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!
circus folks, 1955
found on www.boingboing.net
coloring page by www.colorkiddo.com
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!!
(and never leave home without your
whoopie-cushion...)
found on www.thesurrealpoet.wordpress.com
'til next time -
inkspired
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
