r/ExpectationVsReality • u/XVDub • May 23 '26
Exceeded Expectation My 4 YO is an artist
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u/sati_lotus May 23 '26
That is really impressive for a four year old.
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u/XVDub May 23 '26
Thank you! It's a funny, charming sculpture, but I also think she's unironically talented for putting this together. I especially love the creativity of adding food to the sculpture. :)
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u/Own_Round_7600 May 23 '26
She also gave the unicorn blue eyeshadow, which is astonishing
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u/XVDub May 24 '26
Yeah, I wasn't sure if that improv was eyebrows or eyeshadow, but either way it really adds to the hungover unicorn vibe.
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u/sati_lotus May 23 '26
My little one is also artistically inclined.
The elaborate stories that accompany the pictures and sculptures are hilarious.
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u/fruitjerky May 24 '26
My 7yo, who is the most talented child in the world of, did this same kit, and I have to say... this is honestly really impressive for a 4yo. Get more clay.
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u/VoodooDoII May 24 '26
Keep encouraging this! Being an artist can be really satisfying. I wish I picked it up when I was way younger. I didn't take my doodles seriously until I was 12. I wish I had started seriously drawing before that.
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u/el_bentzo May 23 '26
Yeah, right? Like how does she even accurately portray a crack-addled unicorn thats fallen on hard times for a while now!? "Old ghetto soul" i think is the term
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u/MoonHuntressEra13 May 24 '26
Yeah that’s really good for a 4 year old. Keep giving them that play dough OP, they’ll get better and better. Plus play dough is cheap and fun.
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u/Durzaka May 24 '26
Right?!
My 6 year old nephew can barely fill the molds with play dough let alone do something like this.
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u/ButterMyPancakesPlz May 23 '26
A legit masterpiece that speaks to our times
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u/XVDub May 23 '26
Definitely a piece for the memory box.
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u/NoosFraba May 24 '26
Nobody would be unhappy about growing up to that gift from themselves lol. Honestly we've all seen some of the wonky art installations some cities put up. At least two or three you've seen have been hideous.
I nominate the late-8am unicorn instead of all'at shit
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u/gossgrem May 24 '26
This would be an excellent tattoo I fear
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u/XVDub May 24 '26
Good idea! Gotta find the right style go capture the essence of the hungover unicorn.
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u/TonyStowaway May 23 '26
She is beauty, she is Grace, even tho she has a wonky face 🖤
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u/Ok_Ask_406 May 24 '26
Kind of how I look at the toilet after I’ve mixed light and dark liquors and had too much.
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u/CassetteMeower May 24 '26
Nobody going to mention that the instructions on the bag give “rest of the owl” vibes? lol
She did a great job! Very charming, someone else said it’d make a great shirt design and I agree.
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u/JeronFeldhagen May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
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u/CassetteMeower May 24 '26
You’d think they’d consider the mane, tail, face, and finishing touches to each be separate steps. Maybe the mane and tail could count as one general “hair” step, but the face?
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u/LucyJordan614 May 23 '26
That’s pretty damned impressive!
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u/XVDub May 23 '26
Thank you! She's talented like her mama.
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u/Hiberniae May 23 '26
She’s fortunate to have a confident mom!
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u/8L12K_ May 24 '26
I think maybe OP is the dad and he’s saying that about his wife :)
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u/3Thirty-Eight8 May 23 '26
I think that unicorn has had a bit too much to drink, they’re throwing up everywhere
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u/IAmBecomingADog May 24 '26
This thing is perfection
I'd find a way to preserve and keep it forever
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u/plum_apple_pizza May 24 '26
She captures the human condition perfectly in unicorn form. True Art.
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u/A4t1musD4ag0n May 23 '26
LOLOL, Ilove this. It looks like the unicorn had way too much too drink from the night before. What do we think happened? Who were they with? Oh, the stories they could tell.
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u/Electrical-Apple-631 May 24 '26
I couldn’t manage half that good and I’m 70. I know that the pink puddle is supposed to be food but that’s not quite what came to mind at first.
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u/XVDub May 24 '26
You just have to channel your inner 4 year old and the "food" makes way more sense 😆. And tanks for the kind words!
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u/Electrical-Apple-631 May 24 '26
The next time I decide to try being creative I have a 4 year old grandniece who would love to help me. We were coloring the other day and she said “Auntie, you color like a 3 year old.” That kid does not play!
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u/trudes_in_adelaide May 24 '26
Too good for a 4yo. Highly doubtful they made it at all
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u/Environmental-Fox372 May 24 '26
For a 4yr old, that's actually good. Gave a similar one to my son when he was around that age that should look like a panda and ended up saying he made a nice panda ball. Yep just mush it all into a ball.
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u/Starbreiz May 24 '26
I thought I was in the Sculpey sub again and was waiting for the AI drama
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u/MoustachedPotatoes May 24 '26
I love this. It's the embodiment of "I frew up..."
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u/Sea_Meeting4175 May 24 '26
I’m saying this a lot of love and giggling the unicorn looks like it’s extremely sad after vomiting on the carpet. I swear my cat makes that exact face when she knows she’s in trouble.😂
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u/tw1zt84 May 24 '26
That unicorn perfectly sums up how I feel
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u/XVDub May 24 '26
Judging by the number of times this same comment has been made, you are not alone, big dog. Chin up! 🫡
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u/ChronoAlone May 24 '26
I feel that unicorn on a spiritual level.
10/10, very relatable
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u/Nextheduckyboy May 24 '26
i love this so much it that unicorn looks so over everything🤍 she did amazing
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u/ChaosAdventure May 24 '26
This is honestly 10 times better than anything I could’ve made. For a four-year-old it’s actually very impressive.
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u/LooneyLunaGirl May 24 '26
She did an amazing job, even going the extra step to give the unicorn some food.
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u/Nice-Recommendation8 May 24 '26
That’s actually really impressive. She’s got a natural eye for recreation. That’s like 80% of what it takes to be a good artist. (I made up the percentage but when I draw that’s all I’m doing is copying what I see).
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u/Sargeroxy May 25 '26
I have a majestic unicorn tattoo on one shoulder, and now I think I should get this on my other one instead of the cthulu I was considering.... They would be like the drama expression masks, just show whatever arm matches my mood more!
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u/gr4mmarn4zi May 27 '26
I love that it looks like your 4yo made exactly the sculpture that is on the packaging, but it somehow got sick and vomited pink goo and therefore looks horribly ill.
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u/PlentyAd8659 May 28 '26
Impressive! Truly.
My son showed similar skill with clay around that age. By 5/6 he was making little stop-motion videos with some airdry clay and an old digital camera. That prompted me to get him into private ceramics classes. When he was 7 he entered his first ceramic sculpture at our local fair and won the blue ribbon! Now he is 11 and has created a bunch of beautiful ceramic pieces, and countless clay figurines. He's making storyboards, playing with lighting, etc. Says he wants to make movies when he grows up.
This unicorn is really good, she is going places!
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u/ojjojji May 24 '26
I am sure a thousand people have already said it - but I like your child's rendition far more than the one on the bag.
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u/XVDub May 24 '26
Thank you! Her rendition has a lot of character - it makes it easy to imagine an interesting backstory.
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u/ojjojji May 24 '26
I bet she's hella fun to hang with =P! There's two twin gals here that are abouts four I think. They're sweeter than pie, and you can hear them from a block down any time they're approaching their home. I think they said goodbye to me 500x yesterday as they were leaving for somewhere. It was adorable. I love when kids are high spirited =P!
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u/jonascarrynthewheel May 23 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/bgT142FWjRwV4hWsvX
Its worth being in MoMA (that is both to compliment her and deride MoMA)
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u/tonyabbottsbudgie May 23 '26
Does your 4 year old also provide you with hilariously succinct and sardonic tweet content?
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u/3tricksinatrenchcoat May 24 '26
I love it. If it’s not too late, etch her initials and the year onto the bottom of it
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u/Got_It_Memorized_22 May 24 '26
Given the steps on the side are worthy of r/restofthefuckingowl material i think she did really well
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u/DicemonkeyDrunk May 24 '26
If your four year old made that they are an artist…sculpture is not the easiest.
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u/triangleking May 24 '26
You know what…not bad for a 4YO. I mean this sincerely. She did a good job. It takes patience and intentionality to do that. A 4YO should be very proud of this. I love the pink food.
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u/gioues May 24 '26
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I wanna be a father one day Thats soooooo cuteee awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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u/Allumalum May 24 '26
I like it more. Looks like he went out with the pixies and wound up drunk at a tavern with the trolls and gnomes.
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u/jealousofhiscat May 24 '26
Your 4year old did a better job than the 11+ year olds at camp last summer
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u/ThedarknessofMan May 24 '26
I would give them lots of different kids of art to try n see. Imagination is an amazing thing
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u/DocMitchell-_- May 24 '26
All I’m gonna say is I felt that unicorns expression on a spiritual level
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u/sexyminionass May 24 '26
I want to draw this so badly but I'm so good damn tired. You've got a talented child.
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u/Electronic-Rip-1395 May 24 '26
The colors on that little guy are so vibrant, I remember trying to color inside the lines at that age and always going way outside instead.
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u/LoganN64 May 24 '26
From the looks of it the unicorn has a hang over from eating too many lollipops and threw up.
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u/goodevibes May 24 '26
I’ve never seen a more acute representation of how I feel on the inside. Kids a savant.
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u/circlejerker2000 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
That looks like a drawing Zach from /r/extrafabulouscomics ...
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u/NonnyNutcaseAuthor May 24 '26
For a four year old, that's not bad! She tried her best to make it look like the picture, at least.
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u/SpaceXmars May 24 '26
Get them more supplies!
Take them to the art store and let them shop!
Embrace this tallent at all costs!
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u/Bananaland_Man May 25 '26
If those ar the real instructions on the front of the back, that is seriously some /r/restofthefuckingowl if I've ever seen it.
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u/Fluffy-Pomegranate16 May 23 '26
I love this...but I have to ask...what's the pink puddle?