Saturday, June 7, 2014

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


1 comment:

  1. The "unknown actress in a harlequin clown costume" is the lovely Claudette Colbert :)

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