What about mascot tryouts? Here are some helpful suggestions for those crazy mascots!

 

Option 1

1. Have participants create a costume on their own.  Judge on creativity.

2. If you would prefer them make up different costumes, here are a few examples:  Lion, Dog, Rabbit, Bird, Chicken, Bull, or Bear

Use animals because they are usually an animal mascot.  They can dress up the outfits they make like superheroes or holidays such as: Zorro, Superman, Batman, Santa Clause, or Easter Bunny.

3. Impromptu with one sack of props. This way each person has to make up skits with the same props.  Judge on creativity and originality.  By using the same props you can tell the participants creativity more than if they use different props. 

 

Option 2 (Most people use this option because the candidates get time to prepare for the tryout.)

1. Have the candidates dress up in the school mascot costume.

2. Let the candidates make up a 1-2 minute skit on their own, including props and music.

 

Judging Criteria on Mascots (100 points total):

 

Crowd Appeal (15 points): making the crowd interested in you, judged on how well you keep their attention.

 

Energy (15 points): Enthusiasm and spirit. 

 

Animation (15 points): How well you portray the character.  Ex: bigger motions like steps and claps.

 

Variety (15 points):  Different actions and things to make the crowd involved. Ex: use of signs, using big hand gloves to make the crowd clap.

 

Coordination (15 points):  Ex: How well you dance in the outfit.  Can you move around and make it look good, opposed to tripping over the feet?

 

Impromptu or Interview (15 points):  Judged on how creative you are with different props. Have judges ask a couple of situational questions and see the candidates reaction.

For example: If a child is scared of you, what would you do?

 

Teacher evaluations and Grades (10 points): Are you a good leader? Do you have good grades?