Shuffles T. Clown's Clowntique

Crafts with Christine on Mass Appeal

clowntique — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:15:32 +0000

We had a terrific time doing easy tie dye with Ashley on Mass Appeal. This is an activity that you can do with kids of all ages and nearly no mess (Yeah!)

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A beatiful day for a yard party

clowntique — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:11:55 +0000

Happy birthday to Mariah, she’s three! Special thanks to her family for inviting me to entertain. They were a great group of kids. Its never to later to book your event, just give us a call at (413) 538-9492.

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Happy Birthdays include Clowntique!

clowntique — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:12:07 +0000

Although the weather looked iffy we had a great day celebrating three birthdays today. There was face painting, balloons, magic some juggling and lots of smiles. Happy birthday to Vincent, Gracie and Favol.

No Sew Bean Bags

clowntique — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:37:01 +0000

Mass Appeal was nice enough to have me back show them how to make No Sew Bean Bags.

All you need is some old round balloons, a few fold top sandwich bags and some cat litter, beans, or bird seed. Easy to make and fun to play with. Have a ball!

Happy Birthday Luna!

clowntique — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:29:38 +0000

Shuffles spent the afternoon doing magic and making balloons at Luna’s first birthday party. Everyone had a grea time. Enjoy the pictures and consider a clown or character for your next event.Click to view slideshow.

Clowntique and crafts for kids on Mass Appeal

clowntique — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:17:08 +0000

Christine, owner of Clowntique will be appearing on Mass Appeal every other week to talk about crafts for kids. The first episode is right here. The first craft is a bird marionette adapted from Family Fun magazine.

Bird Marionette
Supply List
(This is adapted from Family Fun Magazine)

• 2 round foam balls – one 2 inch and one 4 inch
• Yarn or string ( any color)
• 2 sticks minimum 10 inches long
• Feathers ( found or bought)
• 2 googley eyes 5 mm
• 5 inch square piece yellow construction paper or craft foam ( we use scraps from scrap booking)
• 2 beads 4-5 mm
• Child safety scissors
• 3 mm glue dots or cool melt glue gun

Have Fun

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MSPCC Community event

clowntique — Thu, 26 May 2011 00:45:19 +0000

Shuffles spent this evening at the MSPCC community event in Holyoke. This event was open to the public for families to see what area services and activities are locally. Shuffles had a terrific time balloon sculpturing and goofing with the children. Fran from Clown- a- Rama was there to face paint. The families and staff were great and the staff did a wonderful job planning. Check out these great photos.

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Shuffles visits Jaylian for her second birthday

clowntique — Tue, 24 May 2011 00:47:46 +0000

Shuffles was lucky enough to be at Jaylain’s second birthday party this weekend in Holyoke. Shuffles did a magic show and face painted. It was a beautiful day and everyone had a great time.

Face Painting Party in Springfield

clowntique — Tue, 24 May 2011 00:40:43 +0000

One of our great face painters spent the afternoon at Jazmine’s 8th birthday party all the kid had a terrific time.

New Blog & New Website

clowntique — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:43:11 +0000

I’m so lucky & fortunate! Clowntique was chosen by three students at the UMass Isenberg School of Management’s E-Business Class and our new website was the product of their final project. The site will be launched this weekend so be sure to check out the before and then the after. Special thanks to Kaimei and her students Matt, Ali and Francisco.