional, they could draw flowers or hearts, their initials or stars. It would be alot funner for them than the tatoos and wouldnt have to professional. If you have some parents who will volunteer to help out it would be really cheap. One could be a clown and pass out balloons. Several could run game booths such as ring toss or balloon pop. Our church does a carnival every year so we have games for the really small kids to adults. And we dont build booths it would be too expensive so we use a peice of particle board that stands upright and peices of two by fours on the back to make it stand up. You can paint the particle board and drive pegs into it or whatever you want. For small children we make a fish pond that they can catch toys or baggies of candy in. Hope this helps.
Post By christi (Guest Post)
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You could cut out a giant sheet of cardboard and paint a clowns face on it and cut a round hole for a mouth and the kids could play a game to see how many balls they can shoot through the mouth. Lots of popcorn would be good, and hotdogs too. Someone could pretend to be a fortune-teller, someone could start practising juggling (if they've lots of time!) You could set skittles or bottles up on a table and the kids could throw a ball or something to see who can knock down the most, you could make it harder by lining them up rather than setting them up like in ten-pin bowling. Use paper plates full of foam or cream and have someone stick their face through another sheet of card with a hole in the middle and paint a large target around the hole and let the kids try to hit the face! If I think of more I'll add it :) Sounds like fun
Post By jojo (Guest Post)
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Pony rides are fun. You could have several small balls the kids could try juggling. You could have a bubble station. The kids could blow bubbles or make the giant bubbles using string and a dish pan. You could have the small, plastic floating ducks with numbers painted on the bottom. The kids pick a duck and the numbers correspond to a prize. You could have the kids "bowl" using 2 liter bottles filled with a little sand as the pins. You could have 3 legged races and sack races. You could have a pie eating contest. An adult or the kids could make cotton candy. Walmart sells the small cotton candy machines and some use regular sugar. Walmart also sell a roll of tickets for under $3. These would make it feel like a real carnival.
Post By Cheryl from Missouri (Guest Post)
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