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Smarty Pants named Best Birthday Party Entertainer in Chicago by Red Tricycle!

The popular parent and family website RedTricycle.com recently held their first ever awards for “Best of” in the city of Chicago. It was a nice honor for the all the parents who participated to vote Smarty Pants as Best Birthday …
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See the Big Balloon Show at the Chicago Kids Fringe Festival this September!

The Smarty Pants Big Balloon Show is an official selection for “Kids Fringe” at the Chicago Fringe Fest! See Smarty Pants and the Big Balloon Show at the Jefferson Playhouse located in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago – the …
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What to do with kids in Chicago on Saturday April 16th 2016 !

Wondering what to do with kids in the Chicago area on Saturday April 16th 2016? Check out the Smarty Pants Big Balloon Show – an amazing balloon stage show featuring magic, comedy and Smarty’s amazing giant balloon props. Even better …
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Smarty Pants St Patrick’s Day Balloon Surprise!

On May 17th, Smarty Pants made his annual appearance on WGN-TV’s St Patrick’s Day broadcast from 115 Bourbon in Merrionette Park.  (his 6th annual appearance if you’re keeping track) If you missed the footage, you’ll never believe how another balloon …
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Smarty Pants Big Balloon Show at the Winnetka Community House

Smarty Pants and Miss Dena recently returned to the Winnetka Community House for our annual Presidents Day presentation of our Big Balloon Show.  The Winnetka Current newspaper covered the show and got some great photos of the performance!  

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Mousetrap Machine Science Assembly featured in Elburn Herald!

This February, Smarty Pants visited the Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School to present our Mousetrap Machine Science Assembly program. The Elburn Herald covered this exciting student event in their newspaper:  

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Smarty Pants Show for Kids Day off from School – Feb 15th 2016

Wondering what to do with the kids for their Presidents Day off from school on Feb 15th? Take them to see the Smarty Pants Big Balloon Show at the Winnetka Community House! The Big Balloon Show features magic, comedy and …
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Happy New Year from Smarty Pants!

Happy New Year from Smarty Pants, Miss Dena and our own Penny Pants! We hope to see you all again soon in 2016!  

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Smarty Pants visits Indian Trails Library with great Big Balloon Library Show!

For our last show of 2015, Smarty Pants and Miss Dena visited the Indian Trails Public Library with our Big Balloon Show. The audience of kids and parents enjoyed our library show presentation, and we were lucky to have some …
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Mousetrap Machine Science Assembly visits Texas!

Smarty Pants recently took a short break from the holiday season in Chicago to bring his Mousetrap Machine Science Assembly down to Texas, as a headline performer at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion annual Children’s Festival. We performed our Mousetrap …
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