circus day may 19. What a great reason to celebrate on May 19th. Find ideas for crafts, games, and other activities.

Crafts to Make:

* Decorate large pieces of paper, and then staple them into a cone shape to make a clown hat.
* Make your very own Elephant Trunk and Elephant Ears Headband!
* Make collages by cutting circus characters and animals out of magazines.
* Make this Elephant Puppet.
* Decorate paper plates to look like a clown face, complete with a red pom-pom nose. Make it into a mask if you want!
* Make this Lion Face and pretend to be a lion tamer.
* Check out these great circus related crafts.

Other Things To Do:

* Plan to visit a circus!
* Make a list of all the different animals in a circus.
* Get out stuffed animals, clownish clothes, and anything else circus related you can think of and pretend you are part of a circus.
* Sing this Elephants Song.
* Sing this Circus Song.
* Discuss the dangers of some of the acts in a circus.
* Put a line of masking tape on the floor and pretend to walk the tightrope.
*Paint your face to look like a clown.
* Watch Disney's Dumbo movie.
* Have animal crackers for a snack.
* Learn this fun Five Little Clowns Song.
* Buy balloons and try your hand at making balloon animals.
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