Polka-dotted clowns squirting water and fashioning balloon animals became a staple of children’s parties, and the modern clown became associated with childish comedy rather than theatre.

He shares the message of God’s love along with balloon animals and card tricks. Most clowns have a more modest enterprise. They work a circuit akin to a Red Cross nurse’s. Children’s ...

It was a landmark for us.” — Donald Barnum of Big Rapids “Dynamite the clown at the Kingsley School band carnivals making balloon animals and hats for only two tickets. Man, what a great ...