This will be for 6-7yr olds. Looking for some magic with audience participation for anything related to the movie Frozen. I can't do anything the requires cleaning up a mess.

I have Adam Grace's "Frozen" but need at least one other routine with audience participation.

I have some royalty costumes to dress up kids and telling some story but need ideas on a trick to go with it.

Any ideas are helpful.

Thanks.

Mike

I think one of the qualities of a children's entertainer and magician is to have the talents and skills to be creative enough to come up with routines for a themed show. I personally believe it is a trait that is lacking in our art.

However, there is nothing wrong with asking for idea's so here are a couple.

Turn water into ice. Perform Snowstorm In China. Use Slush Powder.

:)

After the water turns to ice...

or as an alternative

have a chosen card appear in an ice cube

Harris
as said on Napoleon Dynamite...."I have skills"
and a snappy dancer, quipped Nigel

Great ideas suggested. Another one would be to do Frankie the Snowman if you have it or can find it. It was put out by P and A silks. Ties in perfectly to winter and to the comical snowman in the movie itself.

Get white foam and cut them into snowball shapes. They do to have to be perfectly round. Then you can do sponge ball routine and the reason they vanish is because they melt in the heat of the hand. But if we believe in magic anything is possible. A lot you could do with that premise.

Make up a version of Pet Store Pranks where each of the cards are characters from the movie. You are trying to find the Big snow beast cause he is actually a nice guy. But you keep saying he is rift here and of course it is a different character and not the snow beast. The home hinged card could be the ice castle. You open it up and he is not there. Of course he appears behind the castle with a see do not see principle. Easy to do with some cardboard and computer print outs.

Use a Temple Screen and make panels to be the characters. Only when they come together does magic happen.

3 card monte (super easy version – can tell you more in a PM). It is the no moves version. You would have the snow beast on both sides and the hero in the middle but we can not get to the hero. The kids have to help you remember where the hero is. Of course the middle so we remove the hero with magic. (remove card after turning it backside to the audience. Show other 2 cards to be the beast. Well it looks like we saved her. But in reality we saved everyone cause in this story they ALL lived happily ever after and turn card over and it is the entire cast.

Professors nightmare done with white shoelaces. The concept here would be that they are scarfs. We have to have the scarfs equal sizes cause a small scarf is too short and will not protect us. The middle one is just right and the long one is much too long. But for our 3 heroes, we need them to be the same. Use whichever moves you like but it could tie in very well with this concept.

Just a few ideas off the top of my head.

Kyle

Let it go... let it go... don't hold back anymore...

Hi,
I sort of agree with you but with some reservations,
I think your right and we should be creative enough to do theme shows , however I would be very wary myself of creating them for one off birthday parties . We all know that what sounds great on paper does not always play that way. A show takes many performances beforeo
It is anywhere near smooth . I have done customised shows
But the last one I did was for (pembrokeshire coast national park authority ) it was a puppet show and I did several hundred performances a year for 7 years .
I also have a generic trade show act that I can slot a companies usp into but the act is basicaly the same with just a little customisation .

I charged the parks authority for the meetings ECT during development and they bought all the props / puppetts .

I think offereing to much customisation for one off parties unless you are charging a lot more is .
Making a rod for your own back. Ok if its just adding or 2 effects that you already own. But once you have done a theme for one parent then others may well expect the same !
I think I would look at the generic act that you could slot effects into but still the cash would need to be there!
Phil

I've used the talking board to draw the character 'Olof' from the movie.. He starts to melt so the kids send him back to the snow which leads into snowstorm (water to snow for a little kicker ending)

Good luck and post back your results!

If you can find a party/gift shop or even Toys R Us that sells streamers of snowflakes that people sometimes use to decorate kids rooms (often made in art class at elementary schools), you could fold them all together into a pile and produce them from a small production box just like magicians produce streamers of silks. Using a milk pitcher or cup that utilizes the same milk pitcher gimmick, you could appear to pour the liquid into the box and then have the streamer of snow flakes come out.

Of course you could also simply buy white mouth coils, drink some water or milk, and proceed to pull out the streamer of white snow flakes - since I think the coils could pass off as snowflakes if you plant the thought in their mind before proceeding with the effect.

- Gary

Lots of great stuff Kyle! Temple screen idea really has me thinking. Thanks so much!
That's awesome Peter, I almost always use the talking board when asked for a themed trick and the kids go nuts over it.
Thanks for sharing great stuff Gary. I have the snowflakes but never thought of using them as a production item.
Phil - You said that well and just to add ... when a client asks for a theme, I offer to perform a quick trick/routine that incorporates their theme with no extra charge. I try to add a second routine if possible as a surprise bonus for them, but I don't tell them about it in case I don't have time to come up with it. In the past I have had clients request the whole show customized to their theme, so in that case I quote them several hundred dollars above and beyond my price for cost of props, creation, planning, practice, etc. Usually they then say one trick is fine.

Mike: You are most welcome. There is so much that can be done with stuff you may already have or by creating customized props easily to better suit the needs of the theme.

If you would like other ideas, just let me know. Happy to assist.

Kyle

I have used bubbles to solid clear "ice bubble". If you put it in the fridge it can even be cold in a child's hands.

Slush powder & snowstorm in china wouldve been my ideas as well. If you use a PA system, do the SSIC to 'Let it go' from the soundtrack, and have the BDG help you. I'm assuming that Frozen is her fave movie, so invite her up, give her a special ice-wand (or make one if you twist balloons) and have her freeze the water, then make it into a snowstorm to the song.

I you do balloons BTW, you might also make her an ice-tiara.

I forgot the name of the trick. You show a clear bowl of water. You next reach in with your bare hand and pull out ice.

Dynamike - I think that's one's called "the one where you show a clear bowl of water and reach in with your bare hands and pull out ice."

Great ideas. I love doing the Pet Store pranks with different themes. A "Top 10" type of effect also works well with kids.

I sneeze carrots in my show and then make jokes about Olaf.

When you invite volunteers up, you can ask them if they like Frozen and have them sing a line of their favorite song.

I make jokes about the boys liking Princess Elsa. Lots of jokes from frozen.

Teaching the kids water into ice is cool.

Good Luck!

LOL

I mentioned this in another thread already but how about some sort of production? For example, using a crystal silk cylinder then producing a Anna or Elsa or Olaf toy.

Danny Kazam and The Mighty Fool both mentioned Slush Powder. I get fantastic reactions with a variation of David Ginn's 3 Cup Monte, performed to a custom piece of music.

For additional info I have provided a link below:

http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......forum=17

Olof the above

Once Upon a Time TV show has the FROZEN lady on it.

Check her out she may give you an idea.

Little Bo Peep is a Villan in this one.