Send in the Clowns (and win free circus tickets!)

A little over a week ago, just before Husband's birthday, Son sat down with paints to create a birthday present. His paper was so large, and our scanner so small, that I've not been able to capture all of the artwork here -- but this is a "Circus Tent," and it is complete with a flag flying at the top of its peaked roof and a long blue line in the background at the top of the page which Son declared was the "circus train." He even added a wispy trail of smoke at the front end of the train. He says that the opening you see below is so that the animals can get into the tent.

Here is the circus train, which he painted on a second sheet. I had to use two scans to get both engine and car, and sadly lost the lovely smoke trail coming from the front of the engine, but you get the idea.


What fascinates me most about these paintings is that we have never been to the circus, and to my knowledge he has never seen the circus on television -- so his imaginings of what a circus must involve come from story books and, well, I have no idea. But I love the bright colors and the detail.

For a chance to win FREE tickets for your family to see the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus when it comes to a town near you, ask your child(ren) what they think of when they think of the circus, and put up a post about their response. Painting, drawing, story, it doesn't matter. Come back here and add your post to the Mr. Linky below. Random drawing will happen sometime on Tuesday, Sept 30, with winners announced that day. (To check that the circus is making a stop near you, click here for tour stops and dates.)

Please be sure to leave me your email address in the comments section. I'll email everyone who doesn't win the tickets a 20% off coupon for buying circus tickets online.

And leave a comment on this post from last week if you also want to enter to win a circus DVD.

Edited to add: for some reason, the list of people with linked posts will only show up AFTER you click the Mr. Linky symbol below, so although it says "you're first," you can see all the other posts by clicking.

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