Jon Pessin, Licensed Goof-Off

You can expect Jon to arrive at your event on time (or up to fifteen minutes early, if requested), in costume and fully supplied and prepared. You can either hire him to wander at your event and make balloons individually for children and other attendees or to give a short (half-hour) performance of balloon creation, followed by balloon twisting for attendees. During his "free range ballooning" time, Jon will make jokes and otherwise entertain attendees, in addition to making balloons.

If hired to run games for your party, Jon will allow you to choose a selection of games from a list for him to run. He will appear at your event 20-30 minutes before his start time in order to set up. He will provide all necessary supplies in order to run the games requested, and will run games for the requested amount of time.

Jon generally makes relatively simple one- or two-balloon creations for general attendees, with more involved and complicated options available for VIPs such as the birthday child.

Jon Pessin has been twisting balloons for more than twenty years, both in costume as a clown and in plainclothes. In this time, he's performed for church picnics, birthday parties, restaurant openings, family reunions, and holiday gatherings. With a BA in Theater and extensive experience working with children, Jon is eminently capable of entertaining youngsters ages 3 to 12 (or even older, if they're interested). His current balloon persona isn't a clown (in order to avoid frightening anyone with a phobia) but is a colorfully dressed, wacky character.

When hiring Jon, please try to have an estimate of the number of people you're expecting at your event, so that he can make sure that he's got enough balloons for everyone (plus a little extra to account for popping).

Jon can accept payment in advance through Paypal or Square invoice, or payment on the day of the event through cash, credit card, or certified/corporate checks made out to "Jon Pessin".