Large Event
(Parade, Air Show, Festival, Circus) clowns have many points
to consider when entertaining across large distances such as
the great big gestures, playing to the on lookers to involve
them, limited props carrying, etc.
One of the
advantages of Large Event clowning is that the clown is free
to move on when there are rowdy kids, scared kids, or
unenthused kids.
What if you accept
an invitation to clown in front of a small group of kids?
That freedom to move on is not an option. Have a plan!
Have the plan move on since you can not move on.
Awkward moments and loss of control of your event will not
appear professional.
Keep the
activities planned to be short to match a short attention
and amusement span. Be ready for them to be bored too soon
and be delighted when they are engaged longer than planned.
If a planned
activity engages the kids and they are amused, stick with it
a few minutes longer. Adapt. You can not adapt a
plan if you don't have a plan. But YOU CAN PANIC if you
don't have a plan!!!
This Table shows
an example Clown Event. The plan was prepared to fill
a B'day small event. This Table adds up to 2 Hours.
Build a plan as a smorgasbord of activities that you or your
client can choose from to overfill the planned time of the
visit. Keep adding to your smorgasbord.
Hint: If you plan
for worst case small events, you will be ready, comfortable,
and professional for those medium church or community
events.
For Joke Board
idea check out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKrUv9dS_Ng
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMiLUo1P8vk
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Title |
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Description |
Time |
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Intro - Clown Shoes, Clown Walk. Name exchange.
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5
minutes |
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B.
Good. Give kids clown names! |
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Have adhesive paper name tags and have them write their
clown name on their tag. Kids wear tags and call each
other by clown name. |
5
min |
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Joke Board |
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Intro Joke Board and do 10 jokes. Let B'day person choose
a few and each other kid choose one. |
10
to 15 min |
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Puppet Joking |
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Let
Puppet tell joke. |
5
min |
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Balloon Animals |
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Make 3. |
5
min |
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Teach Balloon Animals |
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Provide kit per child. Teach kids to twist a balloon
animal. |
10
to 15 min |
Charge $5 per balloon kit. Air Pump and 30 balloons in
each kit. |
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Teach Juggle |
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Clown juggles. Provide sets of juggling balls for kids to
try to learn. |
10
min |
Juggling balls leave with clown. |
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Clown shoes how clowns eat. |
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Kids cut cake and eat. |
10
min |
Clown in cake, kid, photos. |
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Clown makeup on B. Day Kid. |
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Basic white around eyes and mouth. Basic eyebrows and
mouth in red grease pencil. Red foam nose. |
10
min |
$5
per kid. Time is for one kid. |
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Gift Opening |
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Clown assists and leads excitement in gift opening.
Spontaneous photos. |
10
to 15 min |
Near B. Day kid. Excite and applaud. |
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Photos with Kids |
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Portrait with each Kid
Fun
Posed Photos
Group Photos.
Group Video.
Clown with B. Day kids favorite doll, stuffed animal, dog,
cat, etc. |
10
to 15 min |
Not
clown's camera. Camera is client's camera and operated by
client or kids. |
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Clown Game. |
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Can
be the kid's favorite board game or other acceptable game
to clown. Weather and activity dependent. |
10
to 20 min |
Pre-coordinated with clown prior to event. |
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Joke Board Reprive |
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5
more jokes to wind down. |
5
min |
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Good Bye |
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Just waving and leaving. Final hug with B. Day kid. Knock
Knock. Alice. I'll See you later. (Ali ce ya later.) |
2
min |
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Total
for Sheet |
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120 min |
2 hours |
