Carnival Themed Birthday Party

By

JustPlainJo

Think about any carnival you ever went to. What kind of food did you find there? Popcorn, hot dogs, candy or caramel apples and don't forget the cotton candy! None of these is very expensive or difficult to prepare, especially if you're energetic and don't mind the work. Have fun.

By

sandy2009

Hi Kate,

I did a carnival theme for a family reunion, and it didn't cost that much, and was fun. Got a piece of plywood,about 3x4 ft. put a piece of 2x2 across the back, and used 2 pieces for legs for them to prop on(easel type) cut 3-4 holes in it, various spots, painted it, and around the holes, painted them to look like different color balloons, made some bean bags, instant game. Played bob for apples, took a piece thick foam boarding, and tacked balloons to it for darts to be thrown at it. Found the plastic ducks at a garage sale, for the little ones to pull out of the tub of water. Took quart jars, about 12 placed them together and they had to throw the ping pong ball into it, not as easy as they thought. Another one for little ones, i bought a little fishing pole that had a magnet on it, they had to catch the fish out of small pool of water.

For some of the older, did a balloon game. Where you make 2 rows of people, toss water balloons back and forth to your partner, and when the leader says to take a step back, you do this and repeat and continue till people start dropping their balloons, last 2 remaining, win. I bought little prizes from Oriental Trader and handed out. At the end of it all, what water balloons were left, the kids had a great time with a balloon fight. Bought the bags that look like popcorn bags (red and white stripe) and handed them out. There were a few others I did. But all in all, they all had fun and won small gifts. I heard the following year, the kids had ask if the lady was gonna be there with all the games, (which i couldn't make this past yr.) and they said, if not we're not going. LOL So I felt it went over well.

I am planning a carnival party for my daughter's 6th Birthday. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.