Andrea Michel artist and clown

This client asked me to do magic for a crowd that seemed to be mostly 2 1/2 year olds.....

I told her I thought it wasn't a good fit for the age group but she said he daughter really liked it and could we incorporate a little? I don't like to say no to the birthday wishes of 3 year olds so I said I'd try it... I tend to be game about trying stuff

Thought the magic show actually went pretty well under the circumstances. There were parts I don't think most of them understood the point of (they're 2 and a half which is too young to really follow magic) but they seemed amused when I looked distressed...and wanted to volunteer....and ran up to help bake the invisible cake and such...and engaged with a lot of it.

They also stayed in front of me the whole time and didn't wander off to do other random things. Maybe that's because their teacher was watching but with kids that young, that's definitely not a given.

So I feel like with 2 1/2 year olds, getting them to watch the whole show (or at least remain in front of me) and engage pretty often qualifies as holding their attention. :)

Then we did parachute games and the kids all seemed to love it (all wanted to do it, screamed happily as we pulled the parachute down over their heads, etc.) and then they started playing with drums -- but it was a big class and I only had 5 drums so I started juggling and most of them came over to watch that (while a few kept drumming)

I've never had a negative review before and I don't know what to make of this. I'm bummed that the client wasn't absolutely thrilled...which is always the goal but am a little baffled too (tried reaching out, got no response)

Have considered that maybe I could've communicated better before hand and it would've probably been better to stick to activities for really little kids. Have learned from that.

I don't specialize in toddler shows - but performing for this age range has never seemed to be a problem before.

Thanks very much! And I’d be delighted to come back :)

(I do also have toddler activities and a Kiddie magic show, by the way)

Thanks Courtney! It’s always a pleasure performing for the kids!

Thanks very much for the great review and for including me at your party!!

Thanks very much for the nice review and for including me at your St Patrick’s Day event!!

Thank you!!

Thanks very much! It was certainly a pleasure. :)

It was my pleasure! Thanks very much for the nice review.