2021 – The 1953 “Spring Has Sprung” Art Show
(ignore April 30, 2017 publish date – this was published on March 30, 2021)
“Spring”, huh? Then why is there a turkey on the left?
One thing I’ve been grateful for as I go through tons of parental possessions was to NOT find every single little thing that their darling offspring have ever produced as children…………until I came across this pile of kindergarten images created by their first-born.
Admittedly, I can’t draw to save my life, but I DID find a few of these to be somewhat interesting, if for no other reason than the coloring.
The paper is so fragile that it’s a mess to clean up after trying to count them, but I think the total is around 70. Some of them say “AM” and some “PM” on them, which must be the half-day kindergarten sessions. Others have obvious teacher’s handwriting on them and a couple have a cutout added that could not have been scissored by a 5-year-old.
I’ve selected 14 of them, starting with obvious Spring images.
I actually like this one for some reason, but it’s REALLY falling apart:
April showers………….
……..bring May kite fliers. This one appears to have a Mohawk, a pumpkin puss and a leg in a big red cast:
A butterfly flutters by:
These next three will have to pass for Summer, starting with a door-less house:
This one says, “3 Wigwams and cambfires” (“Uh, teacher? May I have a word with you, please?”):
A bakery! (I think I deserve an extra donut for that hat):
BTW – this is the only one of the 14 with an adult-written date on the back: 3-3-53.
On a less-appetizing note, here are some trees that appear to be up to their armpits in, um……….fertilizer:
But some of their leaves are turning color:
So…………..
On to the Fall and Halloween costumes:
………….and pumpkins with dental problems…………and ears!
……..and poorly-drawn turkeys:
Winter: time to wrap gifts and wrap up this silly post:
Now you know why I take pictures instead of trying to paint or draw them.
(BTW – our very nice kindergarten teacher’s name was Miss Baum. You think 5-year-olds didn’t have fun with that name?)
-artiste
(I know that “artiste” is an incorrect usage, but this 5-year-old doesn’t know that and thinks it sounds cool.)
Bob,
The “adorable” score is off the charts! You have had the gift of creativity since you were a wee lad.
It is wonderful to see these; thank you for sharing them.
The painting that I have dubbed “Leaves By Leafe” looks like a Warhol silk screen print of leaves that fetched two million dollars at an auction some time in the past 20 years.