Circus Crafts

Kids love going to the circus if you can catch a good one in town. If you know you're going to the circus, why not set up an entire set of activities to do before the big event!

Clown Hat and Costume - Decorate a large piece of construction paper any way you want with markers, crayons, stickers, etc. Roll it up into a cone shape. Staple elastic cord on opposite sides to that child can put it on their head and elastic cord will go under chin and hold it on. You can make a clown nose to go with it by painting a egg cup (from an egg carton) red. Let dry and staple an elastic cord on opposite sides so that child can put it over head and wear nose. Make a clown collar by cutting the middle out of a paper plate and cutting through the ring on one side. Decorate and slip around child's neck.

Paper Plate Elephant - Paint the back of a paper plate gray (or any other color you choose) and let dry. Print out the black and white or color template. Color the parts, if necessary, and cut out the pieces. Glue or staple the ears onto the plate on opposite edges. Make sure you put the ears behind the plate so the tabs don't show. Glue on the trunk and eyes.

Cotton Candy - Pull apart many colored cotton balls (use all one color). Glue onto a paper towel roll.

Life-Sized Clown - Have child lay down on a large piece of paper. Trace around their body. Draw on all the clown features (ie. nose, hat, ruffle collar, big shoes, etc.). Hang up pictures.

Clown Cones: Place one round scoop of ice cream into a shallow bowl. Create eyes and a mouth with tubes of icing, nuts, raisins, or chocolate chips. Use a cherry for the nose. Sprinkle the top of the scoop with coconut for hair, and top with a sugar cone and cherry for a hat.

Cookie Carousel: Frost the the bottom of two cookies. Use fairly large, sturdy cookies. On one of the cookies, stand up animal cookies in the frosting. Put the other cookie on top of the animals with the frosting side down to make the carousel.

Great Circus Books

See the Circus (Lift the Flap Series)

My First Animal Board Book

Circus Friends (Disney Finger Fun Book)

Circus Sticker Activity Book

Spot Goes to the Circus

If I Ran the Circus

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