Clo
wns are classic. You can hang out at a kid’s birthday, a grand opening, a masquerade or anywhere that seems like a circus. (Well, maybe not the shopping mall on Black Friday, it may be a circus but a clown will get some strange looks.)
First choose your clown’s personality. Are you looking for the traditional Whiteface clown? An exaggerated mouth and eyes and big, red nose are the usual suspects of this type. Or you can go European and dress as an Auguste clown with no white base, but accentuated (or extra large) eyes and mouth. Sometimes a sad clown is in order and for that you’ll need to go with a Tramp – a dark face and sappy, melancholy eyes. What’s your mood?
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