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How to design a circus themed bedroom?
here are a few decorating ideas to help your creativity ....

These decorating ideas can work for any age,
gender or room

Colorful - Neutral - Nostalgic - Vintage

Stripes - Diamonds - Polka Dots

Cute Dumbo circus theme for the baby bedrooms

Colorful kids rooms and playrooms, mix it up with a
little circus theme, carnival theme,
carousel horse theme and
candy ice cream theme

For the Home Movie Theatre, games room or
big boys man cave
add a touch of nostalgia mixed with a touch of
vintage flair

or

Go Halloween themed with a creepy clown theme

Paint a Big Top on the ceiling, wall or around the window or around the door

Pulled back door curtains can be the opening to the Big Top tent.
Create the big top tent

Hang colourful circus flags around the ceiling or stretch across the ceiling

Hang string lights

Hang trapeze dolls from the ceiling

Paint pictures of Clowns on cardboard and attach to the walls.
Decorate the clowns with craft supplies

Add Ferris wheel wall decals,
Rollercoaster wall decal stickers

Candy stripe poles for windows, paint the rod white
and wrap red ribbon around

Few more decorating ideas for your Circus Carnival Themed Bedrooms

Paint furniture in a variety of bright colours, with stripes, polka dots, diamonds

Turn the painted dresser into a fair ground toy stand,
hang shelves above, fill with plush toys

Dress up a round mirror with curly hair, hat, frilly neck.

Use a dog cage to house a big plush lion inside

Hang circus themed artwork in colorful picture frames

Dress the bed with circus themed bedding or mix and match solid colors

Accent with fun throw pillows -
ticket pillow, clown suit pillow, ringmaster suit pillow, clown face pillows,
candy pillows

The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top
The sight of trains pulling in and circus tents being set up was the highlight of the year for many American towns at the turn of the century; schools and stores closed and everyday life stood still.

Under the Big Top : A Season with the Circus
You don't have to run away to join the circus; Bruce Feiler's done it for you, and has written a wonderful account of what the inner life of the circus is all about.
He discovers a unique subculture and lives the adventure by participating as a clown.
Whatever your opinions are of American circuses, whether or not you wince at the spectacle or get angry at the use of animals for entertainment, chances are you have a treasured childhood memory of being there in the stands.
Whether it was a kind and jovial clown, a dazzling trapeze act or the courage of a lion tamer, you were probably amazed by the magic and mystery of the big top.

Circus Stories - Stories of Life Under the Big Top
Everyone loves a circus.
This collection is filled with colorful personalities, from clowns to acrobats,tightrope walkers to lion tamers.
The circus offers something spectacular for everyone. Whatever the reason for going to the circus, everyone leaves in awe.
Included are works from Dan Rice, the ringmaster of one of the first circuses ever formed; Philippe Petit, author of On the High Wire; Edward Hoagland from his book Catman; and many more.

Step Right Up: Stories of Carnivals, Sideshows, and the Circus
Everyone loves a carnival, whether it's the Big Top or a traveling midway kicking updust. These roving extravaganzas are as amusing as they are mysterious and asinnocent as they are sordid. Step Right Up is a one-of-a-kind anthology that collects the finest literature and the most absorbing first-person accounts about carnivals, sideshows, and the circus, capturing all of the spectacle and sensation of this unusual and treasured tradition. Assortment of characters populate thefairgrounds and circus tents of this unique collection from circus legends.

Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus
Millions have sat under the �big top,� watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men whose creativity, ingenuity, and determination created one of our country�s most beloved pastimes.
Brings to life a remarkable era when three circus kings - James Bailey, P. T. Barnum, and John Ringling - all vied for control of the vastly profitable and influential American Circus.

Pet Lions & Well-Dressed Elephants: A Circus Journey to Greatness 1846-1873
P.T. Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth."

The Circus. 1870s�1950s
In its heyday, the American circus was the largest showbiz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling circuses performed for audiences of up to 14,000 per show, employed as many as 1,600 men and women, and crisscrossed the country on 20,000 miles of railroad in one season alone. The spectacle of death-defying daredevils, strapping superheroes and scantily clad starlets, fearless animal trainers, and startling �freaks� gripped the American imagination, outshining theater, vaudeville, comedy, and minstrel shows.

This book sheds fresh light on the circus phenomenon. With photographic gems of early circus performers, as well as original posters, lithographs, sideshow banners and engravings from the 16th to 19th centuries illustrating the worldwide roots of the circus, readers are transported to a world of thrill and skill, grit and glamor. .