Casa De Cheapskate, Family Fun Night: CIRCUS

Family Fun Night: Greatest Show on Earth (originally posted, Aug '08)

Ladies! and! Gentlemen! Children of all ages!

A couple of weeks ago, I found this pink hat & tie at the dollar store.
And was inspired (I use that word loosely) to have a family night, Circus Style...
because, well, it usually is a circus here anyway.
Our dinner was clown faces comprised of cherry tomatoes for eyes & noses, cucumber smiles & ears, brocoli hair... with a side of grilled chicken breast & soy cream cheese (as a dipping sauce) tinted red (pink).
For dessert, barnum's animal crackers -- off a barnum plate.
After eating our clown faces, we decided to create clown faces with BINGO dobbers & elbow mac.

Then there were carnival games to be played, inspired by genius (my 4 yr old).
Including the ONE RING GAME: little balls being tossed through the hula hoop.
Also a crowd pleaser are foam rings being caught by the big orange bowl on Momma's head.
And my bargain game from a garage sale, the tossing game.

Candy of course, must be included...
so we used our candy as sticky animals in their cages (paper).

The final act of the night included our circus kids picking out something for Daddy to juggle.
The only rule was that it must be edible.

So after our final act, we enjoyed necterines!

And then it was over, because I sang...

Do you have a great family night to share? Then, please share it! We want your ideas!

Whatever you do with your family, HAVE FUN!