Zippy the Clown

Hippie!

With Cupcakes

I joined the Boeing Clowns in my first parade of the year: the Covington Days Parade. We were wedged between a team dressed in green (celebrating Irish heritage, I think?) and the library crowd. While the van drove ahead, I lavished kids with foam clown noses and stickers.

My go to gag: a foam fish I had strapped to one of my hands. I asked kids for a “fist bump,” and then followed it up with a “fish bump.”

It’s always handy to have two gags, though, to keep kids from getting bored. So emboldened, I gave away my clown noses. If there’s an older kid, though, I asked, “Do you want a red nose?” He or she would say yes. Then I pull out my toy hammer ($1.50 at Daiso) and pretend like I was going to bop him on the nose.

With BMA Klown Klub

On Friday, Zippy and the Boeing Clowns were on hand at the Museum of Flight to help entertain kids while they learned about the importance of safety. The lot was filled with many fire trucks from far and wide. Celebrities such as Ronald McDonald and Smokey the Bear were on hand. And of course the Boeing Clowns were around to frolic and cause mayhem.

Here are photos of me at the Race For The Cure event at Covington, WA. Most of the day was spent making balloon animals and meeting with the wonderful kids who spent the weekend to volunteer with their parents.

Zippy and the Boeing clowns at the Special Olympics

Rocking a blue hoodie for my gig at the Special Olympics.

Zippy at Woodland Park’s “Mom and Me at the Zoo” with the Boeing Manager’s Association Klown Klub.