The circus party

Thank you everyone for enduring my talk about the party. It all turned out well despite the rainy weather. I'm so grateful for everyone who came and for braving the weather for us! Here are some photos.

The setup

Signs I made for the games.

Duck pond game.

Skittles game and winning tickets that could be claimed for a prize.

Mystery box game. There was a hole in the right side of the box that kids put their hand into to guess what was inside.

Kids used their winning tickets to claim a prize

Activities poster I made for the party.

Costumes beside the photo booth that guests could help themselves to. We had some really fun photos taken. I'm planning on having them printed and sending out to guests along with a thank you note.

A few of the adults wanted a bag too. The party brought out the big kid in all of us!

I made it!

For entertainment we had:

• Two clowns who entertained both the kids and the adults
• Face painting - my friend did an amazing job!
  
• Another friend performed magic tricks and made balloon animals.
  
• My sister read the kids fortune just of fun
• We had lots of games - pass the parcel, duck pond, mystery box, skittles, pin the nose on the clown, guess how many smarties in the jar (the winner won 1237 smarties!)
• Guests had silly photos taken at the photo booth. Thanks Carolyn for the idea. It was a hit!
  

We almost had a hiccup with the food but we pulled it off in the end thanks to my parents and inlaws who are much more experienced than I am at throwing kids parties.

The birthday boy cutting his cake with his godfather.

Happy birthday baby boy! Your actual birthday is tomorrow and I'm going to smother you with 1000 kisses (sorry). I love you.