Right after starting Snickerplum last year, I was planning my 3rd son's first birthday party.  These are normally the only parties for my children where I get to invite my close friends and family. 

The party is more about the parent's success surviving the first year, and therefore... we get to throw a party for ourselves!

So, I decided to have a Circus Party!

(You could call it a Carnival Party as well, but my decor focused more on the animals rather than the rides of a carnival)

Now every party starts with a cute invitation!  Our Circus Birthday Party Invite is great at featuring our Birthday boy/girl and covering the Circus theme.
To add fun twist, include some admission tickets in the envelope for all the members of the family, and have someone accepting tickets at the front door.

Snickerplum's Circus Birthday Party Banner is designed to be a two section banner.  The top word 'HAPPY' is the top of the tent, and the bottom word 'BIRTHDAY' is the bottom of the tent, with all the circus animals and the hanging pennants.  We can always customize the wording for you, but you will want to keep the design in mind when doing so.
I unfortunately didn't get very good pictures of the banner at the party, because the wind was blowing so hard, so I came home and got some more with the birthday boy, and I'm so glad I did, because they are some of my favorite pictures of him on his birthday!

We found some cheap pennants on Oriental Trading and decorated the pavillion with them.  It made it look so much more fun!  They also had these cute suckers in any color you would like with a personalized sticker on the package.  Adding a personalized touch always makes such a difference!
We also decorated the tabels with some balloons, and frames filled with Maxwell's one year old pictures.  We even did some circus pictures to use for the party decor.

Putting food labels on your table can help organize and decorate at the same time.  Our Circus Birthday Party Complete Package comes with up to 6 different food labels for your party that you can customize for your own needs.

With this being a first birthday party, we knew that we had to have some type of cake for our little man to smash into, so I decided to do cupcakes and make it a little easier on us since we were at a park away from our home.

I of course had to get my FAVORITE cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy!

Our Circus Birthday Party Cupcake Toppers comes with 4 different designs, two of which are personalized.  One with the birthday boy/girl's initial and name, the other with the birthday age!

Our Circus Birthday Party Cupcake Wrappers comes with 3 different designs.

Aside from all the party treats and prizes the kids went home with, they were able to take home a Thank You bag with the birthday boy's new picture for each family.

 

Snickerplum's Circus Birthday Products can be found here:

PRINTED PRODUCTS

Circus or Carnival Birthday Party Complete Package
Circus or Carnival Birthday Party Invite
Circus or Carnival Birthday Party Banner
Circus or Carnival Birthday Party Cupcake Toppers
Circus or Carnival Birthday Party Cupcake Wrappers
 

PDF PRINTABLE PRODUCTS

Circus or Carnival Birthday Party Complete PDF Package
Circus or Carnival Birthday Party PDF Invite
Circus or Carnival Birthday Party PDF Banner
Circus or Carnival Birthday Party PDF Cupcake Toppers
Circus or Carnival Birthday Party PDF Cupcake Wrappers

 

Check back to see our games and party activities we did for our Circus Birthday Party!