Something Silly Clowns

Today we are continuing our new clown series. Today's topic is your Costume. Like our Name, Character, Voice blog post this post also has a printable worksheet. You don’t need to fill out any or all of it out, it is just a place to put ideas and keep track of them. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eYBCXtl4VCGpIXiwVGyGrE91DhWjEvUl/view?usp=sharing First, we will give you some tips to remember when coming up with ideas for your costume and then we will go through the worksheet. The first thing that we are going to cover is your costume. There are lots of things to think about when you are creating your clown’s wardrobe. We have many tips for you. None of them are requirements just things to keep in mind as you are putting together your costume. The first tip we have for you is just a modesty rule, for the most part, cover your shoulders and knees. This is not a requirement just a tip. (Remember not even Cupcake covers her shoulders all of the time, but ...

Hey everyone. We have an exciting announcement to make. We have a new member of Something Silly Clowns. We are still working on finding the place for her to fill in our strange little God-loving group, but we would like you to get to know her yourself. Q: What is your name? A: Storm Costume Questions Q: What is your costume? A: My costume is a pair of overalls with cloud patches, a white t-shirt, a cream cardigan, dark blue shoes, and a large gray hat. Character Questions Q: Where do you live? A: I live in a cloud. That’s the reason for all the clouds on my outfit, that’s my house. It shrinks and grows a bit so I just piece it back together. I usually have my house above Dizzy’s windmill I’m able to get a nice breeze from the windmill but not to much so that my house flies away.   Q: Who is your character? A: If I were explain my character in a few word they would be sad, down, and a realist. Q: What do you do with Cupcake and Dizz...

If you think that we pull all of our ideas out of our own imagination, that’s not quiet true. We do pull some of our ideas out of our heads but we also have some tricks up our sleeves. When we started writing our own material we never knew where to get ideas for writing our own scripts so we wanted to help you out by giving you some of the resources and tips we use when writing our own script. One of the first and most common things that we do when we get stuck, or need to just come up with more ideas is to go online and use or rewrite an online freebie. They are free, you don’t have to pay for them, and they often have great ideas. You either take these skits and use them as they are or tweak them slightly (just to make sure that they properly fit your characters), or you can completely rewrite them so that they have the right number of parts and work well with your audience. You often have to look though many skits but when you are all out of ideas it can hel...