Week 3 'Circus & Fairground' activities, stories and songs

Physical Obstacle Course

Have a look at what you have around your home and create your own obstacle course. Maybe include something to balance on, some type of stepping stones and something to go through. 

Flat Obstacle Course

Use chalk to lay out a series of physical challenges appropriate to the needs of your child. This can be done in your garden or in the park 

Paper Plate Ring Toss

This is a fun game you play inside or outside. The stand is made from a paper plate and cardboard tube. Draw a cross in the centre of the plate the width of your tube. Cut along these lines – push your tube through and tape the flaps you have created in your plate to hold the tube in the correct place. You can make one or more of these targets. The rings are simply paper plates with the center cut out. 

Bubble Wrap Painting Parade

Why don’t you make your own carnival parade foot prints using bubble wrap.  Of course listening to carnival music at the same time is optional! 

You will need: Bubble wrap, cellotape, paint and a paint tray, paper, maybe some newspaper to protect your floor!  

This is a painting exercise for those who don't like getting messy. You could use hands instead of feet, or both!  

• Wrap feet in bubble wrap (sort of like a bubble wrap shoe).  
• Lay down lots of paper on the floor so your child can walk in the paint and stomp around on the paper- making the bubble wrap pop!  
• Good activity to encourage walking and putting your whole foot down on the floor properly (to hear the bubbles pop and feel the sensation of it popping).

​Building with Pegs and Sticks

There are often acrobats at a circus. This is a simple way of making a tower for them to climb up – how high can you make yours.