subject: Types of Children's Entertainers [print this page] Types of Children's Entertainers
There are many children's entertainers in various genres and mediums. The entertainment may be derived from a number of concepts, including fictional characters, talents, and other features. Common fictional characters portrayed by entertainers include Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man; the reason being that due to lacking any visible face that a child could scrutinize them for being different from the character being portrayed, more people can portray these characters.
It is not uncommon for parents to hire a magician or costumed character for a birthday party, though this has died down to some extent in recent years. Locations in the U.S. such as Universal Studios, Disney World, Chuck E. Cheese's, and others are common for this; Disney World, in particular, has numerous staff members who dress up in costumes from the various films and television shows that they and their major partner Pixar have made, including the aforementioned Mickey Mouse, Sheriff Woody, Winnie the Pooh, and many others. Entertainers can either be professionals as the above mentioned ones, or amateurs hired in the yellow pages.
Another common media that children's entertainers reside in is the music industry; while one would not characterize significantly popular performers such as New Kids on the Block, Hansen, Justin Bieber, or Miley Cyrus as a children's entertainer, it's not uncommon for a singer or instrumentalist to focus his or her musical services on children's entertainment. This is often done as a local thing, particularly in smaller middle-class towns, though it is not uncommon to see companies devoted to hiring out entertainers for such a purpose.
Puppetry and ventriloquism have historically been popular among children; while the latter has fallen into obscurity with few people bothering to learn the practice, the former has managed to survive, in spite of the massive popularity of more advanced mediums such as film, television, and video games. Often, it is better for a child to be entertained in an imaginative way, which is why puppetry is so simulative to children and why it is still fairly common (though the cost effectiveness of it could be factored into it). Magic is also simulative to a child's mind, due to it involving sleight of hand and visual trickery that is likely to deceive children and have them both amazed and curious as to how the trick worked.
Overall though, a physical entertainer is much better for a child's mind development when compared to sticking them in front of the television.
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