putting party together

[Darrell]

Here is my 2 cents worth:

1. Jumbo props such as scissors, comb, toothbrush, etc work very well.

2. You can buy magic tricks that aren't difficult to use and aren't expensive.

3. When I make balloons, I offer a choice of sword, hat, dog, bear, and flower. In other words, you don't have to make fancy balloons. Usually the birthday child gets a fancier balloon.

4. Juggling is a lot of fun and children love it when you drop whatever you are juggling.

5. The best prop you will ever use is yourself!

Darrell

[Dylan]

My party starts out with about a 3o minute juggling show. I work my way up from one ball to 3 balls, then clubs, diabolo, rings and lastly cigar boxes. I then go into a little bit of card magic (which I do for all ages and it seems to work). After that I have the birthday kid come up and I make him/her all of the balloons they can hold. I then make all of the other kids a mouse with a business card in its mouth.

Some things I would suggest for a juggling show is to start off small. Talk about how you are an amazing juggler and then pull out one ball and do underthe leg, behind the back and other "advanced" tricks with it. Make sure to drop frequently as it is always funny.

The most imposrtant part of my show(and any show) is patter. You want to make sure that if you are not comfortable doing improv for you patter, write it down and memorize. I tend to just fly by the seat of my pants making mental notes as to what works and what bombs.