So what is a Saturday Circus Day, anyway? For us, it's what happens when my husband is working a 15-hour shift at the fish 'n' chips shop and buys a clown cake the night before on clearance for £1.20 at the local Tesco. He came home with it and said, "Since I'll be gone for most of the day tomorrow, I thought maybe you could have a circus day with the boys or something." Sounded like a great idea to me, so I spent the remainder of the evening online trying to come up with a gameplan. I did a Google search for anything circus-related (clowns, crafts, songs, themed meals, etc.) and typed out a sample schedule for the next day.
Here's what our day wound up looking like:
*Breakfast: Cheerios with marshmallows and M&Ms (to signify bouncy balls, clown suit polka dots, or balloons)
*Morning Show: JoJo's Circus
*Clown Face-painting (with white eyeshadow, blue eyeshadow, and blazing red lipstick)
*Songs: "I Went to the Animal Fair" and other circus songs
*Art: drawing a colorful clown on the chalkboard together
*Lunch: Clown Face Sandwiches
*Afternoon Show: Baby Newton, aka. "I Know My Shapes" (they make a clown out of circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, and ovals)
*Play-time: "Thomas the Tank Engine" Circus Train puzzle, playing with JoJo's Circus characters, as well as JoJo's Circus games on the Playhouse Disney website.
*Coloring: JoJo's Circus, Dumbo, and other circus pictures that I found online and printed out.
*Dinner: hot dogs, french fries, and circus animal fruit snacks
*Dessert: Clown cake, of course, although it didn't taste very good
*Family movie time: Dumbo (and popcorn w/ a few pieces of chocolate each, since they didn't like the cake)
It wasn't the world's most perfect day, as there were temper tantrums and potty incidents, but overall it was a lot of fun. We took pictures, so I'll post them as soon as I figure out how to do it.
Hope you all have a great weekend and God bless! | 