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International Clown Week: Let’s make balloon animals!

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August 1-7 is International Clown Week, and we’re looking at some of the skills clowns can use in their clowning.

Clown Brian ‘Stinky’ Weckerly dropped by Our Quad Cities News to show us how to make some basic balloon sculptures.

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Creamy vanilla pudding, fluffy whipped topping, juicy mandarin oranges, sweet pineapple, and crunchy cookies come together in the kind of Midwestern classic that somehow lands between side dish and dessert. Every spoonful is cool, creamy, fruity, and packed with crisp cookie pieces that soften just enough without disappearing completely. The citrus keeps the mixture bright, the pudding makes it velvety, and those chocolate-striped cookies turn an ordinary bowl of fruit into the one dish everyone recognizes from church suppers and family reunions. It is playful, nostalgic, and exactly the kind of recipe that makes people smile before they even take the first bite.

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