30 Kids’ Drawings That Probably Need A Little Explanation

Kids are wonderfully honest, wildly imaginative, and completely unfiltered. Give them a box of crayons and a blank sheet of paper, and you never quite know what you’re going to get.

From unintentionally terrifying characters to hilariously blunt captions and oddly specific scenarios, children’s artwork has a special talent for leaving adults both impressed and slightly concerned. We’ve gathered some kids’ drawings that probably need a little explanation. Take a look and see if you can figure out what was going on in these young artists’ minds.

#1 One Of My Friends Was Drinking At A Haunted Inn In Central NY And Met A Wiccan And A Self-Described Satyr And My Kid Drew Their Portrait

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#2 I Went To A Cafe This Morning And After Working For A Bit A Boy Came Over And Handed Me This And Said “I Drew You”

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#3 Nailed It

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#4 Most Kids Draw Dragons And Animals And Battles And Stuff, My Little Cousin Draws Danny DeVito And Dr Phil

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#5 When Your Son Is Sitting There Very Quietly, It’s Usually Time To Worry

Image source: dharford79 After a few minutes, he says daddy look, I’ve drawn you! He’s 6, and his drawing skills are incredible!

#6 My Friend's Daughter Had A School Assignment To "Write Once Sentence About A Family Member And Draw A Picture About It"

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#7 Actually Love This, But He's Not Wrong

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#8 My Cousin's First Drawing Of Her Mum, She's 5

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#9 4 -Year-Old Did A Portrait Of Me. I Think She Nailed It Personally

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#10 Snow Day So Kid #4 Had Me Sit For A Portrait At Her Art Easel

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#11 She Did A Great Job

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#12 My Daughter’s Terrifying Self-Portrait In Kindergarten

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#13 Thank You. I Think She Did A Great Job For A Kid. It's Rare For Children To Pay Close Attention To Facial Features. She Did

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#14 A Little Child Who Was Sitting Near Me At The Beach Came Over Very Politely To Offer Me This Portrait She’d Made

Image source: A_living_stem My likeness has never been captured so well. Day made.

#15 Portrait Of Mom

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#16 And This Is My Dad

Image source: PrylOffKing Children were asked to draw portraits of their fathers from memory on Father's Day and then compare them to the original. USA. 1949. This is one of them.

#17 This Portrait A Kid Drew Of Me Is Actually Great And Maybe Also Slightly Indicative Of Current Mental State

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#18 This Is It. The Pinnacle Of My Existence. A Kid Drew Me And Gave It To Me And Probably The Sweetest Thing Forever

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#19 When I Was In Kindergarten They Told Us To Draw Our Mom. Needless To Say, She Was The Happiest Person On Earth The Second She Saw It

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#20 This Is A Chalk Portrait Of Me That A Neighbor Kid Drew Eight Years Ago

Image source: screenwritery I’m not sure what inspired her to put “I am king” on the shirt, but I like to think that children can just recognize a sense of natural-born leadership when they see it.

#21 “Striving For Accuracy”

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#22 So Much Expression

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#23 Drawing I Made When I Was 7 Or So. Was Trying To Be Nice To My Chain Smoking Grandfather By Gifting Him A Portrait Of Him

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#24 Portrait Of Me

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#25 My "Self-Portrait" When I Was 6... It's Like Looking Into A Mirror

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#26 A Kid At Today’s Pull-Over Prevention Drew A Portrait Of Me

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#27 I Guess I Resemble A Vampire

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#28 My (Almost) 3-Year-Old Told Me She Was Drawing A Pig... Then Said, “That Kinda Looks Like You.”

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#29 My Heart Just Melted Like Butter. My Kid Drew A Portrait Of Me

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#30 Me When I Was 7 And Told To Draw Myself In 20 Years

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