18 Pictures That Prove Children Can Not Be Trusted To Make Art

    Eat your heart out, Van Gogh.

    Jamie Jones
    by Jamie Jones

    BuzzFeed Staff

    We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to show us some of the strangest art their children have made. Here are some of the best responses:

    1. "Umm."

    stylemaverick / BuzzFeed

    "Three-year-old Max brought this to me and proudly declared, 'It’s me! I’m splashing in puddles! That’s a rainbow!' Umm."

    Submitted by stylemaverick

    2. "It’s a dead My Little Pony."

    mary-ruthh / BuzzFeed

    "My sweet, adorable, pigtailed 4-year-old lovingly drew me this picture. It’s a dead My Little Pony. Why is it dead? Why did she take the time to lovingly craft a dead cartoon heroine and gift it to her doting mother? She did not say. She was, however, very proud of it and insisted it go on the fridge."

    Submitted by mary-ruthh

    3. "He ripped the paper out of my hands and proceeded to make a Dexter splatter instead."

    stephamaboble / BuzzFeed

    "For Valentine's Day I attempted to do a cute handprint craft with my 9-month-old that I’ve done many times before. Well, not this time. This time he ripped the paper out of my hands and proceeded to make a Dexter splatter instead."

    Submitted by stephamaboble

    4. "I received this at the grand age of 24."

    rowanberry / BuzzFeed

    "I work at a school and received this at the grand age of 24. Apparently I work hard and deserve a rest."

    Submitted by rowanberry

    5. "It's supposed to be a jungle."

    e4c6fea464 / BuzzFeed

    Submitted by e4c6fea464

    6. "A 'self-portrait'."

    mkusich16 / BuzzFeed

    Submitted by mkusich16

    7. "Oops."

    hannahm4dd2ba3b8 / BuzzFeed

    "In kindergarten we read a book called Big Fat Hen. Unfortunately I drew both my B’s and G’s backwards. Oops."

    Submitted by hannahm4dd2ba3b8

    8. "Apparently pimples look like pepperoni."

    m4bff1a8e1 / BuzzFeed

    "My 6-year-old daughter drew dancing teenagers with pizza slices for heads because teenagers often have acne, and apparently pimples look like pepperoni."

    Submitted by m4bff1a8e1

    9. "Oh crap, my son wants to be a serial killer!"

    arleneh470349ff2 / BuzzFeed

    "This is a picture my son drew of his future self for career day. I freaked out because I see a person bleeding out, blood splattered on the walls, and a child screaming. I thought, Oh crap, my son wants to be a serial killer! –but he says he wants to be a gynecologist. Which freaks me out in a whole other way… My 5-year-old wants to be a gynecologist!"

    Submitted by arleneh470349ff2

    10. "PS. I don't know how old you are."

    mareee / BuzzFeed

    Submitted by mareee

    11. "The piranhas were supposed to be attacking us on the beach…"

    ThisBeMicheleLee / BuzzFeed

    "My son wrote a story about piranhas when he was in kindergarten. The piranhas were supposed to be attacking us on the beach, but it looks like we’re about to be attacked by a different kind of giant."

    Submitted by ThisBeMicheleLee

    12. "Shake shake."

    taylorj46bba10ba / BuzzFeed

    "My little sister was asked to draw her favourite animal from their zoo field trip. If y’all can’t read it the caption says 'shake shake'. It’s still framed in the teacher’s lounge."

    Submitted by taylorj46bba10ba

    13. "We are not horror-film junkies."

    Bleachedsky32 / BuzzFeed

    "My daughter, when she was 4 years old, came to me and showed me her picture. Keep in mind I’ve never seen Saw and we are not horror-film junkies."

    Submitted by Bleachedsky32

    14. "The top part is after the teacher made him re-do it."

    saraf414c42de4 / BuzzFeed

    "My son’s school was celebrating the100th day of school. The top part is after the teacher made him re-do it. He was 7 at the time."

    Submitted by saraf414c42de4

    15. "Someone beheaded a guy called Dave…"

    laurah40e6b908f / BuzzFeed

    "A drawing by my 7-year-old son. It had a small story behind it. Someone beheaded a guy called Dave and then left the head hanging from a rope outside Dave's door."

    Submitted by laurah40e6b908f

    16. "Thank heavens we didn’t receive a knock on the door from child protective services."

    chetrere / BuzzFeed

    "Instead of following the directions, my 5-year-old clearly had something else on his mind to complain about. Thank heavens we didn’t receive a knock on the door from child protective services. For the record: I feed my kids!"

    Submitted by chetrere

    17. "Mom."

    susieh7 / BuzzFeed

    Submitted by susieh7

    18. "My son passed this under my door at the tender age of 7."

    drea7is7fancy / BuzzFeed

    "My son passed this under my door at the tender age of 7. I still have no idea what the central thesis of this drawing is."

    Submitted by drea7is7fancy

    Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.

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