Near Easter as part of my St John Ambulance Badgers Entertainment badge we are having a circus evening. The plan was that the kids all dress in bright coloured/baggy/spotty/striped clothes as clowns, and had their faces painted and I was going to make them all a clown wig and I was going to go as the ring master (as i'm the leader in charge). Well this won't be happening fully as 1 of the children doesn't like clowns, but has said as long as no-1 is completely covered with face paint and a wig etc she will be fine, she said as long as she can see its us even with just a red nose she can manage.
Well I started to look for a ringmasters out and top hat, I found a jacket in my size on ebay and have been watching it but it has gone up to a silly price and still has 4days to go. I also looked at making a top hat rather than buying one, but in order to cover it with felt it worked out more expensive than buying one - £3.99 to buy one and £4.50 for the felt.
So I thought I would make myself a clown outfit (today's pin) like the one on pinterest - very easy and cheap to do. I had to go into town for a few bits and was on the hunt for animal print fabric as cheap as possible for another SJA event later in the year. I didn't find any cheap animal print fabric but I did find a blue with multi-spots onesie in the charity shop. I had seen it last week and left it as I was going as ring master. But as I said to hubby the fact the ring master outfit was selling for a lot and this onesie was still in the shop it was fate I was meant to go as a clown! Hubby reckons it means that everyone else in our town has sense and wont be see in it! LOL!
The onesie:
I think I will pass a bright clown! However, I have a suspicion that the night I need to go as a clown will fall on a night that I need to stay to the adult section of SJA for training or a unit social evening down the pub - but that's fine with me, I think the adults will be embarressed by what i'm wearing more than I will!!!
The evening will be a fun one for the children, where we will be trying out an assortment of circus skills. I have plastic eggs and spoons (from my children's summer bag of outdoor toys), we have a plate spinning set, soft balls to juggle with, there is a set of plastic stilts they can walk on, try and balance a ball on their finger, I plan to make a set of weights from balloons with rice in them attached to a pole, walk the plank (from pirate party last year) and i'm getting some modelling balloons so we can try and make balloon animals - I know how to do a snake and an earthworm (inflate balloon and tie! lol!) but hubby said no!
