Great Carnival party ideas, party games, food ideas and more for a Carnival Birthday Party.
Carnival Party Invitations
Inside the invitations send a few fake dollar bills
printed with the birthday child’s picture in the center.
Tell
guests to
bring the carnival money to exchange for tickets at the
carnival to play the carnival games and activities.
Any party invitation with red and yellow stripes or polka dots.
Make an invitation to look like the tickets you will be
handing out at the carnival for the guests to play the carnival
games.
Red and white stripe cards
Find fun Carnival party supplies here!
Carnival Party Decorations
Lots of red and yellow balloons and streamers make a perfect
backdrop for a carnival party.
Make colorful signs to hang above each game booth and stand.
Put up a brightly colored tent or tarp (or decorate a plain one) for the food stations and bring out small tables and several chairs incase kids (or parents) want to take a break in the shade.
Fun Ideas for a Carnival
Birthday Party
Buy a large roll of tickets at the discount store and have kids
trade them to play the different booths, games and for food.
Decorate a
large appliance box in red and yellow and make it into a ticket booth.
The kids can exchange their “money” for tickets.
Make booths or stations with large signs
for each carnival game. Have Have a container - coffee can with a lid to hold
the used tickets.
Bounce house or Moonwalk
Have a colorful bounce house or moon walk and
kids can play inside with adult supervision.
Face painting
See our homemade Face Paint recipes
for homemade face paints and mix some up to paint the kids faces into
clowns, animals or other carnival related characters.
A fun Carnival party idea is to have
someone dress up, maybe as a clown, and make balloon animals for the
party guests.
See our huge list of
fun
Carnival
Style Games
Complete with set up instructions.
Simple and easy games to make and play at your carnival party!
Party games for ages 7, 8 and 9 years old
Games for ages 5 and 6 year olds
Carnival Party Favors
Buy small toys and candy for the children to win as prizes at the
carnival game booths.
Pinwheels
Extra large rainbow lollypops - put large mailing labels on the
back with the birthday child’s picture and a “Thank you” message.
Small bags of animal crackers
Helium balloons that were decorating the party
Plastic carnival animals
Carnival Party Theme Goody Bags
White sacks decorated by the children to hold their prizes.
Plastic red / white popcorn containers
Red paper take out containers tied with a white
or yellow ribbon
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