Can somebody please give me an idea for a routine using Confusing Crayons at 5-8 yr old birthday parties?

Thank you,
-stephen

See the following post.

http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/searc......=3717600

It is not birthday themed but I use it at every show.

James Adamson
http://www.seam2006.com

Thank you. I like your routine.

-stephen
-NeverGrowUp

I offer a suggestion that will offend some (but what doesn't?)

Aaron's Original routine:
Kooky Kool-Aid!


Magish: Guys & Girls! I have a new job with the Kooky Kool-Aid Drink Company and would like to offer a FREE taste test of our new & improved KOOKY KOOLAIDE (bring out a colorful looking carton filled with Kool-Aid or just colored water). What kooky kid would love have a FREE sample of our new drink?

Bring up volunteer.
Now I warn you, this is not regular Kool-Aid; it's KOOKY Kool-Aid, guaranteed to make you too kooky to ride your bike home!

So AFTER you drink it, we are going to have to test you to see if you can follow directions, OK? It will be FUN!! Are you willing to take a test after you drink it?

1st cup: Pour a small amount into a Styrofoam cup and start to hand it to the kid, then stop...now you have to drink it FAST because kooky Kool-Aid WILL disappear in your cup! Pour quite a bit more in the cup and say, see...if I wait too long it will... vanish! Jab a pencil into the cup and let the cup hang upside down with no fluid coming out (slush powder). So make sure you HURRY & drink it!

2nd cup: Pretend to pour another amount into a Styrofoam cup and turn to the audience, will you guys tell me if you like the temperature of the Kooky Kool-Aid...with that... fling the contents of the cup onto the audience allowing a small amount of confetti to spray out at them. (it's for kids, ok?)

3rd cup: Pour a small amount & have kid quickly drink it up. Ask them for their opinion of the taste (pretend to write on a clipboard), the smell - smell the cup, and then ask them to give it a burp test. See if you can get them to burp!

Now comes the part where we see how KOOKY you are feeling...

Go about the confusing crayon events, Important: LOOK SURPRISED at the weird occurrences, this is where kids magicians sometimes fail, you can't be smug or all knowing...so frantically write down these weird events on your clipboard!

End the routine by seeing if they can touch their nose with your magic wand...(enter the breakaway wand!)...

Aaron

I think that's hilarious. Good job.

Thanks Mike.

Addition:
If your doing an outdoor, maybe poolside event you add a twist where everytime the kid doesn't follow your directions with the crayons, the audience gets Kooky Koolaid LIGHTLY sprayed on them. This will by far increase the audience's interest in the happenings of the crayon, and add quite some excitement.