rn If you like children and consider yourself as a person who is very smiley, open-minded, creative and - the main point - you can’t live without people’s attention, then a job as a children’s entertainer would just be right for you!

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rn In general, this is a person, who works with children and entertains them.

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rn There are different types within this profession. The most popular children’s entertainers are magicians, clowns, heroes of movies and cartoons, jugglers - and don’t forget about Santa, of course! You can involve all of your previous experience and become a fantasy dancer, artist with magic paintings, be the person drawing different stories on sand, funny photographer in a costume and more.

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rn It depends on your background, the type of clients - if you’re self-employed or corporate, promotion you’ve done before, day of week, season and, of course, your enthusiasm! Anyway, you will get 150$ per hour on overage. But what about  additional costs? For example you would need to rent costume, if you don’t one on your own, greasepaint if needed, expendable materials and transport tickets or taxi.

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rn Many things in life depend not only on our abilities and talents, but primarily on the purpose and desire to acquire skills and learn something new. Starting from scratch is always difficult, but your strong desire will help you succeed. If you like the profession of children's entertainer, you can get a job at the children's center closest to your home working as an animator, and when you’ve got enough experience - collect your portfolio and start promoting yourself. But what if your city does not have such opportunities? A great option to combine travel with compiling a future portfolio and working with children is working as Au Pair abroad.

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rn Au Pairing gives you a lot of new skills you can realize in the future. So even if you just had a middle-term contract Au Pair, you’ve learnt many ideas how to make children happier and organize their gaming time. Of course, you’ve already checked how children react to your emotions and maybe you even feel that you start to behave like an actor for them. Therefore you know that kids are the most attentive viewers and you enjoy being in the middle of attention.

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rn Of course, the Au Pair program is a special experience of communication not only with children but with a family, too. You will face then question: “Who is an Au Pair?” To learn more click here and you will understand how many advantages you can catch with the Au Pair program.

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rn If you already have experience of performing on stage, you can boost your skills and even make a portfolio during your Au Pairing time. How? Just follow these steps.

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rn Most of the families will surely say ‘Yes’, but to avoid misunderstanding you should do this before filming or taking photo.
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rn Ask yourself about your strengths and weaknesses and think about the main idea of your performance. But before it’s better to find out the preferences of your young actors because their satisfaction is priority (these rules work in children’s world and you should consider them).

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rn 3. Prepare space and costumes

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rn The real game starts now! You can create amazing scenes at home or even outside, using just stuff that you have around - sofas, pillows, curtains, flowers and branches if needed. Then go to the wardrobe and find clothes to dress like their heroes. Makeup and accessories - and you are real hollywood actors!

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rn 4.  Find the best camera angles

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rn Use your tripod or just what you will find at home to set your camera. It’s even better if you ask the parents of the children to come to your performance and take some photos.

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rn 5. Collect your portfolio

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rn The Au Pair experience gives you a lot of opportunities to learn and grow. Do you know that you will have the opportunity to go to a languages courses in the host country? So you can improve your new language skills and will have  the possibility to work in companies abroad. If you haven’t chosen a target country for Au Pair stay yet, find more information here.

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rn Just imagine: you will spend a year (more or less - depends of your contract Au Pair) in a new country, boosting your skills with children, communicating with people, travelling (in your holidays) and fulfilling your future portfolio with photo and video content!

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rn Update your profile in social media especially for your future work. You can choose your artist name (pseudonym) and publish your experience as a children's entertainer. Find your style and collect your client base! 

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rn Actually you can invest your time during your stay preparing to perform with children. Often, children are open for such kind of pastime, so both of you will be happy!

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