We’re joining up with the awesome bloggers in the All Things Kids community to bring your creative and fun ideas to get your summer off to a great start. So, the kids are out of school and ready for some fun. The running around in the sprinkler and riding bikes are perfect to start off a summer of freedom. But, what happens when the first “I’m bored” starts? We’ve got you covered on ideas to keep the kids moving, learning, and creating this summer. Each of us All Things Kids bloggers are bringing you ideas for themed activities. These would be perfect too in place of a summer camp or vacation bible school and just do an at-home summer camp with the kids. Why not invite a few friends over and start your own backyard summer camp for the kids?
Backyard Summer Camp
It’s that simple to create a neighborhood summer camp! Pull up the ideas from the all things kids bloggers and you’ve got 7 weeks of themes covered for a summer of camp fun. We’ve found the best crafts, activities, snacks, and more all based on each week’s theme. I’m ready for a backyard summer!
Check out all of the summer camp ideas: Robots, Bugs Around the World , Animals, Ocean and Beach, Nature, and today’s post by us…Circus!
We’re scouring the net for the best and most creative ways to make your own Circus themed Summer Camp for preschoolers and toddlers. We’ve got circus crafts, circus snacks, circus fine motor and gross motor activities to get the summer off to great start.
Circus Theme Crafts
The kids will love a few circus crafts. These lion, tiger, and monkey masks (Danya Banya) will keep the kids occupied and pretending. Or try this elephant mask craft (East Coast Mommy) for more pretend play. For more circus animal crafts, try this activity from Inspired Treehouse.
Kids will love making a craft a day at your backyard camp. Make this elephant mask (Mamas Like Me) and they can wear it throughout the week. Children can work on so many important developmental areas while developing their scissor skills. If painting is more your thing, this lion craft (Sassy Dealz) is a super cute circus animal to make. Need a few more crafts to keep the kids busy with your circus theme? I love these circus clown costumes (KangarooBoo blog) made with party hats and paper plates.
Circus Theme Snacks
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Goldfish in a bag (You won goldfish!)
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animal crackers
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popcorn
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Sandwiches cut into fun circus shapes with circus cookie cutters (and then reuse those cookie cutters for stamp art painting later in the week!)
Add these things to a little peanut butter (or other nut butter) for some protein.
Circus Theme Gross Motor Backyard Activities
I know a few little ones who would LOVE this water gun game (Driven By Décor). Use a few ping pong balls and a squirt gun for an easy (and summer-ific) carnival game. Inspired Treehouse put together put together three gross motor circus activities. A ball toss game would be easy to set up with a few bins and some bean bags or balls.
Circus Theme Sensory Activities
The kids (and moms) will get a kick out of a fun circus sensory activity. How cool is this popcorn painting activity (Mess for Less)? We put together a few fun ideas for circus sensory bins in our circus party essentials post
Circus Theme Learning
Any circus unit or backyard camp needs circus books! These are some of our favorites.