Dress up as an artist day at school?!?!?!

quietheart

My 4 yr old son is meant to go into school dressed as an artist tomorrow.
My imagination has left me - any ideas?! Must be free and accessible!!

Mips

Check in discussion time as there was a thread on this recently.

He could wear a Bandage around his head and pretend to be Van Gogh.. or whoever it was who hacked his Ear off after drinking Absinthe..

wolfehouse

a big waxed fake upturned mustache and go as salvador dali?

or do they just mean with an old paint marked smock (daddy's shirt) and a beret?

celyn90

Go dressed as a lemon and say you are a surrealist

whitewing

I agree - an old white shirt of dad's put on back to front (we used to wear that for art at school). Ruffled, mad hair. Maybe a twirly moustache drawn on.

Make an artist's palette out of cardboard, and paint or felt tip the colours on. Get a paintbrush from somewhere.

NickiM

I know not a specific artist, but a mime artist!?

sooz

Put him in a pretty frock & blonde wig & say he's Grayson Perry

barnaby-bear

rovers wrote: »

My 4 yr old son is meant to go into school dressed as an artist tomorrow.
My imagination has left me - any ideas?! Must be free and accessible!!

Andy Warhol (not exactly the perfect role model for a 4 year old) - talc his hair stick on some sun glasses
http://skullcull.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/andy_warhol.jpg

Rembrant - famouse self-portrait - put curlers in his hair and slap on a beret
http://artroots.com/art2/rembrandt12.jpg

If your kid's a bit chavvy looking - slap on a baseball cap, hoody and stick a spray can in his hand (teachers will love this one )
Banksy
http://productshopnyc.com/htdocs/robert-banksy.jpg

Sticky out ears? Prince Charles
http://www.cheltenham-art.com/PrinceCharles.htm

Stick on a fake beard, cardboard boomerang and send him to school with the neighbours sick puppy in tow - Rolf Harris
http://www.collect-art.com/artist/rolf_harris/

quietheart

Thanks for the loan of your imagination!
Think we've decided on a 4yr old Van Gogh and a 7 yr old Dali.
Glad i asked now!

Tashja

Woohoo

Glad you went with Dali - he is one of my most favorite artists ever

Hope the kids have a great day

T xx

celyn90

Awwhh, hope they have a great time!

barnaby-bear wrote: »

If your kid's a bit chavvy looking - slap on a baseball cap, hoody and stick a spray can in his hand (teachers will love this one )
Banksy
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:rotfl: :rotfl: That's great. He could have the day off and say he's Banksy too as noone ever sees him.