Required: Make up, face paints, cotton swabs, cotton balls, old clothes and Vaseline
Players: Small to medium groups
Set up teams into groups of 2-4. Give each team make up, face paint and a pile of clothes to choose from. The idea of this activity is to make the best looking clown. If you’re working with a large group have a central place where the makeup and face paint are located. Have a person within each group assigned to pick out makeup; you could limit their choices of how many items to use at a time. If they’re limited to three items at a time, they can exchange them for three more new ones when they are done with their first items. Any makeup they use must be put on with clean cotton swabs or cotton balls. The same idea could be used for clothes to pick out for the clown to wear. Have a large area for one person assigned from each team to pick out clothing choices. You could get used clothing from used clothing stores or ask for donations. If you’re working with a talented group they could put together a quick skit. You could also provide ideas that they could pull out and have to create a short skit from that idea. Ideas can be simple like a clown riding a bike…., a clown falling in love….., a clown going over a waterfall in a barrel…or some may want to use their own ideas. You can give prizes for the best clown face, the best-dressed clown and best clown skit.