C is for Clown

tee hee!

vintage clown found on

aleeka_stock.deviantart.com

C is for clown!

funny clown found on polyvore.com

Turn a 'C' on the side

and what do you get?

A big happy grin!

1957 coloring book 

found on www.papercherries.etsy.com

Clowns want us to laugh

and giggle

and guffaw

and hoot and holler!

children during a magic show

page by Matthew Jones on www.shizzledizzlemagic.com

laughing baby Yao

www.delightmakers.com

(That is one of my all-time fave photos, by the way!)

vintage song sheet for the movie theme song for Laugh-Clown-Laugh,

starring Lon Chaney

www.lonchaney.org

I get mad when people try to make clowns scary.

It ruins it for so many.

Clowns have always just wanted kids to have fun.

:0(

This is how it makes the Clowns feel:

Lladro clown figurine

www.parkestatecompany.etsy.com

So I say enough!

Let's remind all kids how fun clowns can be!!!

from "Look! Look! A Clown!" vintage book

myvintagebookcollectioninblogform.blogspot.com

February 2013 kids laughing

www.ksoo.com

It's okay to act silly!

coloring page by www.colorkiddo.com

circus folks, 1955
found on www.boingboing.net

Clowns like to play lots of games...

Learning numbers is fun

www.sheknows.com

a harder dot-to-dot clown

www.kidspot.com.au

pinball maze

courtesy of Dover Publications, address to the right

Clowns like to sing silly songs too!

1910 song sheet cover

courtesy Indiana Music Libraries

Rudy the Clown

Can you hear me now?

www.clownfest.com

c.1915 Circus Day In Dixie Song

courtesy Indiana Music Libraries

Clowns have lots of friends!

Circus performers in Blackfoot, Idaho

photo from the 1800's

thecircusblog.wordpress.com

1960s Circus Clown poster

cottagewhimsies.etsy.com

bouncing clowns

blog-de-aprendizagem.blogspot.com

One of the most famous American clowns is

Red Skelton

He was such a cool man,

it'll take a whole 'nother blog to cover him!

Red Skelton

www.vs-uc.com

Piglet even wants in on the fun -

www.hmcoloringpages.com

Silly piglet!!

www.dpshots.com

Clowns have been around a long, long time.

In different ages, they dressed differently from what we think of as a clown now, but back then everyone knew who the clowns were because of how they dressed.

Here are some different, well-known styles: 

Victorian clowns

www.2flavors.me.com

vintage clown postcard

www.zazzle.com

vintage clowns

missimmondssays.blogspot.com

March, 1922 Theatre Magazine cover

www.largesizepaintings.blogspot.com

c.1917 Lily of the Valley, A 'Nut' song featuring a 'Pierrot' clown

courtesy Indiana Music Libraries

Claudett Colbert in a harlequin clown costume

www.thevintagegirlsuk.wordpress.com

So get your clown face out
and do something silly today!!

clown photo booth

www.themcallisterblog.blogspot.com

Kathmandu, Nepal school children

www.dailytravelphotos.com

make a clown costume with paper plates and pompoms

www.funfamilycrafts.com

(and never leave home without your
whoopie-cushion...)

found on www.thesurrealpoet.wordpress.com


'til next time -
inkspired

an inkspired original collage made from all junk mail

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest:  K.Kloberdans