Face Painting & Caricatures

November 15, 2018

The Olaf /magician kept everyone interested and we loved the Frozen style princess characters doing such wonderful face painting. What an astonishing magic show and balloon sculptures by the Magician. I wanted to thank you for such great entertainment at our party 2 weeks ago. The face painter was amazing and many people commented on her unique and incredible artwork. The magician was a charming Olaf and the costume change to tuxedo along with the balloons were added bonuses. I have referred your name to several other families. Thanks again for the entertainment.

Colleen Leininger
N Woodlawn St
Wheaton, IL 60187

To the Park District of Oak Park,

Our family had the pleasure of attending the sensory friendly Cookies with Santa last Wednesday at Cheney Mansion. As our little kiddo has challenges, attending events can be very stressful and overwhelming for him and subsequently for the whole family. I wanted to share how incredible of an experience we all had. It was just a few families at a time, everyone with kiddos that process things a little differently. The four of us went and it was a dimly lit, quiet atmosphere at Cheney Mansion. Our son walked in and lit up, helped himself to cookies and juice with ease (unlike him!) due to the relaxing surroundings.


The Santa (Jeff Blake) that was there was amazing - he knew just how to talk to our son and others. He encouraged deep breaths at times when it was necessary and knew just how to engage with these special kids. Our son found Santa and talked to Santa for about 15 minutes about dinosaurs with so with so much joy with a calm body. Our daughter was overjoyed too. We were blown away at how wonderful his approach and interaction was with the kids and parents. The other staff members were patient and so engaging with crafts and pictures, truly impressed.


My husband and I were holding back happy tears at how amazing of an experience it was. It was one of the first experiences that went magically from beginning to end. We sincerely thank the Park District of Oak Park for hosting such an important and meaningful experience for these kiddos and families with different needs and will always be a supporter and advocate for more events as thoughtful as this in the future. If there is any way more of these events can take place and continue to be inclusive of kids with special needs, we will truly appreciate it.



Thank you and have a wonderful holiday - ours already has been delightful thanks to this experience.


All my best,
Shital Vora (636 N Grove)

Farah A.
Chicago, IL

5.0 star rating 6/4/2018
We hired "Professor McGonagall" from Harry Potter come to our daughter's 7th "Harry Potter" Birthday and she was very professional and did a great job. She performed a sorting hat ceremony which was fantastic, sorting the kids into houses based on fun facts about their personalities. She then painted faces. It was the perfect addition to our Harry Potter party theme! They also have Hagrid who can come and do magic but we didn't have him at our party