Silly Wooden Models, by H.o.p.

OK, now this one…this one is worthy. And it’s funny, at least to me, the end is. Cracks me up every time.

H.o.p. had seen these wooden artist models last spring or winter at IKEA and he had to have them. He decided this was what he needed to start practicing stop animation. But then he never did anything with them. They just sat there.

Earlier this week he seemed to be getting fed up with the Legos. Burned out on them. “How am I going to learn to take more shots?” he said.

“Will you now use a tripod?” I asked.

“Yes,” he said.

I handed him the wooden artist models. “Try these out.” I told him. “Go slow. Very slow.”

This is what he came up with, playing around with them the first time earlier this week. Very short. 80 photographs. He kept laughing over it all. Ran to his room and got a pseudo-robotic-dino toy to incorporate. He finished it in one sitting. He’s a dedicated kid.

I love, love, love how he makes it leap and dive upon its wooden prey! And then the wooden artist models begin to run away in terror. I’m highly amused.

Silly Artist Models by H.o.p., age 8