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You are already a professional clown or you are thinking of making that leap because you are passionate about making people laugh so here are some tips to improve the services you provide to others. Some of these you may already do or have mastered so just skip that one and move on.

1. Learn to unicycle. this will require you to either buy a unicycle or to make friends with someone who has one, but it is a great skill to learn and isn’t as hard as it looks.
2. Learn to fall. Learning to fall correctly opens up all sorts of comedic opportunities as well as people loving it when people fall. It will also help if you trip while wearing stilts or clown shoes
3. Learn to juggle. But the klutz book and spend the 4-6 hours it will take to learn. Juggling is a great clown skill and is easy to make funny.
4. Learn to make magic. It isn’t enough to be able to do a trick, you need to make that trick funny.
5. Learn slight of hand. This will improve every aspect of any magic you do and will allow you to perform even if you don’t have a gimmicked trick to do
6. Learn how to sew. You will then be able to repair and modify your costumes. This is especially important as a tramp or Hobo clown,
7. Learn how to make balloon art. Not just dogs, cats and animals, this means hats and really really big sculptures. That way you can make anything anyone asks for.
8. Learn how to apply your makeup quickly. Nothing takes up more of your time then having to take a full hour to put on your make up. With practice it can take between 20 -30 minutes.
9. Learn to walk on stilts. Once again you need some stilts which can be built or bought, but once you learn you will find that you will get request for them.
10. Learn how to say no. Nothing is harder then saying no to a potential job. Make sure that you can say no if you are unable to or just don’t want a job, this is especially helpful when you get free calls from non-profits.
11. Learn how to make a website. Making an effective website is a great step to getting more business. Make sure you spell check and make everything easy to read.
12. Learn to share. Nothing is more fun then working with other performers. Don’t be afraid to go to a juggling club and learn to pass or find a partner to clown with.
13. Learn to care. A great goodwill event for any clown is to start working with a hospital. Entertaining sick people is incredibly rewarding, just make sure you get the proper training.
14. Learn to teach. Taking the time to help others learn a skill or to clown is a wonderful way to spend your time. Clowning is best learned from an experienced person and you are that person to a new clown.
15. Learn to back away. The greatest fear of any clown is for a little child to cry as they approach. Control the situation to prevent putting kids in a position to be scared and remember it is easier for you to leave then the child.
16. Learn to perform. Take the time to study great performances by other clowns and learn what works and what doesn’t. Never copy,but learn from others mistakes and successes.
17. Learn to move. Take a dance or gymnastics class. As you learn to move you will find that you can move in funnier ways without fear of hurting yourself.

There you have it Dylan the Clown’s tips for becoming a more professional clown. Select 4 of these things to work on every month for the next 4 months and you will be a better more enjoyable clown.