This shop is a total blast to be in! There are hundreds of costumes for both kids and adults, all well made and a reasonable price. They also stock lots of decorations like balloons and helium tanks for hire.

Love Clowning around in Mawson. I had my nieces 18th birthday to attend and we had to dress up as what we wanted to be when we grew up. My partner wanted to be a pilot but after looking in go lo, reject shop and some toy shops we had no luck finding a hat, badge, sunglasses etc. We finally came across Clowning Around after trying google and this was just 2 hours before the party began. We told the staff what we wanted and they were very helpful. They had everything he needed. We will be going back there get in the future. One thing I did not like its very hard to find the shop as its in a side entrance and stairs going now to a small enclosed room. I had my 18 month old baby with me and we had to return to the car and put her pram in the boot then I had to walk down 2 flight of stairs with my daughter wiggling around. I found it very unsafe.

Approximate cost: $80

Literally thousands of costumes for hiring/buying as well as all sorts of accessories/balloons/party goods/etc. It seems to always be busy and they only have 4 change rooms, but staff are happy to bring you as many costumes as you want to try on until you find the one you are after. On the whole the staff are helpful – some of the staff can be a bit brash and one lady in particular didn't really listen to us and just kept giving us costumes we didn't want, and then halfway through helping us moved onto another customer and started helping them, which we weren't too impressed with. Otherwise, a really good store for finding that perfect costume for your dress-up party!