Sammy & Suzy’s Play Session

Participant notes from Clown Congress 2025
Session proposed and documented by Suzy Harvey



We proposed the session in the Seminar Room, but the three year old had other plans, so we put a note on the door saying that the session would be happening wherever the three year old happened to be. 
The three year old was blissfully unaware that he had proposed a session.

He enjoyed animating a long bogey type worm across the sofas while a clown animated the turtle trying to eat it. They laughed. This clown said she had been wanting to be around children of this age for a while and wants to do more work like this. 
He also enjoyed squeezing a stress ball and catching bubbles blown by another clown.
A few other clowns popped in here and there and had little chats with him, which he loved and appreciated.
5-6 adult clowns  played a few games from a book called “40 games for Frivolous People”
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780713618983/Forty-Games-Frivolous-People-Wilson-0713618981/plp

We particularly enjoyed “Do You Know Mr Green”,
We played it several times and the three year old really enjoyed leading the end of the game.
We got caught in a 3 year old/clown “shall we do that again?” loop.

We also enjoyed “This is a Ding”.

Participants were reluctant at first, because the instructions are confusing, but once another clown put some Drum and Bass music on to accompany it, everyone seemed to enjoy it a lot more. The point of the game is to be confused, but I’m not sure if people were laughing because it’s a good game, because it’s equally possible they were laughing because it’s a dreadful game.

The three year old also really enjoyed watching the street clowns head out on their mission and then return.

Several people asked where he got his leggings from. They’re from here: https://eddieandbee.co.uk/collections/adult-organic-cotton-leggings