Check out these artworks ready to be returned to their creators, each with inspiring story behind it. We're celebrating the artists' creativity by reuniting them with their childhood art.
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"In this picture I am (when I get older) thinking back on when I was young playing baseball, and soccer. When I get old I will always have these great memories."
"Beauty is a piece of love. Genie’s cast evil and good spells. The spell the genie is doing is very good. The gift of beauty goes upon the girl. She is now so beautiful because of her kindness and love."
"To wake up flying with birds in my hair."
"My tiger represents courage and pride. His stripes are a symbol of his never-ending courage. His roar stands for the pride he feels for himself."
"My dragon and my knight became friends."
"My dream is that my stuffed dog grows large."
"I want to be a cartoonist or a political cartoonist."
"I'm a competitive swimmer born in Korea and adopted as a baby by my American parents. Both cultures and my love of swimming make me who I am."
"Swirling through space we reach for the stars."
"The robin wants to share the beautiful sunset with a girl bird of a different breed."
"The knight is the guard. The princess wants to marry him but he’s just a statue. The unicorn belongs to the princess. His name is Rosie. Rosie is going to put the rose on top of the knight’s head to make him come to life. The princess will be happy and give the unicorn a big hug."
"One day I had a dream of going deep into the forest. I saw a tiger and got on his back. He took me deeper and deeper into the forest. We had a great time with the birds and the animals. I didn’t want the dream to end."
"To let animals roam freely. May they march proudly in the streets. I wonder how the world would be if animals could make the laws and run our country."
"This is a picture of my bird named Cheeks. We named him that because of his orange cheeks."
"One day I will have a lawn full of puppies."
"The snails are having a race and whoever wins will become a new color"
"There are a lot of things I want to do when I grow up. I will always reach for the stars just like the ones on my shirt."
"My drawing shows a person painting a rainbow with the fish helping him. It means that animals are important too. They can be very helpful."
"My Dream is that I wish I had 4 cats that were magic so I could fly on them to cat land."
"The animals are all having a party and they’re doing line dances. They're having fun."
"In the future, the people have three eyes and all cars have trees painted on the tires. The people are green and they have yellow eyes."
"I would love to be on a tightrope looking down at the crowd wondering if they think I will fall, knowing that I won't."
"My dream is to be successful in many areas. I love art but I also like music and acting. Nicole Kidman is talented in many areas."
"This is a picture of my two favorite birds that live in the jungle. I wish I could see them up close, and that is why I drew them."
"This is a picture of my cat, Copycat. She sleeps with me every night. She follows me everywhere I go..."
"Dream what you or anybody else wants to dream and let there be peace in all of the land."
"My dream is to be able to live underwater and to be able to see the fish deep in the ocean. I would like to see what it would be like to live underwater."
"I wanted to show how much fun my family is."
"I hope one day to be in an art gallery or in a famous museum."
"SSSSSOON YOU WILL COME TO ME. YOU WILL SSSSOOOON SSSSEEEE ME. YOU WILL SSSEEEE DOTSSSSS ALL AROUND ME. YOU WILL SEEEEE SQUARESSSSS AROUND ME. YOU WILL SSSSEEEE ME."
"I think more people like me need a quiet day in the park after a long day."
"My monsters are always hiding in my closet... I say “stop” and they all go back."
"We are all part of the world and the world is part of us."
"To never die, to never die is my dream. Jade will never, ever die..."
"We must all learn to care for and protect our environment. Draw your wings back and let your character fly."
"Keep your eye on jazz."
"My mom gives me a special cake every year. I wish I had a birthday everyday with a rainbow cake and candles. It would be so exciting. I’d feel like dying."
"I'm always happy when I can wear my Sunday hat."
"I wish every family in the world would be like a family of snakes that love each other. Being a family means forever love and care and respect."
"I wish I had a bike with 10 gears so that I could ride farther and faster than all my friends."
"I was outside looking at the moon with my twin sister, Caroline. I asked her why the moon was so shiny."
"This is my friend in her colorful room."
"His name is cookie. He lives at my house. I get on him and he doesn't make me fall off. He can take me home or in any place I want to go."
"Picasso can inspire children like me to create artwork that is unusual. Without artists like Picasso our world would not be nearly as interesting."
"This is the lady down the street. I try to always show her respect."
"This is a surrealist portrait of the future. The futuristic people can live in the outer space city because they have adapted to the pressure."
"My Iguana has a lot of spots"
"This is me when I grow up. I am going to have a horse like this one. I will name my horse Cinnamon. Cinnamon and I live on a farm."
"One sunny day mommy, my sister, and I talked and we walked around the block."
"If I were a camel I would live in the cool forest where there was plenty of water instead of in the hot desert."
"I would like to be a peacock and always be dressed as brightly as the flowers."
"I was just experimenting with color and I had to make both sides match... This face makes me happy that I created it."
"I would like to joke around and make people laugh with my funny joker hat."
"When I drew the picture of the duck on the log, I was thinking of a duck that had lost his family and he stumbled on a forest filled with trees, hills and water that flows through paradise."
"To draw kids having fun!"
"My drawing is called 'Colorful Life Underwater' because it shows lots of living and non-living things underwater. I also called it this because of the colors in this picture."
"This rare species is found in the trauma land, and eats tofu and veggie burgers. Its job is to give away samples of dish washing detergent."
"These are the friendliest bugs. They wave at everyone and they want to crawl in your pocket."
"This is a cat that likes the Green Bay Packers football team. He is angry because his friends think he stole something and he didn't."
"The name of it is Merrel II. It works by jet powered engine and helicopter. It can go at 1,000 miles per hour since it has plungers on the bottom it can walk up walls."
"I see a big big house in the clouds, and it has beautiful roses and sunflowers planted in its gardens. This pretty house is like no other. It has so many windows that the sunlight shines in every morning. Did you know that it is the biggest house in the world? Our school is the size of this mansion. People from all of the countries would like this house because it even has a rainbow. My friend Chris says 'I believe that this colorful house looks like a fairy tale palace'. Everyone in my family should live in this mansion in the clouds. What a dream house!"
"My dream was about my little sister's first smile when she was about one week old. I was seven years old then. Her face looked different than compared to now."
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