A call for ideas! Circus Party edition

I have professed my love for the Ikea As-Is section many times. In fact I try to avoid going there, because it is impossible not to spend money. The deals are too good to pass up. Today I went because I needed a shadow-box for an upcoming project and those little buggers are expensive. It’s ridiculous if you ask me. I was lucky enough to score myself two small shadow boxes for $1.99 each. I think the regular price is $4.99.
That is not the purpose of this post though, so I will get to the loud sofa picture at the top of this post. I am throwing a joint birthday party for my kids right after the new year. I was thinking a circus/carnival theme would be fun and gender neutral. Today at IKEA I found that Sofa Cover, regular price $139.00 for $5. Five smackeroos, people! Not my choice for a couch, but look at all that material. How perfect for my circus party!

Now I need some suggestions for how to best utilize it. I bought two, because I just couldn’t pass up the price. Depending on what I try to make, it could require some piecing. I haven’t opened it up yet to see what size the biggest piece of solid material is.

What would you make? Table runners, and perhaps a photo backdrop have crossed my mind. Anything else? I would also love to hear any ideas you have in general for a circus party.

I will share one one mishap I had in Ikea today. I knocked a glass shelf on the ground today and shattered it into a million little pieces. Thankfully no one got cut, and at least I was in the As-Is section. The lady that got to clean it up was super nice about it, but I still felt like a big dummy.

One more spoil from our As-Is trip. An awesome flower beanie for $0.99. I totally bought it for her. I think it makes her look like a munchkin for Wizard of Oz or something!