If there's an artist in your family, make some circus posters.
Anyone can draw a large scale clown face onto a big sheet of butcher paper, with a big gaping mouth. Fasten the clown to a large cardboard box; cut a hole in the box for the clowns mouth. Toss a bean bag in to the clowns mouth.
Have guests be circus perfomers. Write stunts on slips of paper and let each child pick one. Then they take turns doing their stunt.
- Walking a straight line for a tight rope
- Dancing like a clown
- Walking on all fours,like a trained dog
- swing head to imitate an elephant
- roaring like a lion