A side-by-side image shows a child’s drawing and a real-life recreation of it. On the left, a sketch shows a figure in a blue top and black trousers tending to potted flowers. On the right, a person wears a large, sculptural blue garment to mimic the drawing's figure in a garden.

Miscellanous: Childrens' drawings of their grandparents made into costumes

Words: Liv Siddall
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Date: 29 November 2013; Work

Kids are funny, so are old people. The best way to make a project everyone’s going to enjoy is somehow combine the two, especially if you throw in some kind of artistic merit at the same time. Dutch artist Yoni Lefevre has been spending her time asking children to draw their grandparents and then setting to work building costumes out of the weird images they come up with. This is where the magic really happens, funny kids plus old people in costumes? That’s just a recipe for the best project we could ever have wished for. Check out the rest of this funny artist’s work over on her site.

A side-by-side comparison of a child’s drawing and a photograph of a person playing tennis. The drawing shows a figure with a racket and the handwritten text “mijn opa doet tennissen” and “van: Roel 11 jaar”. The photo shows an older person in a red T-shirt and blue shorts hitting a tennis ball on a red clay court. — Above
Yoni Lefevre: Grey Power

A side-by-side comparison shows a child’s drawing and a photograph of a person recreating it. In both, a figure in an orange top has multiple arms holding a football, a fishing rod and other household objects. The drawing includes handwritten text that reads “Anne 11” and a short note in Dutch. — Above
Yoni Lefevre: Grey Power

A side-by-side comparison of a child's drawing and a photograph. On the left, a drawing of a person in a red top painting at an easel, with the handwritten text “Schilderen” and “Raf Molin 10 jaar”. On the right, a person recreates the drawing in a living room, wearing a red top and standing at a wooden easel. — Above
Yoni Lefevre: Grey Power

A side-by-side comparison of a child’s drawing and a photograph. On the left, a simple illustration shows a person in a blue top and black trousers tending to potted flowers. On the right, a person wears a large, rounded blue costume to recreate the drawing in a garden. — Above
Yoni Lefevre: Grey Power

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www.yonilefevre.com

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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