Our Circus - Come One Come All

 

We had our Circus themed Madagascar party over the weekend and it was such a hit!  For those who do not know, Madagascar 3 Europe's Most Wanted hits theaters in just a few days, June 8th!

Our Food:  I went a little overboard on food because I just had such a good time coming up with more and more fun things!  We had Marty's Zebra cake (more details here), Alex the Lion Cupcakes (more details here), fruit cones, circus peanuts, cotton candy, popcorn, animal crackers, gummy bears, popsicles, and chips and guacamole!  Phew!

Some of the spread

Marty's Zebra Cake

 Fruit cones - portable and delicious!

 Traditional circus cotton candy

 Yes, circus peanuts made an appearance

 Homemade popcorn

 We had blue punch and juice boxes to drink!

Our Games:  The kids has a ton of fun playing games.  Yes, we didn't just eat the whole time :)  Our games included Pin the Tail on Gloria, Chalk Marty, Melman's Boogie, Lemur Limbo, Hot Madagascar, Balloon Round Up, and "Cheesy" Wig Fun!

THE LEMUR LIMBO

 This one is simple, just Limbo!

How Low Can You Go?

The kids can go pretty low...

The Adult Limbo Champs

Yes, this 6 foot tall gentleman beat me!

MELMAN'S BOOGIE

We all know that Melman is a bit germaphobic.  In this game you toss the Boogie Wipes to Melman to help him out.  The goal is to get the boogie wipe packets on Melman the giraffe.  If it falls off or doesn't make it to him, you try again.

 Tossing the Boogie Wipes

 A happier Melman with Boogie Wipes!

 PIN THE TAIL ON GLORIA

 

 D pretty excited about this one!

 Right on...

 A little high...

 A complete miss, but still fun!

 WATERBALLOONS

 

 Pick a partner, stand back, toss and hopefully catch!

 Tossing and catching...

 Everyone loves balloons

HOT MADAGASCAR PARACHUTTE FUN

We have an inflatable globe.  Just keep it in the air...

 High up...

I love this action shot.

CHALK MARTY

Help Marty become more colorful

Stage 1

And more colors!

BALLOON ROUND UP

 Use the pool noodles to round up the balloons...

 The only rule was to not use your hands.

It was fun to have balloons all over the yard.

CHEESY WIG FUN

The messiest of my games for the day.  One partner puts on a shower cap!  We cover it with shaving cream.  The other partner throws cheese balls and tries to get as many as they can to stick on the top of the shower cap :)

 Getting lathered up...

 More cream...

  Ready...Go

 Cheesy Fun

 Even the clowns got into it!

Showing off their "Cheesy Wigs"

Entertainment:  Face Painting, Balloon Animals, Clowns (Bouncy and Slim), Mask Fun, Movie Time (Madagascar and Madagascar 2), Circus Dress Up (Rainbow Wig and Clown Nose), Punch Balloons, and Juggling!

OUR CLOWNS: BOUNCY & SLIM

  These guys were awesome!  They had a full show for us complete with tricks and lots of balloon making!

 Blow...

 What's it going to be?

MASK FUN

 These masks were ready and waiting for guests to use!

 

Marty

 Melman

Gloria

Alex

Adults too!

FACE PAINTING

Face Painting Station with paints, brushes, and

instructions how to make a zebra and lion

 I practiced a zebra on B - not too bad

D wanted one too :)

And the kids did some face painting too!

BALLOON ANIMALS

 Balloon Animal Station

 There were giraffes

 Swords

 Cool hats and much more!

MOVIE FUN

Our backroom was set up for movies

 Both Madagascar and Madagascar 2 were watched

(Yes, it was a long - super fun - party!)

Movie time

CIRCUS DRESS UP

D with her attire!

 

 Our friend being silly...

 Yeah Jenn!

 I couldn't resist myself :)

 

More performers - these friends had a cute act they performed!

JUGGLING

 Juggling Fun

My husband is an amazing juggler so I couldn't resist!

I hope you can tell from this post but we had an amazing time and I will say that I have the most amazing friends!  What a great way to kick start our summer...

Disclosure:  Thanks to Crowdtap for choosing me to host this party and providing me with the digital Madagascar party kit. All opinions expressed are 100% my own.